Booking Code for J class (D and I)
 

Called the MP guys yesterday to book a J class ticket, and told them it needs to be changeable free of charge. MP guy (Emmet was his name) confirmed all the details, said the booking was changeable free of charge, and 'no show fee waived' also on this. This should be a Business Class Flex I guess.

Got the emails a few hours later, and it states there:

*REBOOKING FEE CNY1000 APPLIES PER PERSON PER TRANSACTION (PLUS
FARE DIFFERENCE IF CHANGE FIRST SECTOR)
*REROUTING FEE CNY1500 APPLIES PER PERSON PER TRANSACTION (PLUS
FARE DIFFERENCE IF ANY APPLIES)
*NOSHOW FEE CNY1000 APPLIES PER PERSON PER TRANSACTION
*REFUND FEE CNY 1500 PER PERSON APPLIES FOR TOTALLY UNUSED
TICKET ONLY

Why would he tell me the wrong info? I now need to call yet again (third time now, after they initially made a mess of the passenger names). Any thoughts on that? Is it possible to determine on the booking class of D or I what kind of changes/cancellations (and whether they free or not) ?

MPC dont handle ticketing buddy. Ticketing office does

I is a restricted business fare class, nothing flex about it. Think the guy just put you in the wrong fare class for whatever reason. FWIW, here's an overview of the change fees for all classes (yours being the bottom table): Ticket terms and conditions

yes, I understand that, but needed to talk to them anyhow, as they did the booking in conjunction with a reward booking. So thought its best to talk to the same department. As usual, call got disconnected half way through dealing with it. Very frustrating these Cathay people these days...

thanks for the link. It would indicate that he messed up, by doing the classes in the wrong order. Should be I outbound, and the less restrictive D inbound... helpful table there in that link!

I can't judge for this situation, though every time I looked into this, the fare difference between full-flex and the most restricted one was far more then all change/no-show fees requested on the most restricted fares. At least for J class........

And when rebooking, you will have to pay the fare difference anyway. So, better buy the most restricted fare and accept you every now and then have to pay the change/no-show fees. Much cheaper.

Or in Europe: Plan your Ryanair trip 6 months upfront for (often significantly less then) EUR 50 and just drop the ticket in case your trip gets cancelled. Much cheaper then purchasing a ticket 4 weeks (or even 1 week) upfront for 5 times that amount.

ended up with a combination of D and I class. Annoyingly I class then over-rules the fare rules of D. So its like buying a whole ticket in (the more restrictive) I class.