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Old Jun 1, 2020, 12:40 am
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airoli
 
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Originally Posted by Adam Smith
Sure, but even then, how likely are you to use the credits to book another ticket with a base fare >CHF150? And what was the total ticket price? LX isn't just keeping the base fare, after all, it's keeping the YQ, YR, government taxes, etc. So if your base fare was CHF100 but your total price was CHF300, your compensation isn't 50% of the money you're effectively lending to LX, it's 17%.
Sorry. I misspoke. The two LX tickets I had actually had a total price (fare + all taxes) of ~CHF100. One of them I've already reused, and I am confident I'll find an opportunity for the second one before long.
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