Fares help! £11K vs. £2400 ... OSL-LON-HKG-MEL
May 22, 2019, 10:51 am
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Fares help! £11K vs. £2400 ... OSL-LON-HKG-MEL
Hello
I just tried to book this by phone with BA (Silver line), and despite trying various combinations and currencies (and confirming that the I class bucket was still available on all legs), the agent could only get a fare of over £11,000 (fully flexible).
He tried the fare construction codes nelow from ITA to no avail, and has now sent it to the Fares dept to have a look at:
OSL BA X/LON CX X/HKG CX MEL 1165.69IAARRNO8 CX X/HKG CX LON BA OSL 1165.69IAARRNO8 1S168.55 NUC 2499.93 END ROE 8.578601 XT 17.90G2 9.70ZN 26.00GB 35.16UB 36.00G3 10.00I5 32.60AU 2.20WG 22.80WY 46.40YQ 235.20YR
Any idea what's going on?
I just tried to book this by phone with BA (Silver line), and despite trying various combinations and currencies (and confirming that the I class bucket was still available on all legs), the agent could only get a fare of over £11,000 (fully flexible).
He tried the fare construction codes nelow from ITA to no avail, and has now sent it to the Fares dept to have a look at:
OSL BA X/LON CX X/HKG CX MEL 1165.69IAARRNO8 CX X/HKG CX LON BA OSL 1165.69IAARRNO8 1S168.55 NUC 2499.93 END ROE 8.578601 XT 17.90G2 9.70ZN 26.00GB 35.16UB 36.00G3 10.00I5 32.60AU 2.20WG 22.80WY 46.40YQ 235.20YR
Any idea what's going on?
May 22, 2019, 11:05 am
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Use a travel agent like Propeller. https://propellertravel.com/pro-travel-enq/
May 22, 2019, 11:10 am
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May 22, 2019, 11:12 am
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BA has no interest in selling cheap CX fares, but might get enough for the BA segment on the fare that's over ten thousand pounds.......
Still, it's surprising that BA doesn't have a nice exEU fare, perhaps with more of the segments being BA operated.
Still, it's surprising that BA doesn't have a nice exEU fare, perhaps with more of the segments being BA operated.
May 22, 2019, 11:16 am
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Fair (fare?) point.
Naivety/newbieism on my part - I did an OSL-SYD run earlier in the year that involved one BA (LHR-HKG /SIN-LHR) segment in each leg (rest were CX or QF) and that lulled me into thinking it’s as simple as (a) find date on ITA Matrix, (b) ring and book, with anyone.
I guess that doesn’t work when there’s not much in it for them, as you say...
Naivety/newbieism on my part - I did an OSL-SYD run earlier in the year that involved one BA (LHR-HKG /SIN-LHR) segment in each leg (rest were CX or QF) and that lulled me into thinking it’s as simple as (a) find date on ITA Matrix, (b) ring and book, with anyone.
I guess that doesn’t work when there’s not much in it for them, as you say...
May 22, 2019, 11:22 am
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(PS I would be planning to drop the last leg, so don’t want to book through TA - or to put it better, if I did then I know I definitely should take the last leg, and would, but avoiding that is why I would rather avoid the TA option).
May 22, 2019, 11:24 am
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Fair (fare?) point.
Naivety/newbieism on my part - I did an OSL-SYD run earlier in the year that involved one BA (LHR-HKG /SIN-LHR) segment in each leg (rest were CX or QF) and that lulled me into thinking it’s as simple as (a) find date on ITA Matrix, (b) ring and book, with anyone.
I guess that doesn’t work when there’s not much in it for them, as you say...
Naivety/newbieism on my part - I did an OSL-SYD run earlier in the year that involved one BA (LHR-HKG /SIN-LHR) segment in each leg (rest were CX or QF) and that lulled me into thinking it’s as simple as (a) find date on ITA Matrix, (b) ring and book, with anyone.
I guess that doesn’t work when there’s not much in it for them, as you say...
May 22, 2019, 11:26 am
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It's not about there being much in it for anyone but has everything to do with whose fare it is. Earlier in the year, the longhaul segment was a BA flight, which means it was a BA fare. With the flights you want to book now, longhaul are CX flights and BA are only feeder flights. It is the CX fare and CX requires for it to be issued on CX (or KA) stock, which BA can't do. You should call CX or a travel agent.
May 22, 2019, 11:30 am
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Yes, I was going to say. I haven't double checked but usually this sort of fare would not necessarily be more expensive if booked to terminate in London, provided a correct point of sale and departure city was respected.
May 22, 2019, 11:36 am
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At the very least I always price up this option when researching fares. as well as direct LON fares and the 'full' ex-EU version and often it's not that much more expensive and it does spare any angst of what 'punishment' will be meted out if you do miss the last leg.
May 22, 2019, 11:42 am
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If it's OSL-LON-HKG-MEL-HKG-LON, would the 'correct' point of sale (the one for best pricing) be UK or Norway?
Sorry for cluelessness.
May 22, 2019, 11:58 am
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