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Old Jan 13, 2023 | 12:45 pm
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Originally Posted by pulpfiction78
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Does this mean that Delta may not yet have opened up some better (cheaper) fare codes? I've seen that referenced before, that bookings far in advance don't have all the normal fare codes available.
Yes, for C+ fares they don't have any S bucket open in either direction (which is the cheaper Comfort+ bucket compared to W bucket class). But it seems fairly common to see routes where DL never has S bucket open on flights and only has the higher priced W bucket availability. They may or may not ever open S bucket on these flights at some point in future. But with C+ fares, there is also dependence on the coach class bucket inventory due to the dual inventory checking. The W/S buckets plus the coach bucket inventory availability act as a tuple to determine which specific C+ fares are actually bookable. If they were to open K or lower inventory on LAX-BOS-LIS flights, that would also lead to lower C+ fares being available for booking than current Q basis C+ fares.

The lowest possible C+ fares on a route would be an S booking class C+ fare with a V fare basis (an S+V fare tuple). Although with a number of routes, they don't always have fares as low as V class available for booking. It's not uncommon that fares only go as low as T or X class on certain routes (especially during heavy demand seasons).

Last edited by xliioper; Jan 13, 2023 at 12:54 pm
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