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Delta flight price jumps when booking mixed carrier
If I book a mixed carrier itinerary on a third party site, should that be the equivalent of two one way flights? I noticed that Delta flight 2226 (ATL-FLL) jumps from $166.25 to $1063.00 when I tack on a second leg on B6. Is this Delta's doing or is this a bug on my corporate travel site?
When booking one way: Code:
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTGCode:
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG |
I don't know all these inner workings, but I notice the second fare is business class unrestricted...
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Without knowing the dates or the destination of the B6 ticket, it is hard to tell exactly how the entire itinerary is pricing. But this is one of the facts I mentioned on another thread when DL said they won't through-check luggage unless all the segments are on the same ticket. I said that many times it is possible to include all flights on the same ticket, but often it is not financially feasible, as you found out.
One of the frequent DL loyalists on the forum took issue with me (and later said we were talking about different issues, which we weren't, but he easily gets confused). Fortunately life on the forum is so much more peaceful for me since I used the 'ignore' feature :D |
Originally Posted by fti
(Post 19678163)
Without knowing the dates or the destination of the B6 ticket, it is hard to tell exactly how the entire itinerary is pricing. But this is one of the facts I mentioned on another thread when DL said they won't through-check luggage unless all the segments are on the same ticket. I said that many times it is possible to include all flights on the same ticket, but often it is not financially feasible, as you found out.
Here are the details: DL 2226 on Nov 26; ATL-FLL B6 277 on Nov 28; FLL-SFO |
Have you looked into why searching ATL-FLL as a one way gives you the lowest price economy (currently K fare), and searching round trip with DL outbound and B6 return is putting you in fully refundable business class? Is there something on your end you are doing or is your travel engine forcing it into C class?
Are you searching for a refundable ticket on the return on B6, that might be causing the entire trip to price as refundable? |
Originally Posted by roknroll
(Post 19678288)
Have you looked into why searching ATL-FLL as a one way gives you the lowest price economy (currently K fare), and searching round trip with DL outbound and B6 return is putting you in fully refundable business class? Is there something on your end you are doing or is your travel engine forcing it into C class?
Are you searching for a refundable ticket on the return on B6, that might be causing the entire trip to price as refundable?
Originally Posted by hg
(Post 19678255)
I'm not checking any luggage, and they're both direct flights. Does the delta price depend on B6 at all?
Here are the details: DL 2226 on Nov 26; ATL-FLL B6 277 on Nov 28; FLL-SFO Individual tickets cost $185.80 with DL in K and $222.80 with B6 in R. But when you try to ticket in one ticket, it comes for me to $1,296.60 per the fare calc below. It shows for me a Fare Basis of C for the ATL-FLL flight, but it books into Y. Issuing two separate tickets is often cheaper than one ticket when combining airlines. ATL DL FLL 988.84C B6 SFO 197.21RH07AE2S USD1186.05END ZP ATLFLL FARE USD 1186.05 TAX 5.00AY TAX 88.95US TAX 9.00XF TAX 7.60ZP TOT USD 1296.60 |
REad the fare rules. Often the lowest-priced delta fares are only combinable with other delta fares.
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Originally Posted by mattsteg
(Post 19678596)
REad the fare rules. Often the lowest-priced delta fares are only combinable with other delta fares.
"COMBINATIONS ARE FOR CARRIER DL/AF/AZ/KL/AS/AM/VA" |
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