QFT. Looks like everything hasn't been fully switched over yet, but here's a sign of things to come.

YYZ-YVR-HKG-YVR-YYZ in "lowest" PE -- $2,639
Same flights, same dates in "flexible" PE -- $2,094.

If that's a sign of what's to come with the new "lowest" PE fares, I can't wait to see what O is going to look like once the enhancement is finished.

$2,094 for "flexible" PE is a special. Has to be ticketed before Feb. 18, 2014 for travel until May 24, 2014 (departure). Under fare rules. So the "flexible" PE would be more tomorrow.

So it appears that "O" fares are still cheaper than many "E" and "N" fares YVR-HKG. They still have chargeable change fees too in the fare rules.

Yeah, I found the same fares you noted just by clicking around. Everyone's fares will vary, of course, based on time and dates. Not looking forward to full implementation.

Jump in today, if you can. Booked a couple of TPACs on the beast for which I would have avoided otherwise. Paid $2094 each trip, and used 16*2 credits in total.

Lots of R space on the flights I searched from YVR-HKG. As some have predicted, people are likely avoiding the HDs.

I can't possibly imagine O not being a fair bit more than Y. It's all the same flexibility and upgradeability, but you're in a better cabin.

Until now, O was often within 10% of cheap Flex, and cheaper than higher Flex fares, which is just insane.

Just a point of clarification, as we're in the midst of updating our systems:Details about how eUpgrade Credits are calculated are available here.

Curious if the co-pay from PE Lowest fares will be different than from Flex?

They aren't.

https://www.aircanada.com/en/aeropla...e/add-ons.html

I'm assuming there is no Add-on for E50/75 buying "O" fare class. I booked WifeLev to LHR this summer and got her confirmed upgrades there and back (using her eUpgrades as an E50) and there was no request for co-pay.

edited to add: (confirmed by link supplied by winnipegrev)

Buy your O fares now before they go through the roof.

Correct, O will not have any co-pay for E50 E75 S100. The only PE fares getting co-pay are E and N.

What I am not surprised with is the greed factor. So we are asked to pay more than felx for E and N, but have the same co-pays. I have all but given up on AC if I end up as Prestige, that will be a fluke. UA will get the bulk of my spend. I have weighed the programs and for me theirs is way ahead. I always fly W fares on UA, and they are always between tango and Flex on AC. There's always the ability to status match to DL or AA with status in an other U-S program.

PE "mistake fares"?
 

In April, the prices for PE "lowest" and "flexible" seem to be reversed.

When choosing "flexible", it went up to the O fare, but the price reduced by about $700 (this is on YYZ/HKG segments).

Good luck....

Good luck, because now that you pointed it out it will be corrected.
Rule number one, don't point out their mistakes. This PE topic has already been dealt with in another thread.

I'm getting the exact same price from yyc to hkg in april for Flex vs lowest in premium economy.

Still not to interested in flying the sardine can.

Noticed that it's already been fixed on some routes. While I agree with this advice, this was so obvious that AC definitely knew about it, and was actually in place since last Friday where you could immediately upgrade the sole PE (O) fare.

Most of us on the other PE thread did not point it out as overtly as OP.