Fare Codes for Y class upgrades?
Mar 6, 2001 | 4:43 pm
#1
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Fare Codes for Y class upgrades?
Hi all,
I'm a CO Gold elite and will be purchasing a Y class fare next week from EFD-IAH-EWR then returning EWR-IAH-EFD.
On my outbound segment, the two flights I'm interested in show in ITN:
Continental Airlines 1791 Boeing 737-500 6:00 Houston, TX (IAH) 10:20 Newark, NJ (EWR) A9 D0 F0 Y9 H9 K9 B9 V9 Q9 T9
Continental Airlines 206 Boeing 737-500 9:40
Houston, TX (IAH) 14:17 Newark, NJ (EWR) A8 D8 F7 Y9 H9 K9 B9 V9 Q9 T9
Now my question is this: Which fare class do Gold and Platinum Y confirmable upgrades come from? A or F?? The first flight shows F0 and the second shows F7...which one am I better off buying the Y fare for?
Thanks to all the FT'ers...sorry if this has been covered before. I did a search and did not find anything.
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I'm a CO Gold elite and will be purchasing a Y class fare next week from EFD-IAH-EWR then returning EWR-IAH-EFD.
On my outbound segment, the two flights I'm interested in show in ITN:
Continental Airlines 1791 Boeing 737-500 6:00 Houston, TX (IAH) 10:20 Newark, NJ (EWR) A9 D0 F0 Y9 H9 K9 B9 V9 Q9 T9
Continental Airlines 206 Boeing 737-500 9:40
Houston, TX (IAH) 14:17 Newark, NJ (EWR) A8 D8 F7 Y9 H9 K9 B9 V9 Q9 T9
Now my question is this: Which fare class do Gold and Platinum Y confirmable upgrades come from? A or F?? The first flight shows F0 and the second shows F7...which one am I better off buying the Y fare for?
Thanks to all the FT'ers...sorry if this has been covered before. I did a search and did not find anything.
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http://www.denycontinentalthefreddie.com
Mar 6, 2001 | 4:47 pm
#2
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The FC seats available for upgrade are listed as "F". "A" are full fare FC seats. Yield management eventually starts moving A seats to F as flight time gets closer.
Also, when there are nine or more seats available in a given bucket, ITN will only show "9". Apparently, this is the same as what the rez agents see.
You should be able to upgrade immediately on the 9:40AM. I'm pretty sure of this, however I am former Platinum who's been demoted to silver.
[This message has been edited by Duhey2 (edited 03-06-2001).]
Also, when there are nine or more seats available in a given bucket, ITN will only show "9". Apparently, this is the same as what the rez agents see.
You should be able to upgrade immediately on the 9:40AM. I'm pretty sure of this, however I am former Platinum who's been demoted to silver.
[This message has been edited by Duhey2 (edited 03-06-2001).]
Mar 6, 2001 | 11:05 pm
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[This message has been edited by cigarman (edited 03-06-2001).]
[This message has been edited by cigarman (edited 03-06-2001).]
Mar 6, 2001 | 11:06 pm
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edited due to temporary fact checking my answer...
Mar 7, 2001 | 4:36 pm
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Full Y fares are eligible for upgrades which will be taken from the A seats. The F seats on ITN are for upgrades on discounted fares (non-Y fares). Therefore you should be able to upgrade immediately on both legs.