How to avoid "non-eligible" Y fare classes?
 

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? :confused:

When you call your agent, tell them specifically that you want V class. The increase in fares will likely be so marginal that your company won't be mad at you even if they found out.

Or you can offer to pay the difference if the company's powers-that-be demur.

What a right pain, though, alc16. :(

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.

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.

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....:p