How to avoid "non-eligible" Y fare classes?
Jul 16, 2009 | 10:36 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Singapore
Programs: QR Silver
Posts: 73
How to avoid "non-eligible" Y fare classes?
For Cathay Pacific and Dragonair Economy Class, only fare classes Y, B, H, K, M, L and V are eligible for earning Asia Miles.
Jul 16, 2009 | 11:49 am
#2
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 6,978
My company travel agent handles my bookings and i'm noticing a few more flights I've been on have not qualified for points/sectors (I hate N fares now!!). Do you have tips on how avoid these? I obviously can't request them to "book me a more expensive ticket". For example, would booking flights very close to the travel date help?
Jul 16, 2009 | 12:55 pm
#3
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,341
What a right pain, though, alc16.
Jul 16, 2009 | 6:19 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 234
Check your availability here before calling your agent:
http://seatcounter.com/
Only if you can, juggle around the date that N is zero out as I usually do. Some companies do not even allow their employees to pay fare differences. I am not sure about yours though.
http://seatcounter.com/
Only if you can, juggle around the date that N is zero out as I usually do. Some companies do not even allow their employees to pay fare differences. I am not sure about yours though.
Last edited by Sam7; Jul 16, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Jul 16, 2009 | 11:39 pm
#5
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Asia/Europe
Programs: CX, OZ, MU (+AY, DL), Shangri-La, Hilton
Posts: 7,233
My TA knows that nothing below V is acceptable. 
Convince the powers to be that flexibility provided by V class and above tickets is worth the price difference if nothing else helps.
Convince the powers to be that flexibility provided by V class and above tickets is worth the price difference if nothing else helps.
Jul 17, 2009 | 12:03 am
#6
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Singapore
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Thanks for your suggestions - very useful.
The TA are under instructions to quote either the cheapest prices of full flexibility fares but i don't qualify the latter. I guess our TA's 'flexibility' in the finding quotations depends on being able to understand anything that's not black & white! I may just have to cancel an existing booking and then rebook a few days prior to travel....
The TA are under instructions to quote either the cheapest prices of full flexibility fares but i don't qualify the latter. I guess our TA's 'flexibility' in the finding quotations depends on being able to understand anything that's not black & white! I may just have to cancel an existing booking and then rebook a few days prior to travel....