Originally Posted by
Bukhara
This refers to a Circle Trip Minimum Fare Check (CTMFC). This is getting into the wonderful world of fares and where it starts to get just a little more complicated. It is similar-ish to a HIP Check (Higher Intermediate Point).
I am trying to remember the exact wording, but it's something like 'the minimum fare cannot undercut the fare between any two ticketed stopover (not transfer!) points.'
The LHR-CAI-LCA routing is a nice example. The overall fare for LHR-LCA cannot undercut the LHR-CAI fare so, if LHR-LCA is £500 and LHR-CAI is £700, this would mean that there would be a 'plus up' of £200 as not to undercut the LHR-CAI fare. The fare on your ticket would show the normal levels LHR-LCA fare levels, until just before they are added up at the very end when the plus up appears as 'P LONCAI200.00' and the overall fare total appears.
The wonderful world of fares!
For some reason combining an LHR-CAI-LCA with a cheapie LCA-LHR in D class, seemed to result in a higher surchage (as in my example above), than doing a full fare J out and back.
The routing I have bought now is LHR-TLV-LCA// LCA-CAI-LHR, which priced up cheaper than in the above example.
The fare calculation says:
LON BA X/TLV CY LCA M1205.20JFLRT CY X/CAI BA LON 5M1265.46 JFLRT NUC 2470.66END
And it is actually significantly cheaper (about half the price) or a LHR-TLV//CAI-LHR booking, with having the extra legs to LCA thrown in.