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Old Jan 31, 2018, 2:25 pm
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Originally Posted by jonathanbak
So this is for my dad. He has a speaking engagement in March in Minneapolis and the inviting party wanted to buy him his ticket, so he told them to buy it on Delta and gave them his FF #. Well they bought a ticket through Expedia, and on top of that it was an E fare ticket.
I wouldn't presume that to be a mistake. The party may well have a lowest fare policy, and Expedia's alerts to Delta BE fares are adequate. If he has a contract that specifies cabin/carrier/fare class, perhaps he can push this back to the arranger.
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