How to search by fare basis codes?
 

Okay experts...

Where can one go to search for flights by fare basis codes?

Muchos gracias.

I generally use Yahoo! Travel for this. Go to the travel section of Yahoo!, select the 'Air' icon. It will take you to the air search page. Put in your origin and destination airports and select the 'Find Best Fares' button. (if you'd like to limit it to a particular airline then scroll down a bit and select to search certain airlines but still use the 'Find Best Fares' button above).

It will give a listing of the fares. Using your mouse, position your cursor over the 'rules' link associated with each fare. At the bottom of your browser in the information window (thin grey line along the bottom of the browser) you'll see the details of the fare including fare basis code.

[This message has been edited by tfjim (edited 07-20-2001).]

The same service is provided by Travelocity right from their homepage. (In fact, I think Yahoo! Travel is power by Travelocity...)

Just go to Travelocity.com enter your departure and arrival cities, be certain the "My dates are flexible" option is selected, and click Go. It will show you all applicable fares between those cities. And using tfjim's mouse-rollover method you can see the fare basis codes.

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"What do you mean you didn't get miles for that?!"

I tried the above and only got limited results, how do I find out fare basis codes for full fare coach, business & first??

Ah, you folks, never satisfied...just kidding, glad to help.

Um, yes, Yahoo is powered by Travelocity.

To see full first, business, coach you need to go a little deeper and sometimes you can't quite get it for every single airline. But this can get you close.

After you've gotten one list of fares if you scroll down to the bottom of the page you get select the view more fares button to get one more screen of fares. It limits you to the number of fares you can see, not the class. So if all the fares all the way up to first class fit in the window you'll see them. If, however, there are too many fares you have to narrow down your search somewhat. There are several ways to do this. One is to select an airline on the airfare search page before selecting 'Find Best Fares. Also, once you have a page of fares at the top left it allows you to Modify Your Search. Select a relatively short timeframe (say, through the next month) and that will shorten your list somewhat.

One more way is to select One Way. Doing a one-way search generally yields full fares all the way up to first class. Gives you a general ideal how all the different airlines compare.

[This message has been edited by tfjim (edited 07-21-2001).]