Why is it so expensive flying from Paris to Los Angeles?
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different text but same conditions...
"refundable in case of cancellation before flight departure" means the same thing (they are talking about the 1st flight). Note that this means you can't cancel the ticket once you've started travel (this is normal, though); so once you got to Europe, you can't cancel the CDG-LAX flight for full refund (but why would you want to do that?). In that scenario, they would *probably* re-price the journey the corresponding one-way LAX-AMS fare applicable on the date of purchase and refund whatever was left over from the amount you paid for the open jaw but don't hold me to that without seeing the full Fare Conditions.
Compare with the conditions if you don't tick the "Flex only" box:
"refundable in case of cancellation before flight departure" means the same thing (they are talking about the 1st flight). Note that this means you can't cancel the ticket once you've started travel (this is normal, though); so once you got to Europe, you can't cancel the CDG-LAX flight for full refund (but why would you want to do that?). In that scenario, they would *probably* re-price the journey the corresponding one-way LAX-AMS fare applicable on the date of purchase and refund whatever was left over from the amount you paid for the open jaw but don't hold me to that without seeing the full Fare Conditions.
Compare with the conditions if you don't tick the "Flex only" box:
Last edited by irishguy28; Aug 4, 2022 at 6:53 am
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The Ticket Conditions as shown above regarding whether a ticket is refundable refer only to voluntary requests spontaneously made by the traveller for their own personal reasons.
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Until I remembered not to be an idiot and bought the same connection out, but with a return in three months, for under 250.
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You dont really need to tick that box.
Just search for your fare normally and pick Flex option when it says "select your fare" which should be available on all tix.
Just search for your fare normally and pick Flex option when it says "select your fare" which should be available on all tix.
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That's the reason why the Flex box is shown when you select Multi-City.
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LAX-AMS roundtrip will be less costly than LAX-AMS CDG-LAX
Air France has no Z class for your dates for the Paris-LAX leg so there is a premium there.
Air France has no Z class for your dates for the Paris-LAX leg so there is a premium there.
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I think it will be a very bad idea to use a OTA and actually also Air Tahiti Nui.
As you have seen last summer the risks of irrops is significant and then you are totally ....ed with an OTA as the airline can not help you directly. Everything has to go through the OTA. Additionally Air Tahiti doesn’t operate a lot of flights so if their flight get canceled for some reason then you are totally stuck. With KL-AF there are tons of options, especially in combination with DL.
When traveling with family that’s very valuable.
As you have seen last summer the risks of irrops is significant and then you are totally ....ed with an OTA as the airline can not help you directly. Everything has to go through the OTA. Additionally Air Tahiti doesn’t operate a lot of flights so if their flight get canceled for some reason then you are totally stuck. With KL-AF there are tons of options, especially in combination with DL.
When traveling with family that’s very valuable.
But yeah, the process was very tedious, I threaten them to the extent of not doing business with them again, as I have spent more than 100K with them anyways.
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Z is a business class fare class, so it's not relevant to your ticket or to this discussion - as I understand it, you are booking Economy.
Behind the scenes, the airlines have various different price points at various different "hierarchies"; they use letters of the alphabet to help segregate each cabin into numerous different price points. In business class, AF typically uses J, C, D, I and Z. Premium Eco fares use W, S and A. Economy fares use Y, B, M, U, K, H, L, Q, T, N, R, V. In general, in each of the listed cabins, prices decline (and conditions become more onerous; advance purchase, less flexibility etc) as you move rightwards through the given letters.
It's not something the average traveller needs to worry about or concern themselves with.
Behind the scenes, the airlines have various different price points at various different "hierarchies"; they use letters of the alphabet to help segregate each cabin into numerous different price points. In business class, AF typically uses J, C, D, I and Z. Premium Eco fares use W, S and A. Economy fares use Y, B, M, U, K, H, L, Q, T, N, R, V. In general, in each of the listed cabins, prices decline (and conditions become more onerous; advance purchase, less flexibility etc) as you move rightwards through the given letters.
It's not something the average traveller needs to worry about or concern themselves with.
Last edited by irishguy28; Aug 10, 2022 at 1:29 am