Originally Posted by
kangarooflyer88
You get what you pay for! Per your image booking a Flex fare gets you complimentary seating, checked bag and the ability to accrue 100% SQM/points, the latter of which could be quite important for someone seeking to earn/retain elite status. In addition, I think (and others can correct me if I'm wrong) is that the number of eUpgrade credits required to upgrade to premium economy or business would be less as well.
-RooFlyer88
Originally Posted by
yvr76
I don't think it's that Flex fares are necessarily more expensive, but that Basic/Standard are dirt cheap. Likely to compete with Flair and other ULCCs.
Thanks for this
I've been flying in flex very freuqnet and was just curious to try to find out why the price
differential has changed over the last 18 months. And I think you and YVR76 are probably right that its just that the lower buckets are just significantly cheaper due to competition from ULCCs. In my heart of hearts just hoped that the ULCCs would also bring down flex fares
Part of me wondering this was because I had been looking at this prices for a while (and perhaps my memory is faulty too!) and one day the basic and standard prices didn't seem to change while the flex fare went up by triple digits