DaChief

First off...be gentle with me As long as I have been flying and a PM I guess I should know this but most all my travel is done through my company travel office. I know a Y fare class is unrestricted. But is a B & M class fully refundable/changeable without restrictions as well?

Thanks

3Cforme

Fare rules can change by origin, destination, and point of sale. Read the applicable rules every time. And don't let your corporate TA do something stupid like putting a non-refundable K fare onto your otherwise fully refundable J international ticket.

Gargoyle

Helpful unofficial reference page for DL fare classes assembled by a FlyerTalker:
http://www.cwsi.net/delta.htm
That site also has NW, CO, AA and UA fare classes.

jbatl

Like 3Cforme said, the answer to your question is going to vary by route.

However, IME, B/M class fares generally are not refundable and do incur a fee for changes.

DaChief

Thanks for the responses. My problem lies in my corporate web travel booking site with my new job. I only have two options when it comes to booking a coach trip. Unrestricted and lowest available. Then when all the available options come up, they do not list by fare. Every flight shows Class Y for both of these two options. It isn't until you actually book the flights, and go to the Delta website itinerary that you can truly see what fare class you just booked into. I am assuming the only choices I get when I select "unrestricted" are truly "Y" class fares. The only thing i have figured out is to go to the Delta web site and look at the same flights options and see what fares are shown there as available. Not my preferred method and I need to come up with something better as a lot of international travel is coming up.

jbatl

Travelocity business?

Global_Hi_Flyer

In my experience (international) an M is not refundable, but a B is fully refundable. YMMV.

You do have to look at the specific fare rules as I've seen refundable M's and non-refund B's.

DaChief

Not at all. A MAJOR corporation!!

jbatl

Oh, well, FWIW, my company uses Travelocity and they also show every coach option as Y class.

bearcat74

My company's website does the same thing - shows all coach as Y when you are selecting flights, but will then show the actual class when you see the page with your itin and price before proceeding to purchase.

DaChief

Thanks...you are absolutely right. On the last page just before I ticket it. Well, it doesn't exactly show actual fare class but a link to the fare rules is buried in there. Now I just need to figure out how to read them Thanks for the help!

jbatl

Not too hard. The first letter of the fare name (designator, basis ... looks like T7NR1M or something similar) is always the booking class.

amps

We use Expedia Corporate and I see the exact fare classes before I book them.