New Fare Designations
Nov 2, 2003, 12:07 pm
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New Fare Designations
Appears that as of February domestic A/D/F fare classes become A/P/D, respectively. Not sure if this brings any new changes, or what CO's motive was behind this, just thought I'd bring it up.
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Nov 2, 2003, 12:24 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CODC10:
Appears that as of February domestic A/D/F fare classes become A/P/D, respectively. Not sure if this brings any new changes, or what CO's motive was behind this, just thought I'd bring it up.
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Appears that as of February domestic A/D/F fare classes become A/P/D, respectively. Not sure if this brings any new changes, or what CO's motive was behind this, just thought I'd bring it up.
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Nov 2, 2003, 3:53 pm
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Wonder if "D" BusinessFirst fares will have to be booked into "D" class for domestic segments or it'll still be okay to book into A or P. 
- Pat
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Nov 2, 2003, 4:25 pm
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I'm seeing A/P/D/Z with lots of Z0 but some Z9's on itn in March. Maybe they're going to institute capacity controls on upgrades from Y fares or EasyPass rewards?
Nov 2, 2003, 4:29 pm
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Ooops. I forgot to mention that it would be likely that D would remain for domestic segments of international itineraries and that Z would be the standard upgrade and Elite upgrade bucket. That is, unless CO has unpublished buckets under Z.
Nov 4, 2003, 3:03 am
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Am I correct to assume that P replaces D on domestic and international business (not BF) flights?
Right now D is "discount" FC, so-called "business" fare.
jh
Right now D is "discount" FC, so-called "business" fare.
jh
Nov 4, 2003, 3:18 am
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BTW, I just checked continental.com and I don't find any mention of the P fare.
Tried my usual routings on dates after Feb 04 and came up with D fares each time. Same fare rules as now.
Where did you see the P fare mentioned?
jh
Tried my usual routings on dates after Feb 04 and came up with D fares each time. Same fare rules as now.
Where did you see the P fare mentioned?
jh
Nov 4, 2003, 3:38 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CODC10:
Appears that as of February domestic A/D/F fare classes become A/P/D, respectively. Not sure if this brings any new changes, or what CO's motive was behind this, just thought I'd bring it up.</font>
Appears that as of February domestic A/D/F fare classes become A/P/D, respectively. Not sure if this brings any new changes, or what CO's motive was behind this, just thought I'd bring it up.</font>
Nov 4, 2003, 8:05 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by whiteknuckles:
There are only 26 letters in the alphabet, so (for now) the airlines are restricted to 26 classes of service.
Originally posted by CODC10:
Appears that as of February domestic A/D/F fare classes become A/P/D, respectively. Not sure if this brings any new changes, or what CO's motive was behind this, just thought I'd bring it up.</font>
Appears that as of February domestic A/D/F fare classes become A/P/D, respectively. Not sure if this brings any new changes, or what CO's motive was behind this, just thought I'd bring it up.</font>
That's why the airlines with only 4-6 fare classes are losing...oh, wait!?!
Nov 4, 2003, 11:04 pm
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Mathematicians were not constrained with this: use the Greek alphabet!
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Nov 6, 2003, 12:40 pm
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Now I'm really confused. I bought 2 EWR-FLL tickets last month for a flight in Jan and was using miles to upgrade. At the time there was an F bucket but on the outbound it showed only an F1 -on the return we both were already upgraded. Gave the seat to hubby and I'm now on the waitlist. Now it seems F has disappeared and all thats showing is A9 D9 Z7 H9 K9 B9 V9 Q7 S0 T0 L0.
I called today to check and was told 'no more upgrade seats have been added, so I'm still waitlisted. Now this is a big 757-- currently showing only 5 seats in F taken, so I'm assuming my upgrade will clear (I'm Platinum)... but which bucket would they be coming out of now???
I called today to check and was told 'no more upgrade seats have been added, so I'm still waitlisted. Now this is a big 757-- currently showing only 5 seats in F taken, so I'm assuming my upgrade will clear (I'm Platinum)... but which bucket would they be coming out of now???
