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QRC3288
Not necessarily. I take "upright" to mean unethical.If that's the case, I politely disagree. What MH does above, is pushing that boundary (you don't find out until ticketed). CX shows it to you at the end. This is inconvenient but not awful, and it doesn't change the fact that if you really want to target a fareclass, you just call them or a travel agent and book that way.
Ironically I am also annoyed by it. And it's also true, the econ fares are clearly more complicated than J and F. But I don't think it's some unethical CX anti-consumer thing as you may be implying. It's my belief that those of us on FT are in the minority of bookers. Even my secretary whose job this technically is (in reality, I like booking a lot of my own tickets), she can't be bothered with sub fareclasses as I am out of sheer interest / hobby. She has better things to worry about. The majority of the traveling public I think are better served by the more simple names CX has in plain English, even though it's annoying for us.
It might just be a difference of opinion.
Maybe it’s my choice of words that is leading to our difference of opinion.
I meant upright as in “stands straight up”.
Outright is actually the term that is more suitable in this context.
I get your point.
It’s just annoying like you said to have to figure out all these fare subclasses. I am more tech savvy than my parents and so I can assist them now that we know how the system works.
But for the other travelers, especially the elderly and individuals that are not informed, it’s not as easy for them to navigate through the FF process.
Maybe it’s a good suggestion that I can provide to Cathay. List the sub fare class during flight selection. List the number of Asia Miles and status points that can be earned prior to checkout.
These are predetermined values and it shouldn’t cost millions of dollars in revenue to display online.
With advancements in technology, life should be made easier for all classes of travelers. I’ll have to call CS now to secure a certain fare class. Very tedious when you are booking multiple tickets at one time.