List of all Fare Basis Codes?
Is there a list of all the fare basis codes for transatlantic flights and what fare class they are for? I have to book through an automated travel agent so cant always see if flights are "smart" or "saver"
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As per the website A,Z,W,T,O,R fare buckets are all lower/discounted fares earning 15 or 25 tier credits depending on if saver or smart. Anything other than those on a standard economy fare should be good for 50 tier credits. As far as if its booked into saver or smart I don't think you can tell from the fare code, but if you specify you need luggage included they'll have to book into at least smart I would think. Other than that not sure what else you are asking for.... (from personal experience G fare bucket tickets seem to be at the higher end price wise when economy is oversold or nearly oversold as I've been upgraded to business as a platinum at boarding each time I've had a G fare code, but this is only my personal opinion I don't know for sure).
Edited the above thanks to comments below. |
Originally Posted by mccartje
(Post 31313817)
As per the website A,Z,W,T,O,R fare buckets are all 'saver' fares earning 15 tier credits. Anything other than those on a standard economy fare should be good for 25 tier credits.
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Originally Posted by DiegoTristan
(Post 31316280)
Those A to R fares could be Smart fares as well though. If Saver they get 15. If Smart they are considered 'discounted Smart' so get 25 credits instead of 50, any Smart above R should get 50 credits. |
The website fare options and the fare basis codes are independent. EI's fares system has two levels, the classic IATA basis codes (Astral) and a product level (Datalex) so the fare class doesn't tell you much.
Smart Economy books into all fare classes except G and Y, but W/Z/A/T/O/R earn 25 and not 50 credits Saver Economy earn 15 so while they may show a W/Z/A they are not the same, these should only be available on aerlingus.com (so not GDS available but available if the TA is setup to use the EI web TA service). They normally book into A, but on the same flight the smart fare will also book into A, so there is no way to tell the difference. Its safe to say if the code is not W/Z/A its a smart fare, flex tends to book into G (or Y if you are unlucky) After R the fares head roughly in the normal alphabet order until you hit business P is promotional business U is upgrade business X is redemption |
Originally Posted by ROKNA
(Post 31316849)
The website fare options and the fare basis codes are independent. EI's fares system has two levels, the classic IATA basis codes (Astral) and a product level (Datalex) so the fare class doesn't tell you much.
Smart Economy books into all fare classes except G and Y, but W/Z/A/T/O/R earn 25 and not 50 credits Saver Economy earn 15 so while they may show a W/Z/A they are not the same, these should only be available on aerlingus.com (so not GDS available but available if the TA is setup to use the EI web TA service). They normally book into A, but on the same flight the smart fare will also book into A, so there is no way to tell the difference. Its safe to say if the code is not W/Z/A its a smart fare, flex tends to book into G (or Y if you are unlucky) After R the fares head roughly in the normal alphabet order until you hit business P is promotional business U is upgrade business X is redemption |
Is there a way to get non A,Z,W,T,O,R fares? I am trying to book another flight and would really like the full 50 tier credits instead of 25. I would gladly pay extra for this, but not the $600 extra to get a Flex or $1500 extra to get a Business fare. Doesn't seem possible on their website.
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Originally Posted by uncleruckus
(Post 31317087)
Is there a way to get non A,Z,W,T,O,R fares?
No guarantee they will be able to give you what you want, though! |
Interesting. I'll give that a shot and report back. Have you had success with that in the past? If so curious to hear what the fare difference was.
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Originally Posted by uncleruckus
(Post 31317191)
Interesting. I'll give that a shot and report back. Have you had success with that in the past? If so curious to hear what the fare difference was.
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You can call them for specific buckets
The TATL list in order (this follows for all flights) J C I D P U Y B H G K M V F N L E X Q S T O R W Z A Aer Space is booked into a high economy bucket to avoid being flagged as business for corporate bookings Plus fares book same bucket as Saver on EU flights, Advantage books in a higher class |
Thanks, all.
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Originally Posted by ROKNA
(Post 31316849)
The website fare options and the fare basis codes are independent. EI's fares system has two levels, the classic IATA basis codes (Astral) and a product level (Datalex) so the fare class doesn't tell you much.
Smart Economy books into all fare classes except G and Y, but W/Z/A/T/O/R earn 25 and not 50 credits Saver Economy earn 15 so while they may show a W/Z/A they are not the same, these should only be available on aerlingus.com (so not GDS available but available if the TA is setup to use the EI web TA service). They normally book into A, but on the same flight the smart fare will also book into A, so there is no way to tell the difference. Its safe to say if the code is not W/Z/A its a smart fare, flex tends to book into G (or Y if you are unlucky) After R the fares head roughly in the normal alphabet order until you hit business P is promotional business U is upgrade business X is redemption |
Originally Posted by ROKNA
(Post 31316849)
The website fare options and the fare basis codes are independent. EI's fares system has two levels, the classic IATA basis codes (Astral) and a product level (Datalex) so the fare class doesn't tell you much.
Smart Economy books into all fare classes except G and Y, but W/Z/A/T/O/R earn 25 and not 50 credits Saver Economy earn 15 so while they may show a W/Z/A they are not the same, these should only be available on aerlingus.com (so not GDS available but available if the TA is setup to use the EI web TA service). They normally book into A, but on the same flight the smart fare will also book into A, so there is no way to tell the difference. Its safe to say if the code is not W/Z/A its a smart fare, flex tends to book into G (or Y if you are unlucky) After R the fares head roughly in the normal alphabet order until you hit business P is promotional business U is upgrade business X is redemption I know U is straight up Avios inventory, but not sure if they above pull from there too (and indeed if that bucket refreshes up to departure - I believe that Avios based upgrades will clear so long as there is a seat). |
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