Deciphering a DL fare basis code
Nov 3, 2012 | 11:42 pm
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Deciphering a DL fare basis code
I recently booked a roundtrip on DL from DEN to DCA. I'm wondering if anyone can help me translate the fare basis as I can't seem to locate the fare rule now that I've booked the ticket.
The fare basis code is TR07UPNQ.
The fare basis code is TR07UPNQ.
Nov 4, 2012 | 5:45 am
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Usually "UP" in the fare means it's an upgrade fare, in which a T-UP would be weird, though nothing is too weird in this world of FCM.
Nov 4, 2012 | 6:49 am
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TR07UPNQ
This is a T fare. I believe the 07 means a 7-day advance purchase is required. The UP means an instant upgrade to first (usually A inventory). The N means the fare is non-refundable. I don't know what the R and Q mean other than identifying a specific fare.
T-UP's are rare birds. It's not often I come across one.
Bacrs
This is a T fare. I believe the 07 means a 7-day advance purchase is required. The UP means an instant upgrade to first (usually A inventory). The N means the fare is non-refundable. I don't know what the R and Q mean other than identifying a specific fare.
T-UP's are rare birds. It's not often I come across one.
Bacrs
Nov 4, 2012 | 8:28 am
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I found it Friday morning on DL's site as an "A" class fare in First. It was actually 50 cents cheaper than the Economy fare for the same flights. $387.20 RT. Something about it seems a bit too good to be true which is why I posted the fare basis. I checked the same flights Friday night and the "A" fare was over $1400 RT and the cheapest Economy "L" was over $600 RT.
Why on earth would DL be selling First for less than Economy? Might it have something to do with the effects of the hurricane?
Why on earth would DL be selling First for less than Economy? Might it have something to do with the effects of the hurricane?
Nov 4, 2012 | 11:18 am
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Nov 4, 2012 | 12:11 pm
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Over the past couple of years I've started doing a lot more travel for work and finally am to the point where I am noting some of these issues for myself. I have determined that it is beyond the ken of mortal humans to make sense of airline pricing.
Nov 4, 2012 | 12:14 pm
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I have also recently been doing a lot of travel on KLM so my Delta Skymiles got a good work out last year (this year not so much). What frustrated me is that my company who graciously allows us to accumulate mileage on our own, still purchases only the lowest price fares imaginable which means that despite about a trip a month from the West Coast to the Netherlands or UK I've rarely been able to get an "Upgradable" class of ticket so my mileage accumulates nicely but not in a way I could utilize it. Not that I haven't lucked out and gotten a few bumps up the ladder and in a couple cases been able to finagle an upgradable ticket. but still....)
Nov 4, 2012 | 1:56 pm
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TR07UPNQ
This is a T fare. I believe the 07 means a 7-day advance purchase is required. The UP means an instant upgrade to first (usually A inventory). The N means the fare is non-refundable. I don't know what the R and Q mean other than identifying a specific fare.
T-UP's are rare birds. It's not often I come across one.
Bacrs
This is a T fare. I believe the 07 means a 7-day advance purchase is required. The UP means an instant upgrade to first (usually A inventory). The N means the fare is non-refundable. I don't know what the R and Q mean other than identifying a specific fare.
T-UP's are rare birds. It's not often I come across one.
Bacrs
The Q I have no idea
Nov 4, 2012 | 2:33 pm
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The airline fare computer is massively powerful computer, capable of perfoming thousands of price adjustments per second, that someone apparently spilled Hawaiian Punch into the brains of.
Nov 4, 2012 | 5:30 pm
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The 7 in the fare basis probably means it is a 7 day advance purchase.
Airline pricing is like the Internal Revenue Service. If it sounds logical it is probably wrong
Airline pricing is like the Internal Revenue Service. If it sounds logical it is probably wrong
Nov 5, 2012 | 7:14 am
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I found it Friday morning on DL's site as an "A" class fare in First. It was actually 50 cents cheaper than the Economy fare for the same flights. $387.20 RT. Something about it seems a bit too good to be true which is why I posted the fare basis. I checked the same flights Friday night and the "A" fare was over $1400 RT and the cheapest Economy "L" was over $600 RT.
Why on earth would DL be selling First for less than Economy? Might it have something to do with the effects of the hurricane?
Why on earth would DL be selling First for less than Economy? Might it have something to do with the effects of the hurricane?
Too many people give up on FC just figuring that it's too expensive. While that's probably the case more often than not, it's by no means universally true.
Nov 5, 2012 | 7:19 am
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I found it Friday morning on DL's site as an "A" class fare in First. It was actually 50 cents cheaper than the Economy fare for the same flights. $387.20 RT. Something about it seems a bit too good to be true which is why I posted the fare basis. I checked the same flights Friday night and the "A" fare was over $1400 RT and the cheapest Economy "L" was over $600 RT.
Why on earth would DL be selling First for less than Economy? Might it have something to do with the effects of the hurricane?
Why on earth would DL be selling First for less than Economy? Might it have something to do with the effects of the hurricane?