Same Booking Class - OW Flex, OW Saver?
Nov 14, 2012 | 7:05 am
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Same Booking Class - OW Flex, OW Saver?
Not too familiar with Skywards at all, so apologies if this is a stupid question.
I had to buy a walk up ticket recently, both ways in B class. Ticket says SKYWARDS FLEX, and outbound posted as such. However the return shows saver on emirates.com. Is this a website glitch or for real? The fare basis is BHxxxxx for outbound, BLxxxxx for inbound.
Thanks for any help.
I had to buy a walk up ticket recently, both ways in B class. Ticket says SKYWARDS FLEX, and outbound posted as such. However the return shows saver on emirates.com. Is this a website glitch or for real? The fare basis is BHxxxxx for outbound, BLxxxxx for inbound.
Thanks for any help.
Nov 14, 2012 | 8:55 am
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There are a number of glitches in the system... I would consider yourself fairly safe for the following reasons:
a) The endorsement on the ticket supports your claim
b) The outbound posted as Flex
I have also seen cases mentioned here on FT where tickets showed as Flex during booking and then posted as Saver - I think contacting EK with proof of this such as screenshot was sufficient to rectify. I can imagine that a properly endorsed ticket will only assist your claim.
a) The endorsement on the ticket supports your claim
b) The outbound posted as Flex
I have also seen cases mentioned here on FT where tickets showed as Flex during booking and then posted as Saver - I think contacting EK with proof of this such as screenshot was sufficient to rectify. I can imagine that a properly endorsed ticket will only assist your claim.
Last edited by father_ted; Nov 14, 2012 at 12:04 pm Reason: erroneous information removed
Nov 14, 2012 | 12:03 pm
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Dave Noble - quite right, I have been flying too much *A recently where B is a high class. Apologies.
Earlier post amended - YERW are the top four on EK and tend to be flex fares. Everything else (MB... and many lower buckets which do not always have a fare on offer) tends to be saver.
Earlier post amended - YERW are the top four on EK and tend to be flex fares. Everything else (MB... and many lower buckets which do not always have a fare on offer) tends to be saver.
Nov 15, 2012 | 8:31 am
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FCO-DXB-MNL-DXB-FCO, booked as a return.
Here's the FCO-MNL part:
I guess we'll see how it posts, will make a difference for hitting Silver sooner for me.
Here's the FCO-MNL part:
03 Nov 2012 Emirates Europe - West (FCO) to Far East (MNL) FLEX Flight 6,000 6,000
Nov 15, 2012 | 11:34 am
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Apologies... 
The outbound is R so that explains it. The ATB receipt is rather crappy just around those lines so I mistakenly read it as B with the bottom missing. Very clear on the fare calculation though. (REE1YIT1+BLE1YIT1).
The outbound is R so that explains it. The ATB receipt is rather crappy just around those lines so I mistakenly read it as B with the bottom missing. Very clear on the fare calculation though. (REE1YIT1+BLE1YIT1).
... The R fare is definitely a flex fare so the earning of flex outbound but the inbound being a saver earning seems consistent to the fares