Know Fare Code...how to find dates it is available?
 

I stumbled across a fab fare from CLE to PSP. Now, how do I find out what dates I can book it on? Trial and error? thanks for any help



Fare Routing

United
Round Trip Published Fare (LEK14SFS)

Fare price: $184

Cat 12 Surcharges: $0

YQYR Charges: $0

Taxes: $56

Advance Purchase: 14 days

Cabin: Coach

Booking Codes: L

Date Filed: January 12, 2010, 10:00 AM EST

Farecompare.com Rating:

$240

Cleveland, OH (CLE) to Palm Springs, CA (PSP)

LEK14SFS:

You can use ITA and include the base class. Do a month-long search around the dates you want and for the duration you want and I *think* this is what you want to put in:
From : cle::UA+ /F BC=L
To : psp::UA+ /F BC=L

Looks like it has a Sunday stay requirement. Looks like plenty of avail departing on a Sat in Feb and returning after Sunday.

+1 to what mikelat said. If there happens to be more than one L fare in the market you're looking at and really want to force just that fare basis, you can use:
from: CLE:: / f UA.CLE+PSP.LEK14SFS
to: PSP:: / f UA.CLE+PSP.LEK14SFS

You can also uncheck the "Check seat availability" checkbox to see what dates the fare is valid for, then restrict your search to available seats after that.

But the first part of the fare rules...
...should answer your question. (You can pull up the fare rules by clicking "Show booking details" on ITA when looking at a particular itinerary and then looking for the "rules" link next to the fare basis.)

this is neat, being a newbie and messing with ITA alot recently, always learning new stuff here......nice.