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Old Nov 9, 2018, 2:52 am
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andydd
 
Join Date: Jul 2016
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Originally Posted by davem4
Is there some MATRIX trick I'm not aware of.

A particular fare is back from C2-C6 (via C1), offering a nice 1240e base, with 888yq.

Now I throw in a number of 1x's and they are successful dropping the 888yq to 0. However, they force the fareclass up from K class to M or P class (P being business).

When I try and specify f BC=k I receive 0 results.

Just wondering if I'm using Matrix wrong, and hence it is forcing out the higher booking codes.

Or am I picking the wrong 1x's for this (i have tried 3 different carriers in 3 regions).
You are using Matrix correctly and matrix is doing its job properly.

The answer to the puzzle (so as to why matrix does that) lies in the rules, that are generally written all in CAPS.
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