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Search by Fare Class
I have been using FareCompare.com lately and found it a great tool. One thing I have noticed though is that in many cases, when a great fare is located using their tool, it's almost impossible to actually book at that rate.
Their site theoretically shows you the dates that the fare is available for, but when I actually try to go and search for that fare, a much higher fare comes up either using their booking engine (Kayak?) or going to the airline site directly. (Note that I'm talking here about fares that are more than 4 hours old, so they should be in the online booking systems). My question is, on the date selection page, they show you a box with the Fare Rules for the selected city pair (example below)... --------------------------------- Fare Rules $557 (w/taxes $596) roundtrip Created Feb 09 2007 Fare Class TE73D6NX Min Stay 3 days Max Stay 60 days Flt Restr No Restriction --------------------------------- ...is there any way to search by the Fare Class to find dates that this fare is actually valid? This would help me tremendously. Thanks, Jonathan |
Originally Posted by baseline
(Post 7215940)
...is there any way to search by the Fare Class to find dates that this fare is actually valid? This would help me tremendously.
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OK, I just want to make sure I understand this and am doing it correctly... I went into the KVS Availability tool and I plugged PDX-PHL into the tool and brought up the trip using the Sabre: Fares/DotRes method. I got the following:
[KVS Availability Tool 2.7.3/Platinum - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/US/USD] Code:
PDX Portland Int'l OR US [KPDX]I then proceeded to plug in every Tue-Wed combination in July to try to get the $158 rate. I could not come anywhere close. Does this just mean that the fare class is sold out for all of July? Is there any way of using the KVS tool to cross-reference the available fare classes before I go off on a wild gooose chase? Thanks, Jonathan |
Originally Posted by baseline
(Post 7216940)
OK, I just want to make sure I understand this and am doing it correctly... I went into the KVS Availability tool and I plugged PDX-PHL into the tool and brought up the trip using the Sabre: Fares/DotRes method. I got the following:
[KVS Availability Tool 2.7.3/Platinum - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/US/USD] Code:
PDX Portland Int'l OR US [KPDX]I then proceeded to plug in every Tue-Wed combination in July to try to get the $158 rate. I could not come anywhere close. Does this just mean that the fare class is sold out for all of July? Is there any way of using the KVS tool to cross-reference the available fare classes before I go off on a wild gooose chase? Did you check availability in L class (Step 4)?: [KVS Availability Tool 2.7.4/Platinum - Apollo: ITN/US-BMB] Code:
PDX Portland Int'l OR US [KPDX] |
Ah, thanks. I guess I didn't really understand the last step, but your explanation clarified things. Appreciate the help!
Jonathan |
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