Flex fares increased?
Sep 3, 2013 | 5:05 am
#1
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Flex fares increased?
I am flying about 5x a year HKG-FRA return on EK and always book FLEX. However today I was checking for my next flight in October and I searched Saver first, which showed me HK$ 7818 inc. taxes and fees. Flex showed me HK$11698. That's quite a difference, I remember it used to be like $2000 difference or so.. or maybe I'm wrong. Or the saver fares just decreased for this route!?
Sep 3, 2013 | 5:17 am
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Dont know whether fares have changed, but that does seem to be about the difference between the U fare and the W fare in October
Checking for September , the lowest fare seems to be a B class fare and there seems to be a $2000 difference to W
Looks like there is a cheaper class introduced
Looking at historical fares, for october EF is showing fares for tickets issued last month
B 6250
M 7780
W 9040
whilst now
U 6920
B 8420
M 9620
W 10920
The cheapest fare is now about the same price , but the cheapest flex fare is now $2000 more expensive
( fares shown are exclusive of taxes and fines )
Checking for September , the lowest fare seems to be a B class fare and there seems to be a $2000 difference to W
Looks like there is a cheaper class introduced
Looking at historical fares, for october EF is showing fares for tickets issued last month
B 6250
M 7780
W 9040
whilst now
U 6920
B 8420
M 9620
W 10920
The cheapest fare is now about the same price , but the cheapest flex fare is now $2000 more expensive
( fares shown are exclusive of taxes and fines )
Last edited by Dave Noble; Sep 3, 2013 at 5:25 am
Sep 3, 2013 | 5:33 am
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If you had booked for october a cpl of weeks ago the difference would have been around $2000