Nov 6, 2003, 3:08 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mauld:
... Now it seems F has disappeared and all thats showing is A9 D9 Z7 H9 K9 B9 V9 Q7 S0 T0 L0.
I called today to check and was told 'no more upgrade seats have been added, so I'm still waitlisted. Now this is a big 757-- currently showing only 5 seats in F taken, so I'm assuming my upgrade will clear (I'm Platinum)... but which bucket would they be coming out of now???</font>
... Now it seems F has disappeared and all thats showing is A9 D9 Z7 H9 K9 B9 V9 Q7 S0 T0 L0.
I called today to check and was told 'no more upgrade seats have been added, so I'm still waitlisted. Now this is a big 757-- currently showing only 5 seats in F taken, so I'm assuming my upgrade will clear (I'm Platinum)... but which bucket would they be coming out of now???</font>
Nov 7, 2003, 1:17 pm
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The above thread is not clear to me. Does anyone actually know what bucket will replace the F bucket, and if we will be able to see this information. The only reason I view this data is to asses availability for EUA and mileage based upgrades before purchasing.
Nov 7, 2003, 2:21 pm
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Got this from my Travel Agent:
A - Domestic F/C
AU - Elite Upgrade
B - Discounted Coach
C - International F/C
D - Discounted F/C
E - Reward
F - F/C Onepass/Reward Upgrade - going away!
G - Reward
H - Discounted Coach
I - Discounted Coach
J - BusinessFirst
K - Discounted Coach
L - Discounted Coach
M - Elite Reward
N - Discounted Coach
O - Discounted Coach (I think for Priceline, etc.)
P - Reward - F/C
Q - Discounted Coach
R - Upgraded - Replaces F
S - Discounted Coach
T - Discounted Coach
U - Discounted Coach
V - Discounted Coach
W - Discounted Coach
X - Discounted Coach
Y - Full Fare Coach
YN - Coach Reward
Z - Discounted Business First
There you go - you can get this from any Travel Agent that is bored out of his/her mind!
Nov 7, 2003, 2:32 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by 005flyer:
Got this from my Travel Agent:
A - Domestic F/C
AU - Elite Upgrade
B - Discounted Coach
C - International F/C
D - Discounted F/C
E - Reward
F - F/C Onepass/Reward Upgrade - going away!
G - Reward
H - Discounted Coach
I - Discounted Coach
J - BusinessFirst
K - Discounted Coach
L - Discounted Coach
M - Elite Reward
N - Discounted Coach
O - Discounted Coach (I think for Priceline, etc.)
P - Reward - F/C
Q - Discounted Coach
R - Upgraded - Replaces F
S - Discounted Coach
T - Discounted Coach
U - Discounted Coach
V - Discounted Coach
W - Discounted Coach
X - Discounted Coach
Y - Full Fare Coach
YN - Coach Reward
Z - Discounted Business First
There you go - you can get this from any Travel Agent that is bored out of his/her mind!</font>
Got this from my Travel Agent:
A - Domestic F/C
AU - Elite Upgrade
B - Discounted Coach
C - International F/C
D - Discounted F/C
E - Reward
F - F/C Onepass/Reward Upgrade - going away!
G - Reward
H - Discounted Coach
I - Discounted Coach
J - BusinessFirst
K - Discounted Coach
L - Discounted Coach
M - Elite Reward
N - Discounted Coach
O - Discounted Coach (I think for Priceline, etc.)
P - Reward - F/C
Q - Discounted Coach
R - Upgraded - Replaces F
S - Discounted Coach
T - Discounted Coach
U - Discounted Coach
V - Discounted Coach
W - Discounted Coach
X - Discounted Coach
Y - Full Fare Coach
YN - Coach Reward
Z - Discounted Business First
There you go - you can get this from any Travel Agent that is bored out of his/her mind!</font>
Will we be able to see the P bucket (the F/C Reward bucket)?