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UK_Canuck Apr 5, 2012 2:43 am
Booking Classes on TAP Air Portugal
 
Hello all,

I am an AP member (AC*E) and have never flown TP before. Today I went to book a flight LGW->FNC, but I cannot find anywhere on the website up until the final confirm page where it tells me the booking class.

As I am going to be tight on my 50,000 this year due to an injury & reduced travel at work, I need all the miles I can get, all while still booking the "cheapest" fare my company dictates.

Any idea how I can tell what fare basis I am booing into? The AP site shows 10%, 50% and 100% fare codes. I assume I won't be in the 100% bucket, but 50 would be better than 10.

Thanks!

UK_Canuck

Away from YYZ Apr 5, 2012 8:01 am
I assume when you say TP you mean Tango Plus?

Booking classes are M/U/H/Q/V/W/S/K/L/T. But if you book on AC.com, you will see if you are booking Tango + or not.


Not sure what you mean by 10,50,100% fare code.... Do you mean 25%, 50%, 100% status miles?

Just to go AP.com and click under earn miles -> travel -> flights and select Air Canada for all the juicy details.

ACflyerDE Apr 5, 2012 8:57 am
Originally Posted by Away from YYZ (Post 18339747)
I assume when you say TP you mean Tango Plus?

Booking classes are M/U/H/Q/V/W/S/K/L/T. But if you book on AC.com, you will see if you are booking Tango + or not.


Not sure what you mean by 10,50,100% fare code.... Do you mean 25%, 50%, 100% status miles?

Just to go AP.com and click under earn miles -> travel -> flights and select Air Canada for all the juicy details.
In this case TP most likely means TAP Air Portugal since AC does not fly from LGW to FNC.

Away from YYZ Apr 5, 2012 9:37 am
Originally Posted by ACflyerDE (Post 18340105)
In this case TP most likely means TAP Air Portugal since AC does not fly from LGW to FNC.
no wonder I was somewhat confused.

UK_Canuck Apr 5, 2012 9:56 am
Originally Posted by ACflyerDE (Post 18340105)
In this case TP most likely means TAP Air Portugal since AC does not fly from LGW to FNC.
Yes, TP = TAP.

Sorry, didn't mean to be confusing.

HerpaYvr Apr 5, 2012 12:18 pm
Originally Posted by UK_Canuck (Post 18338704)
Hello all,

I am an AP member (AC*E) and have never flown TP before. Today I went to book a flight LGW->FNC, but I cannot find anywhere on the website up until the final confirm page where it tells me the booking class.

As I am going to be tight on my 50,000 this year due to an injury & reduced travel at work, I need all the miles I can get, all while still booking the "cheapest" fare my company dictates.

Any idea how I can tell what fare basis I am booing into? The AP site shows 10%, 50% and 100% fare codes. I assume I won't be in the 100% bucket, but 50 would be better than 10.

Thanks!

UK_Canuck
From experience I caution you on your fare class. I have flown on TAP (TP) many times either by booking through them, code share with AC , LH and the now defunct Spainair. You are right you have no idea what you’re buying as far as class bucket until the end, so you need to call them and confirm. If you buy their BASIC fare, good luck you may get 10% of miles min 250 or 500 depending on the route. I have found the fares on third party sites cheaper than directly through TP itself. I have decided to not fly TP anymore as its too hard unless you buy the expensive fares and their service is no screaming hell.

Away from YYZ Apr 5, 2012 3:06 pm
Originally Posted by UK_Canuck (Post 18340500)
Yes, TP = TAP.

Sorry, didn't mean to be confusing.
No problem, me being silly and not yet finish first cup of coffee in the morning.... Good luck in finding the fare class on codeshare flight. AFAIK it is not an easy task.

That's why when possible (assume the price is the same) I book w/ my travel agent and specify the non codeshare flight #.

wwtsang Apr 7, 2012 1:32 am
where/how are you booking the flight? sites like expedia allow you to see the fare rules and hence the fare class before confirming your booking

seems like the direct flights book into W/S class and should earn 50% miles
Code:
Rules and restrictions
TAP Portugal
From: London, England (LON-All Airports)
To: Funchal, Portugal (FNC-Madeira)
Fare Basis Code: STAP

    V FARE BASIS    BK    FARE  TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG
  1  STAP          S‡R  339.00    ----      -  ‡‡/    EH01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                AUTO PRICE-YES             
FROM-LON TO-FNC    CXR-TP    TVL-14APR12  RULE-001Q IPREURP/21
FARE BASIS-STAP              SPECIAL FARE  DIS-E  VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-XPB      RT-SUPER/SPECIAL INSTANT PURCHASE
GBP  207.00  2222  E28SEP11 D-INFINITY  FC-STAP  FN-   
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 27SEP11/0539  EXPIRES INFINITY

From: London, England (LON-All Airports)
To: Funchal, Portugal (FNC-Madeira)
Fare Basis Code: WTAP

    V FARE BASIS    BK    FARE  TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG
  1  WTAP          W R  421.00    ----      -  ‡‡/    EH01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                AUTO PRICE-YES             
FROM-LON TO-FNC    CXR-TP    TVL-14APR12  RULE-001W IPREURP/21
FARE BASIS-WTAP              SPECIAL FARE  DIS-E  VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-XPB      RT-SUPER/SPECIAL INSTANT PURCHASE
GBP  257.00  0036  E28SEP11 D-INFINITY  FC-WTAP  FN-   
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 27SEP11/0539  EXPIRES INFINITY

UK_Canuck Apr 7, 2012 3:31 am
Originally Posted by wwtsang (Post 18349987)
where/how are you booking the flight?
Thanks! I was just using their site flytap.com, but I will see what I can find via Expedia.


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