Nor can I speak for the distant past when maybe they were purely one-way fares, but they are in a certain sense "pseudo-bookable-one-way".

It would better to call them "bookable as half round trip fares". They are combinable with each other and with some fare classes on other carriers.

There is an occasional misunderstanding in this forum about whether you can get Q one way and H the other way, for example.

And if you're not into drugs and too sexy for makeup, you can always stick a crayon up your knows, a la Homer Simpson.

It would be best to call them the ultra-complicated fares. Given that you need a 2 page long "cheat sheet" just to list the generalized fares types (not including all the other possible complications and restrictions) "simplified" seems like the last that should be used to describe them.

Well, perhaps they should be called the "plausible deniability fares."

{Well, I may be an idiot, but I still think they should be called "plausible deniability fares."}

- Maybe they framed the right guy.

All of the above is not to say I don't appreciate the effort Andrew has put into maintaining this list. Clearly there's a lot of work there, and equally clearly he has the best interests of customers at heart.

But it's just another example of the best efforts of a dedicated and customer focused employee being overwhelmed by a corporate culture of nonchalance, disintererst, and conflicting policies and information, defended with the usual claim of "it's not our fault."

Evidence removed to protect the innocent and/or guilty parties.

If you do something stupid, but nobody sees it, does that mean you're not really an idiot?

Or lumber?

That means Leisure fares are upgradeable with SSWU, however H&B fares can be upgraded with SWU.

I plead drugs.

'Cause it's not as embarassing as stupidtiy.

Did I miss something?

Andrew:


According to the Aeroplan web site (link: http://www.aeroplan.com/earn_miles/o...ner_details.do) flights on AC in C booking class to Europe (except for the UK), including the cities listed above, earn a 25% COS bonus, not a 50% COS bonus. That is exactly what I earned on C class, when I flew from Canada to CDG and back, earlier in the week.

FlyerGoldII

Special System-Wide Upgrades
 

Does anyone know if the above awards aare valid on 'A' class shares between Canda and the UK?
Thanks
Joe

Check the very first post. "A" fares are Leisure fares and are SSWU eligible

LEISURE
These are booked in A, B, H, V, Q, L booking class.
They earn 100% Aeroplan miles and do count towards your status (re)qualification.
Change fee is $200/£100 (+ fare difference if your booking class is not available).
Bookable as one way.
No standby permitted.
Changes can be made on the day of departure at the airport for $100CAD/£50
NON-refundable.
Upgradeable with Special Systemwides or Regular Systemwide for H & B class.
500 bonus Aeroplan miles per roundtrip when purchased on AC's website.
Free seat selection.

Idiot needs help...
 

I need some help understanding the fare classes and seat availability on the AC website. AC 865 (LHR-YUL) on 25 OCT shows B9 H9 V9 Q9 L9 A9, yet on AC.COM, only Latitude and Executive fares are shown as available. Now is this because the window for booking a leisure fare is 7 or 14 days out? If that is so, what happens to those fare buckets that still show availability? And to those seats? Do they not sell them for anything but Latitude rates, even though the availability is wide open? Am I out to lunch or does this seem like crummy yield management - to have so many seats available at a clearly unsaleable price - ? Thanks in advance for explanations.

My guess is that you are trying to book a ONE WAY tiocket, which do not appear to be available as "Leisure". Try booking it as a return and Leisure fares pop up. (even if you throw out the return portion you are ahead of the game if you KNOW you are leasving on thew 25th.)