Originally Posted by
Lux Flyer
To both above: this is the website continuing to glitch out. I don't know how much the "Break from Business" discount is, but at $325 for the o/w, that is still higher than the highest o/w refundable T fare currently filed which is $314 (TNA0A9CS/FLEX) and non-refundable T which is $289 (same basis, no FLEX appendage). So unless the break from business is adding cost (it's not), these aren't actually T-fares even though the website display is trying to say it is. Similarly for the RT, highest (refundable) T-filing is currently $628 and there isn't a round trip non-refundable T filing, so it would be constructing based on 2x $289, which is far below the $815.07 that was supposedly booking RT into T.
The $325 is inclusive of taxes and fees; the 285 PQP would represent the base fare. (Which, incidentally, still doesn't match).
When I look at the one-way today, I see a $347 break-from-business "G" fare (!), which claims to be discounted from GNA3A9DS ($307 base fare). That fare basis is supposed to cost $139.
UA IT, why must you be you? 😭
Originally Posted by
Lux Flyer
Long story short, and to answer the original question: as has been discussed recently in other threads, the UA website and expert mode are glitchy right now and fare class displays shouldn't be considered accurate from those sources. To find out if there is truly T availablility, need either ExpertFlyer, some other method of GDS access, or call and ask a rep if they see T inventory on the flight in question.
Yep.
Originally Posted by
Lux Flyer
On an aside, I wonder how often this GS privilege is actually needed to be invoked, seems that it would be a pretty rare scenario that they have T-class availability but no X or XN (my guess is the system that decides on award levels in part looks at what revenue fare classes are available when deciding to release saver award inventory).
I mostly agree with
Kacee. I've definitely seen K0 XN9, but it's rare. Normally you have to wait for the lower buckets to fill if you want saver space.