Originally Posted by
Goldorak
Pardon my ignorance , but what is this "historical fare" rule ?
Most fare rules have a rule such as the following (taken randomly from a BA ticket similar to the one I want to change) where I've highlighted the requirement to use historical fares once a reprice is initiated after departure of the first leg.
In this example historical fares must also be used in other circumstances, but the ticket I have isn't quite this lenient in this regard; I only get access to historical fares after flying the outbound
Code:
--- REPRICING CONDITIONS ---
REPRICE USING ANY FARE TYPE EXCEPT ERU AND EOU.
A. BEFORE DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY WHEN THE FIRST
FARE COMPONENT IS CHANGED THE ITINERARY MUST BE
RE-PRICED USING CURRENT FARES IN EFFECT ON THE
DATE THE TICKET IS REISSUED.
B. BEFORE DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY WHEN CHANGES ARE
TO BOOKING CODE ONLY IN THE FIRST FARE COMPONENT
AND RESULT IN A HIGHER FARE THE ITINERARY MUST BE
RE-PRICED USING HISTORICAL FARES IN EFFECT ON THE
PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE OR USING CURRENT FARES IN
EFFECT ON THE DATE THE TICKET IS REISSUED -
WHICHEVER IS LOWER.
C. BEFORE DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY WHEN THERE ARE NO
CHANGES TO THE FIRST FARE COMPONENT BUT OTHER
FARE COMPONENTS ARE CHANGED THE ITINERARY MUST BE
RE-PRICED USING HISTORICAL FARES IN EFFECT ON THE
PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE OR USING CURRENT FARES IN
EFFECT ON THE DATE THE TICKET IS REISSUED-
WHICHEVER IS LOWER.
D. AFTER DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY THE ITINERARY MUST
BE RE-PRICED USING HISTORICAL FARES IN EFFECT ON
THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE.
And here's an example from a KLM fare rule:
Code:
AFTER DEPARTURE
CHANGES PERMITTED.
NOTE -
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// AFTER OUTBOUND DEPARTURE //
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NEW RESERVATION / REISSUANCE AND PAYMENT
OF THE PENALTY MUST BE MADE AT THE SAME TIME
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NEW FARE WILL BE RECALCULATED USING
FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE
AND UNDER FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
- IF SAME BOOKING CLASS IS USED NEW FARE MAY BE
LOWER OR EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS AND
A / MUST COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE
ORIGINALLY TICKETED FARE
B / OR MUST COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE
NEW FARE BEING APPLIED
- IF A DIFFERENT BOOKING CLASS IS USED NEW FARE
MAY BE EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS AND
UNDER FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
A / MUST COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE NEW
FARE BEING APPLIED
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