Fare changes 2015
Mar 28, 2015 | 12:48 am
#286
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 6
Has anyone ever manage to buy a First Saver? I know Emirates only advertise First Flex and First Flex Plus, but I recently bought a First Saver from KUL-MAN on 14/4/15. I bought the tickets on 17/3/15 as well. But since then I've not seen the booking class again on the website.
Mar 28, 2015 | 6:15 am
#287
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,933
Has anyone ever manage to buy a First Saver? I know Emirates only advertise First Flex and First Flex Plus, but I recently bought a First Saver from KUL-MAN on 14/4/15. I bought the tickets on 17/3/15 as well. But since then I've not seen the booking class again on the website.
Both saver first
Mar 28, 2015 | 10:43 am
#290
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,933
Mar 28, 2015 | 5:56 pm
#292
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 937
I guess first saver is a companion A class fare or a special promo fare in A. The normal A class fare should always be a flex.
However it looks for me like a little mess. Before it was pretty clear I and higher was flex (i.e. for Business). Now sometimes I is a saver or a flex, C is sometimes a flex or a flex plus, depends always from the o/d (and those are not booking classes for promotional fares. I can understand that a O class is sometimes a special/saver fare as they are diff promos running under O class).
The only indicator is the farebase for the level and no longer the booking class.
However it looks for me like a little mess. Before it was pretty clear I and higher was flex (i.e. for Business). Now sometimes I is a saver or a flex, C is sometimes a flex or a flex plus, depends always from the o/d (and those are not booking classes for promotional fares. I can understand that a O class is sometimes a special/saver fare as they are diff promos running under O class).
The only indicator is the farebase for the level and no longer the booking class.
Last edited by kuroko; Mar 28, 2015 at 7:05 pm
Mar 28, 2015 | 9:33 pm
#293
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,482
I guess first saver is a companion A class fare or a special promo fare in A. The normal A class fare should always be a flex.
However it looks for me like a little mess. Before it was pretty clear I and higher was flex (i.e. for Business). Now sometimes I is a saver or a flex, C is sometimes a flex or a flex plus, depends always from the o/d (and those are not booking classes for promotional fares. I can understand that a O class is sometimes a special/saver fare as they are diff promos running under O class).
The only indicator is the farebase for the level and no longer the booking class.
However it looks for me like a little mess. Before it was pretty clear I and higher was flex (i.e. for Business). Now sometimes I is a saver or a flex, C is sometimes a flex or a flex plus, depends always from the o/d (and those are not booking classes for promotional fares. I can understand that a O class is sometimes a special/saver fare as they are diff promos running under O class).
The only indicator is the farebase for the level and no longer the booking class.
I guess now we know why they put Saver/Flex/Flex Plus in the endorsements field!
Mar 28, 2015 | 10:40 pm
#294
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 46,157
I guess first saver is a companion A class fare or a special promo fare in A. The normal A class fare should always be a flex.
However it looks for me like a little mess. Before it was pretty clear I and higher was flex (i.e. for Business). Now sometimes I is a saver or a flex, C is sometimes a flex or a flex plus, depends always from the o/d (and those are not booking classes for promotional fares. I can understand that a O class is sometimes a special/saver fare as they are diff promos running under O class).
The only indicator is the farebase for the level and no longer the booking class.
However it looks for me like a little mess. Before it was pretty clear I and higher was flex (i.e. for Business). Now sometimes I is a saver or a flex, C is sometimes a flex or a flex plus, depends always from the o/d (and those are not booking classes for promotional fares. I can understand that a O class is sometimes a special/saver fare as they are diff promos running under O class).
The only indicator is the farebase for the level and no longer the booking class.
Mar 29, 2015 | 12:23 am
#295
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 937
Honestly never seen I saver fares before the change, but A saver/flex indeed. Just not really helpful as you now cannot longer just take the booking class (normally (in 95/100) W was a flex fare i.e. And C/J was for sure a flex (now C is flex plus or flex). Whatever I'll stick to the farebase haha
Last edited by kuroko; Mar 29, 2015 at 1:07 am
Mar 30, 2015 | 3:44 pm
#296
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: BA Gold / LH*G
Posts: 353
Wow!!
I Travel on F to BKK twice a year from London and usually pay around 3000, just tried to book for August and I'm being quoted 4400 - Thats a near 50% increase. Am I just booking it at the wrong time with revised fares coming out soon or is this going to be EK cheapest F fare going forward?
I Travel on F to BKK twice a year from London and usually pay around 3000, just tried to book for August and I'm being quoted 4400 - Thats a near 50% increase. Am I just booking it at the wrong time with revised fares coming out soon or is this going to be EK cheapest F fare going forward?
Mar 30, 2015 | 7:47 pm
#297
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,482
Wow!!
I Travel on F to BKK twice a year from London and usually pay around 3000, just tried to book for August and I'm being quoted 4400 - Thats a near 50% increase. Am I just booking it at the wrong time with revised fares coming out soon or is this going to be EK cheapest F fare going forward?
I Travel on F to BKK twice a year from London and usually pay around 3000, just tried to book for August and I'm being quoted 4400 - Thats a near 50% increase. Am I just booking it at the wrong time with revised fares coming out soon or is this going to be EK cheapest F fare going forward?
For August - what with UK school holidays etc. - I would suspect it is unlikely fares will go down from there.
Mar 30, 2015 | 9:44 pm
#298
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,933
Wow!!
I Travel on F to BKK twice a year from London and usually pay around 3000, just tried to book for August and I'm being quoted 4400 - Thats a near 50% increase. Am I just booking it at the wrong time with revised fares coming out soon or is this going to be EK cheapest F fare going forward?
I Travel on F to BKK twice a year from London and usually pay around 3000, just tried to book for August and I'm being quoted 4400 - Thats a near 50% increase. Am I just booking it at the wrong time with revised fares coming out soon or is this going to be EK cheapest F fare going forward?
Have to look about
Mar 30, 2015 | 10:48 pm
#299
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 46,157
Wow!!
I Travel on F to BKK twice a year from London and usually pay around 3000, just tried to book for August and I'm being quoted 4400 - Thats a near 50% increase. Am I just booking it at the wrong time with revised fares coming out soon or is this going to be EK cheapest F fare going forward?
I Travel on F to BKK twice a year from London and usually pay around 3000, just tried to book for August and I'm being quoted 4400 - Thats a near 50% increase. Am I just booking it at the wrong time with revised fares coming out soon or is this going to be EK cheapest F fare going forward?
No airline there is listing a fare around GBP3000