I have copied the fare rule below. At the stop over section it says two allowed. I was told yesterday by AC-res that the stop overs must be in Canada and cannot be in Europe.

Has anyone else run into this????

Fare basis is YHE9


YEABER-AC 2SEP01 *RULE DISPLAY* TARIFF 101 RULE 9345
BOOKING CODES Y
FIRST TRAVEL - 1APR01
SEASONS - 01JUN-09SEP
DEPARTURE OUTBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR
PENALTIES - CANCEL-BEFORE/AFTER DEPART
CHANGE-BEFORE/AFTER DEPART
FOR ALL CONDITIONS SEE TEXT RULE
DAY/TIME - NO RESTRICTION
ADV RES/TKT - NO RESTRICTION
MIN STAY - ORIG CANADA RETURN AFTER 7 DAYS AFTER
DEPARTURE OUTBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR
MAX STAY - 6 MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM ORIGIN
BLACKOUTS - NO RESTRICTION
SURCHARGES - NONE
STOPOVERS - PERMITTED-2
TRANSFERS - NO RESTRICTION
FLT APPLIC - NO RESTRICTION
CHILD DISC - CNN 2-11 YRS 25 PCT ACCOMPANIED
INS UNDER 2 YRS 25 PCT WITH SEAT
INF UNDER 2 YRS 90 PCT NO SEAT
UNN 5-11 YRS NO DISCOUNT UNACCOMPANIED
OTHER DISC - NONE
COMBINABLTY - SEE TEXT RULE
ELIGIBILITY - NO RESTRICTION
ACCOM PSGR - NO RESTRICTION
TRVL RESTR - NO RESTRICTION
SALES RESTR - SEE TEXT RULE
NEGOTIATED - NO RESTRICTION
TKT ENDORSE - NO RESTRICTION
APPLICATION - SEE TEXT RULE
TOUR DISC - SEE TEXT RULE
AGENT DISC - SEE TEXT RULE
MISC TAGS - SEE TEXT RULE
MPM - AT 6127 VIA NORTH ATLANTIC
INDUSTRY FARE TYPE - XEX - REGULAR EXCURSION
ROUTING MPM MPM TRVL PERMITTED

Try pricing it out. You can do cheaper tickets and do a stopover (I just tried it with a V fare). YEG-YYC-FRA stopover FRA-MUC MUC-YYZ-YEG on a YLE9 fare.

Should be same for yours

I used the YHE9 because my departure date is two days before the mid season kicks in. I just got back from the airport where we tried it again and the quote jumps from 2900 to 5200 dollars [even though a FRA-BER-FRA business ticket is only 646]. We have sent it to rates and tarrifs for a look see.

Were the flights that you used AC numbers [codeshare] from FRA to MUC. That is one avenue that I am tracking as there are no codeshares to Berlin for some reason.

BB when I tried that in Expedia and looked again at the fare level it was a BHE fare and a few dollars more than the YHE.

[This message has been edited by exAC (edited 08-31-2001).]

I used UA flight numbers believe it or not from FRA-MUC. In my experience it hasn't mattered. I have done this with LH, BD etc. flight numbers.

I got my reply from the pricing people:

Two stops are allowed on either side of the Atlantic. The trick is to book the AC sectors in Y and the LH sectors in M class [not Y] as the previous agents were trying.

I don't know of a booking engine on the Internet that would allow us to do this however.

All fixed up and ready to go.