<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by letiole:
Kind of an aside to your main point ... when my husband flies on government fares he's always been assigned E+. Even in years when he hasn't has status he's been told government fares make one eligible for E+. Just something you might want to ask about if you're assigned to regular Y in the future. </font>
Yeah, the K fares are something new just this fiscal year. We've been told that if we make our reservations far enough in advance, the airline will sometimes provide a lower fare than the normal negotiated gov't price (hence, K rather than Y). This happens about 50% of the time for me. The tickets are still fully refundable, changeable, and all that stuff--just cheaper. The problem is, since they're coded as K the E+ seat maps won't open up for the reservations agents like they do with the normal Y code. I have no idea why the K's mysteriously change to Y-class when the boarding passes are printed out, but I usually just wait till this happens and then ask for a change to E+ (if there's still something available).