Originally Posted by
ftrichard
I'm about to book an economy flight on Cathay HKG-LHR and there are three fare classes quoted on the web site: Save, Core and Standard. The only difference appears to be the ability to pre-book seats and upgrade with miles.
All three have identical HKD1800 cancellation charge.
Does Cathay really not sell 100% refundable tickets? IIRC there used to be such a thing in the airline world. Cheap tickets were fixed and not refundable but full fare tickets were refundable and reservations could be moved up to the moment of departure. Does such a flexible ticket not exist any more? Certainly cannot book it on their web site.
Thanks.
If you pay 34230HKD+tax, there is no refund fee per fare rule (cannot guarantee CX will not charge any service fee, though). Unless you are certain you want to refund the ticket (e. g., getting a ticket so you can get a visa or wanted to go to the lounge then leave the airport, which I strongly discourage), as
ricktoronto has said you would probably not want to look into this option.
Code:
FQHKGLHR-CX«
HKG-LON CXR-CX WED 20DEC17 HKD
9W 0/ 0/ 3 AA 0/ 0/14 AC 0/ 0/ 4 AF 0/ 0/ 5 AI 0/ 0/ 3
BA 2/ 0/ 0 BR 0/ 0/ 6 CA 0/ 0/ 4 CX 3/ 0/ 0 EK 0/ 0/ 8
EY 0/ 0/ 3 GA 0/ 0/ 1 JL 0/ 0/10 KE 0/ 0/ 1 KL 0/ 0/ 6
LH 0/ 0/11 LY 0/ 0/ 1 MH 0/ 0/ 7 MU 0/ 0/ 2 NZ 0/ 0/ 2
OZ 0/ 0/ 1 PR 0/ 0/ 1 QR 0/ 0/ 4 SA 0/ 0/ 2 SQ 0/ 0/15
SU 0/ 0/ 1 TG 0/ 0/ 6 UA 0/ 0/ 1 UL 0/ 0/ 2 VN 0/ 0/ 1
VS 1/ 0/ 3 HX 0/ 0/ 2 BI 0/ 0/ 1
//SEE FQHELP FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW FARE DISPLAYS//
SURCHARGE FOR PAPER TICKET MAY BE ADDED WHEN ITIN PRICED
CX HKGLON.EH 20DEC17 MPM 8163
V FARE BASIS AP FARE-OW FARE-RT BK SEASON MINMAX RTG
1 BEE12MCX - 26090 B‡ --- -/12M EH01
2 BEE6M - 31780 B‡ --- -/ 6M EH01
3 Y2RTCX - 34230 Y‡ --- -/12M EH01
4 W2RTCX - 39050 W‡ --- -/12M EH01
5 YRT - 39440 Y‡ --- -/12M EH01
6 RRT - 42590 R‡ --- -/12M EH01
7 Y2OWCX - 23970 Y‡ --- -/12M EH01
8 WRT - 49290 W‡ --- -/12M EH01
9 W2OWCX - 27340 W‡ --- -/12M EH01
10 YOW - 27620 Y‡ --- -/12M EH01
11 ROW - 29820 R‡ --- -/12M EH01‡
RD3*16«
V FARE BASIS AP FARE-OW FARE-RT BK SEASON MINMAX RTG
3 Y2RTCX - 34230 Y‡ --- -/12M EH01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES
FROM-HKG TO-LON CXR-CX TVL-20DEC17 RULE-CXAA IPREUAS/4
FARE BASIS-Y2RTCX SPECIAL FARE DIS-E VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-XEX RT-REGULAR EXCURSION
HKD 34230 MPM E27OCT17 D-INFINITY FC-Y2RTCX FN-21
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 26OCT17/2311 EXPIRES INFINITY
16.PENALTIES
CANCELLATIONS
BEFORE DEPARTURE
CANCELLATIONS PERMITTED FOR CANCEL/REFUND.
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
NOTE 1-IN THE EVENT OF NO-SHOW ON A CANCEL/REFUND
TICKET CHARGE USD0 - CANCEL/REFUND FEE
USD0 PLUS NO-SHOW FEE USD0
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY
NOTE 2 - THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION/
SERVICE/HANDLING FEE MAY
APPLY IN ADDITION TO NOTE 1 ‡
MD«
‡
AFTER DEPARTURE
CANCELLATIONS PERMITTED FOR CANCEL/REFUND.
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
NOTE 1-IN THE EVENT OF NO-SHOW ON A CANCEL/REFUND
TICKET CHARGE USD0 - CANCEL/REFUND FEE
USD0 PLUS NO-SHOW FEE USD0
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY
NOTE 2 - THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION/
SERVICE/HANDLING FEE MAY
APPLY IN ADDITION TO NOTE 1
CHANGES
ANY TIME
CHANGES PERMITTED FOR REISSUE.
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
ANY TIME
CHANGES PERMITTED FOR REVALIDATION.
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING. ‡
MD«
NOTE 1-IN THE EVENT OF NO-SHOW ‡
PERMITTED AT USD0-REROUTING FEE USD0
PLUS NO SHOW FEE USD0 OR
PERMITTED AT USD0-REBOOKING FEE USD0
PLUS NO SHOW FEE USD0
NOTE 2 -GENERAL INFO FOR REROUTING/REBOOKING
TO TKTD FLT FOR THIS FARE ARE AS BELOW
1- REISSUE EQUALS TO REROUTING
2- REVALIDATION EQUALS TO REBOOKING
3- CHANGE OF AIRPORT WITHIN ONE CITY
DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AS REROUTING
4- CHANGE MUST BE MADE WITHIN TKT VALIDITY
5- THE CHANGE FEE APPLIES PER TRANSACTION
PER PERSON
6- INFANT WITHOUT SEAT - NO CHANGE FEE
7- CHILD/INFANT WITH SEAT -
DISCOUNT APPLIES TO CHANGE FEE
8- WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS
IN A HIGHER FARE -
COLLECT FARE DIFFERENCE -AND-
COLLECT CHANGE FEE IF APPLICABLE
9- WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS
IN A LOWER FARE- ‡
MD«
REFUND FARE DIFFERENCE -AND- ‡
COLLECT CHANGE FEE IF APPLICABLE
10- IF CHANGE TO 1ST FLT CPN-
- USE ANY CURRENT CX/KA
FARE FOR REPRICE
NEW TKT MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER
VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT
AND MEASURE ADVANCE PURCHASE
FROM TKT REISSUE DATE
11- IF NO CHANGE TO 1ST FLT CPN-
RE-PRICE ALL FARES BELOW AND PROVIDE
THE BEST RESULT TO PAX
A- USE A HISTORICAL TICKETED FARE
THAT DIFFERS ONLY IN
SEASONALITY/DAY OF WEEK
FOR REPRICE
NEW TKT MAY BE EQUAL/HIGHER OR
LOWER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT
B- USE ANY HISTORICAL CX/KA
FARE FOR REPRICE
NEW TKT MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER
VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT
12- WHEN THIS FARE IS COMBINED ‡
MD«
WITH ANOTHER FARE- ‡
A- CHARGE THE HIGHEST CHANGE FEE
OF ALL FARE COMPONENTS WITHIN
ALL CHANGED PRICING UNITS
B- IF THE TICKETED FARE ON ANY
CHANGED FLIGHT COUPON DOES
NOT ALLOW REFUND THEN THE FARE
DIFFERENCE IS NOT REFUNDED
NOTE 3 - THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION/
SERVICE/HANDLING FEE MAY
APPLY IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NOTES
.