Originally Posted by
The Lev
Except that "Flex" fares are a bit of a misnomer. if you look at the OP's first post you will note the red "x" under the Flex column for the "Refundable?" question. To stereotype slightly, Flex is basically what people using other people's money buy to earn 100% status miles and hope for an e-upgrade.
AC's pricing seems to gyrate depending on how the pricing gods feel - pre-Covid, they would basically assign a floor price to Flex but drop the lower fares to whatever suited the competitive nature of the market. For the last few years they have tried to keep a certain gap between Basic, Standard, Flex and Comfort, so that as the low fares groups went down, so did the higher ones, which is also how it worked long ago. It looks like at least on this route at this time they are trying to bring back "pricing discipline" (i.e. relatively high prices) for people who want frequent flyer perqs. Hopefully Mr. Market says a firm "No!" to this trial balloon.
Flex fares are definitely more flexible than they were before - there are no more change fees on North American fares. Standard still retains a $100 change fee per direction. Flex also has a lower same-day change fee.
To answer the OPs question - AC still maintains differential pricing between brands. However they have also introduced some deeply discounted G, K and L fares in Standard brand only valid until 27 Oct. Otherwise there is still a 60-70 difference from TG to FL and a 60-70 difference from FL to CO
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YTO-YVR CXR-AC MON 23JAN23 CAD
AC-ACK/TG - STANDARD
AC YTOYVR 23JAN23
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
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R31MR
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R31MR
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R15FE
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R31MR
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R15FE
7 TZ6LUCTG T X 286.00 ---- 30/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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AC-ACK/FL - FLEX
AC YTOYVR 23JAN23
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
41A TW4LUCFL T X 294.00 E10JA T27OC 14/1 -/ - 100
R15FE
42A TW4LZCFL T X 304.00 E10JA T27OC 14/1 -/ - 100
R15FE
43 TZ6LUCFL T X 346.00 ---- 30/1 -/ - 100
44 TZ6LZCFL T X 356.00 ---- 30/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
50 WW2LZCFL W X 398.00 E09JA T28OC 21/1 -/ - 100
R15FE
51 WZ8LUCFL W X 420.00 ---- 18/1 -/ - 100
52 WZ8LZCFL W X 430.00 ---- 18/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
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R15FE
55 VZ4LUCFL V X 465.00 ---- 14/1 -/ - 100
56 VZ4LZCFL V X 475.00 ---- 14/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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AC-ACK/CO - COMFORT
AC YTOYVR 23JAN23
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
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R15FE
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R15FE
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80 TZ6LZCCO T X 426.00 ---- 30/1 -/ - 100
81 SZ2LUCCO S X 435.00 ---- 21/1 -/ - 100
82 SZ2LZCCO S X 445.00 ---- 21/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
86 WW2LZCCO W X 478.00 E09JA T28OC 21/1 -/ - 100
R15FE
87 WZ8LUCCO W X 500.00 ---- 18/1 -/ - 100
88 WZ8LZCCO W X 510.00 ---- 18/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
90 QW8LZCCO Q X 542.00 E09JA T28OC 18/1 -/ - 100
R15FE
91 VZ4LUCCO V X 545.00 ---- 14/1 -/ - 100
92 VZ4LZCCO V X 555.00 ---- 14/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
94 QW4LZCCO Q X 596.00 E09JA T28OC 14/1 -/ - 100
R15FE
95 QZDLUCCO Q X 610.00 ---- 10/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
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R15FE
105 UZ5LUCCO U X 795.00 ---- 5/1 -/ - 100
106 UZ5LZCCO U X 805.00 ---- 5/1 -/ - 100
107 MZ1LUCCO M X 830.00 ---- 1/1 -/ - 100
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R15FE
109 MZ1LZCCO M X 840.00 ---- 1/1 -/ - 100
110 MW1LZCCO M X 841.00 E09JA T28OC 1/1 -/ - 100
R15FE
111 MZ0LUCCO M X 870.00 ---- -/¥ -/ - 100
112 MZ0LZCCO M X 880.00 ---- -/¥ -/ - 100