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Old Dec 22, 2018, 2:18 pm
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Paying to "Upgrade" to Economy Basic
Because who doesn't want to pay an extra $14 for fewer benefits?

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Old Dec 22, 2018, 2:32 pm
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If you click on the flight number it'll tell you what booking class each fare books into. You may find the cheaper (more frills) fare earns less miles? Just a suggestion
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Old Dec 22, 2018, 3:07 pm
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Noticed this on a couple of recent fares I've searched. Perhaps something with sales fares being loaded and having separate inventory?
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Old Dec 24, 2018, 2:08 am
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Often see cheaper CE tickets than ET. I guess it pays to check.
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Old Dec 24, 2018, 11:33 am
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Originally Posted by World Traveller Fuss
Perhaps something with sales fares being loaded and having separate inventory?
Just as likely that neither number there is a quote, but just an estimate churned out by an algorithm which can see a lot that the user can't immediately see from the page, including possible combinability problems.

Whenever examples like these are trotted out, it would always be more interesting to see fully-priced round-trip fares in which basic turns out to be more expensive than standard on the same flights.
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