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annehamnitz Jun 18, 2017 5:15 pm
Can someone explain pricing
 
Hi

Looking to upgrade my mom's ticket to Rome. She has a premium economy ticket Oct 19 (back later in the month).
I understand that upgrading the ticket would cost the fare difference, and not also a change fee.

A single business class ticket to Rome on Oct 19 is $2100 and change. If I bought two tickets (or more), each is $1500 and a bit. I've seen two tickets cost more when a fare class has but one seat left but this seems unusual. Or is it?

SparseFlyer Jun 18, 2017 5:41 pm
Originally Posted by annehamnitz (Post 28458608)
Hi

Looking to upgrade my mom's ticket to Rome. She has a premium economy ticket Oct 19 (back later in the month).
I understand that upgrading the ticket would cost the fare difference, and not also a change fee.

A single business class ticket to Rome on Oct 19 is $2100 and change. If I bought two tickets (or more), each is $1500 and a bit. I've seen two tickets cost more when a fare class has but one seat left but this seems unusual. Or is it?
Not enough information.

JumboJet Jun 18, 2017 5:52 pm
Originally Posted by SparseFlyer (Post 28458671)
Not enough information.
I agree. And the answer to your question is no. No one can explain airline pricing :D:cool:

24left Jun 18, 2017 6:05 pm
Originally Posted by annehamnitz (Post 28458608)
Hi

Looking to upgrade my mom's ticket to Rome. She has a premium economy ticket Oct 19 (back later in the month).
I understand that upgrading the ticket would cost the fare difference, and not also a change fee.

A single business class ticket to Rome on Oct 19 is $2100 and change. If I bought two tickets (or more), each is $1500 and a bit. I've seen two tickets cost more when a fare class has but one seat left but this seems unusual. Or is it?
Are you asking for advice as to whether you should upsell the ticket, or are you asking why fares are the rates you saw?

Not sure any of us can tell you whether you should spend more money. It's up to you to decide the value proposition.

Airline pricing and mysteries of revenue management are well above my pay grade at least. :D

D582 Jun 18, 2017 8:15 pm
Originally Posted by annehamnitz (Post 28458608)
A single business class ticket to Rome on Oct 19 is $2100 and change. If I bought two tickets (or more), each is $1500 and a bit. I've seen two tickets cost more when a fare class has but one seat left but this seems unusual. Or is it?
Not unusual. It is called an 'accompanied travel' fare and is only available if the rules are met (in this case, at least 2 people on the booking).

Code:
    V FARE BASIS    BK    FARE  TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG
 55  PXRCCP13      P R  1888.00        T30JN  7/3 10/12M AT01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                AUTO PRICE-YES             
FROM-YTO TO-ROM    CXR-AC    TVL-19OCT17  RULE-E390 IPRAI/101 
FARE BASIS-PXRCCP13          SPECIAL FARE  DIS-E  VENDOR-ATP 
FARE TYPE-BAP      RT-BUSINESS CLASS ADVANCE PURCHASE         
CAD  1888.00  1401  E14JUN17 D-INFINITY  FC-PXRCCP13  FN-3H   
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 13JUN17/1154  EXPIRES INFINITY         
                                                               
13.ACCOMPANIED TRAVEL                                         
  MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SECTORS IN SAME COMPARTMENT     
  BY AT LEAST 1 ADULT PSGR. NO MORE THAN 8 ACCOMPANIED       
  PASSENGERS PERMITTED FOR EACH ADULT PSGR.

annehamnitz Jun 19, 2017 5:15 am
Originally Posted by D582 (Post 28459080)
Not unusual. It is called an 'accompanied travel' fare and is only available if the rules are met (in this case, at least 2 people on the booking).

Code:
    V FARE BASIS    BK    FARE  TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG
 55  PXRCCP13      P R  1888.00        T30JN  7/3 10/12M AT01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                AUTO PRICE-YES             
FROM-YTO TO-ROM    CXR-AC    TVL-19OCT17  RULE-E390 IPRAI/101 
FARE BASIS-PXRCCP13          SPECIAL FARE  DIS-E  VENDOR-ATP 
FARE TYPE-BAP      RT-BUSINESS CLASS ADVANCE PURCHASE         
CAD  1888.00  1401  E14JUN17 D-INFINITY  FC-PXRCCP13  FN-3H   
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 13JUN17/1154  EXPIRES INFINITY         
                                                               
13.ACCOMPANIED TRAVEL                                         
  MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SECTORS IN SAME COMPARTMENT     
  BY AT LEAST 1 ADULT PSGR. NO MORE THAN 8 ACCOMPANIED       
  PASSENGERS PERMITTED FOR EACH ADULT PSGR.
Thank you

krayZpaving Jun 19, 2017 1:05 pm
Like many things that seem strange in pricing for airline tickets, it's likely an effort to separate those who are willing to pay more from those who aren't. Solo travellers are more likely to be corporate travellers who have less sensitivity to price than leisure travellers. You can't tell a business traveller from a leisure traveller easily, but you can tell a few markers: travelling alone, no weekend stay, flying on a Monday morning / Thursday afternoon / Friday afternoon, booking at short notice, changing tickets at short notice, etc.
So they charge more for those things in order to try to get more money from those who are less price sensitive.


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