Originally posted by Merry:
EndlosLuft: Have a look at you Lufthansa ticket and look what the Fare Basis is (not the cabin class, but the fare basis).
For many routes within Europe Lufthansa (in common with all other airlines) will issue a Y Fare Basis for a C Cabin, in other words you are paying for a fully-flexible Economy ticket and this gives you Business Cabin access WHERE AVAILABLE, but you are not - and often are not able too - actually purchase a C Fare Basis ticket.
This is why on most routes a fully-flex Economy ticket (Y Class) costs exactly the same as a Business Class (C Class) ticket, because they are exactly the same. Within Europe there are no real Business Class fares, just fully-flex Economy. This is the same reason as why on some restricted tickets they are 'Changable Only by Upgrade', in other words to get the flexibility you must buy a full-fare ticket - Y Fare Basis, upgrade to C Cabin Class.
Nick
first of all thank you for your posts i'm learning.
nick, checked my ticket and its definitely a "C" fare.