Possible to Book Basic Economy Outbound and Main Cabin Back?
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Possible to Book Basic Economy Outbound and Main Cabin Back?
I was looking online at some international itineraries on delta.com and it appears that it is not possible to book basic economy in one direction and main cabin in the other.
Can that be overridden by an agent, or is it just not possible to book a mixture like that?
Can that be overridden by an agent, or is it just not possible to book a mixture like that?
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Since the most restricted fare governs the entire ticket (unless you book two one ways), if you could do it, the entire ticket would go by the basic economy rules, so there would be no point.
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nope; Basic can’t be combined with any other cabin (Main, C+, PS, F, D1) … you would have to book separate one-way tix
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Isn't it true that BE fares require a RT purchase and can only be combined with other BE fares? I've never bought one, but this is my understanding of the rules.
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Basic Economy does not need to be round-trip. However, yes, you must combine only BE fares.
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An example of a route where there are roundtrip BE fares, but no one-way BE fares is DTW-CHS. The cheapest one-way fares on DTW-CHS are $219 and are in Main Cabin (T basis). While there are BE fares on this route from $318 roundtrip (Main Cabin roundtrip fares start at $373 roundtrip).
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It is definitely not permitted by fare combination rules. "Unbundled" fares here is fare rule speak for Basic Economy fares.
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In some cases, one-way BE fares can only be combined in a roundtrip A-B-A routing basis and can't be booked with an A-B-C multi-city routing. These only apply when attempting to combine fares on a single ticket. You can book fares on separate tickets to get around these rules.
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In some cases, one-way BE fares can only be combined in a roundtrip A-B-A routing basis and can't be booked with an A-B-C multi-city routing. These only apply when attempting to combine fares on a single ticket. You can book fares on separate tickets to get around these rules.
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United Allows It
I know United is not Delta - but as a reference point, the United website allows BE in one direction and regular coach in the other direction (also allows one to buy seat selection at time of booking and any time thereafter.
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UA has same fare combination restrictions on BE fares as DL BE fares. They go further than DL and say they can't even be combined when purchased on separate tickets. Although I doubt they would ever go after anyone for such combinations on separate tickets (other than potentially agents who do it repeatedly).
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