[FARE MAPPING ERROR] HU R Class BRU to PVG 376£ [books into economy]

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Oct 25, 2017, 2:53 am

kubatha1

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[FARE MAPPING ERROR] HU R Class BRU to PVG 376£ [books into economy]

Hi guys, this is my first post. Have been searching business class fare in the past 3 days and found this fare, dates are plenty but I'm not be able to book it. Anyone knows how to book it please help me!
Cant link because of new member. Typical dates are from 19 Jan to 5 Feb

Thanks all.

Oct 25, 2017, 2:58 am

v2837v

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Originally Posted by kubatha1

i think this is a ghost fare as I noticed it too but when you go to the website, price changes to the €2k level

Oct 25, 2017, 3:03 am

shek3112

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Welcome to FT @kubatha1 !

Mainly because of Google mis-understand HU's A class as first...
A class is actually economy fare as per below link:
https://www.hainanairlines.com/HUPor...E=GB&PAGE=EAMI

Oct 25, 2017, 3:08 am

WorldLux

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Originally Posted by kubatha1

Fake fare. Google Flights even proposes it a First class. It's not.

Oct 25, 2017, 3:09 am

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Oct 25, 2017, 3:28 am

kubatha1

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Thanks @SvenAge, @WorldLux @shek3112 for all of your answers

Oct 25, 2017, 4:52 am

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And the jackals already posted about it on their blog even though it's obviously wrong.

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Oct 25, 2017, 5:10 am

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And the jackals already posted about it on their blog even though it's obviously wrong.

Delicious

Oct 25, 2017, 5:18 am

CosmicGirl

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It doesn't help that AS lists A as first class in their partner earnings table.

Oct 25, 2017, 9:20 am

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Originally Posted by B0gdan

And the jackals already posted about it on their blog even though it's obviously wrong.

Anything that makes those scavengers less credible is a good thing.
Clearly shows that they are just copy pasting stuff from other peoples work.

But that's another topic.

Oct 25, 2017, 9:32 am

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And the jackals already posted about it on their blog even though it's obviously wrong.

Oct 25, 2017, 1:48 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kubatha1

this an error fare, The price quoted as Fist class ( only use for domestic flights in china), if you book you will find out that the reservations is not for Business but a basic economic class.

so if you already booked, I will strongly suggest to call the airline or the GDS agent and canceled the reservation since the service of class ( first) have been downgraded to Economy ( basic Economy)