FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Another " I can't get AC to take my money" thread

Dec 27, 2019, 8:48 pm

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D582

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The historical P fares I can find for YYZ-BKK on AC had rules like this:

Code:

    V FARE BASIS     BK    FARE   TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG
 29   PXCS           P R  4817.00        T10JA  -/3  -/ 6M PA01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                 AUTO PRICE-YES              
FROM-YTO TO-BKK    CXR-AC    TVL-01APR18  RULE-BAC1 IPRP/3
FARE BASIS-PXCS              SPECIAL FARE  DIS-E   VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-BX      RT-BUSINESS CLASS EXCURSION
CAD  6071.00  0302  E20JUL17 D-INFINITY   FC-PXCS  FN-6   
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 19JUL17/1420  EXPIRES 12JUN18/0926
 
08.STOPOVERS
   1 STOPOVER PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION 
   CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
09.TRANSFERS
   2 TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION.
         2 PERMITTED IN CANADA IN EACH DIRECTION.
   AND - 1 TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION.
               1 PERMITTED IN AREA 3 IN EACH DIRECTION
              NONE PERMITTED IN TPE IN EACH DIRECTION.
         FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT
         PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT.

Current fares are much more restrictive:

Code:

    V FARE BASIS     BK    FARE   TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG
  1   P7LXCSFT       P R  3039.00        T31JA  7/3  5/ 3M PA01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                 AUTO PRICE-YES              
FROM-YTO TO-BKK    CXR-AC    TVL-01APR20  RULE-BAC1 IPRP/3
FARE BASIS-P7LXCSFT          SPECIAL FARE  DIS-E   VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-BX      RT-BUSINESS CLASS EXCURSION
CAD  4000.00  0302  E15NOV19 D-INFINITY   FC-P7LXCSFT  FN-16   
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 15NOV19/1014  EXPIRES INFINITY
 
08.STOPOVERS
   1 STOPOVER PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION AT CAD 150.00
       1 IN SHA/TYO IN EACH DIRECTION.
09.TRANSFERS
   2 TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT.
         1 PERMITTED IN AREA 1
         1 PERMITTED IN AREA 3.
   FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED
   ON THE FARE COMPONENT.

The transfer restrictions make this fare very complicated to actually book as its a maximum number of transfers per pricing unit (i.e. a round trip is a single pricing unit).

Quote:

Originally Posted by IluvSQ

TG never was eligible for AC P fares - they had to be Z or higher to use TG.

Looking at historical fares, that does not appear to be the case. TG flights could be booked in Z on AC P fares unless the flight number was from 1000 to 9999. 0001 to 0999 would be OK, as long as permitted by routing rules (of which TG was)

Code:

CXR  FARE CLASS   MARKET              TICKET DATE   TRAVEL DATE
AC   PXCS         YYZBKK                01JAN18       01APR18
   
AC  PRIME BOOKING CODE                                        P
---------------------------------------------------------------
TG  BKK ICN
    FLIGHT NUMBERS 1000 TO 9999
      NO BOOKING CODE APPLIES - CXR DOES NOT PARTICIPATE       
 
      REQUIRED                                                Z

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