OfficeGlenn

I am trying to book a flight from YVR-FLL.

I found a great fare on ITA for $566.35 and have been trying to book it for the last few days.

When I tried to book it on Orbitz, I get the following message:

We're sorry, due to high travel demand, we're unable to confirm your selection with the airline. Please make another selection

The itinerary does not come up on on Expedia or Travelocity

I also tried booking on Northwest using multi-city, but can't manage to select the exact flights as on ITA. Tried the Delta site, and the site indicates that it does not serve the city pairs. I also had my travel agent try and book it, but she was unable to.

Is this fare simply not bookable, or is there anything else I can try

The following are the details from ITA on the flight I wish to book:

Vancouver, Canada to Fort Lauderdale, FL: 2884 miles 10 hrs 20 min
Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines Flight NW5346 on a De Havilland Dash-8 (prop plane) in coach class
(operated by Horizon Air, also Alaska Airlines Flight AS2265)
Departs Vancouver, Canada (YVR) Tue, Dec 22 8:45a 55 min
Arrives Seattle, WA (SEA) 9:40a
1 adult in booking code H, covered by fare (A1) below
Layover in Seattle 2 hrs 0 min
Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines Flight DL1054 on a Boeing 757 (jet) in coach class
(food for purchase, movie)
Departs Seattle, WA (SEA) Tue, Dec 22 11:40a 4 hrs 50 min
Arrives Atlanta, GA (ATL) 7:30p
1 adult in booking code U, covered by fare (B1) below
Layover in Atlanta 45 min
Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines Flight DL2049 on a Boeing 757 (jet) in coach class
Departs Atlanta, GA (ATL) Tue, Dec 22 8:15p 1 hr 50 min
Arrives Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) 10:05p
1 adult in booking code U, covered by fare (B1) below

Fort Lauderdale, FL to Vancouver, Canada: 2884 miles 11 hrs 40 min
Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines Flight DL2026 on a Boeing 757 (jet) in coach class
Departs Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) Sun, Jan 3 6:00a 1 hr 50 min
Arrives Atlanta, GA (ATL) 7:50a
1 adult in booking code L, covered by fare (C1) below
Layover in Atlanta 1 hr 45 min
Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines Flight DL1055 on a Boeing 757 (jet) in coach class
(food for purchase, movie)
Departs Atlanta, GA (ATL) Sun, Jan 3 9:35a 5 hrs 22 min
Arrives Seattle, WA (SEA) 11:57a
1 adult in booking code L, covered by fare (C1) below
Layover in Seattle 1 hr 48 min
Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines Flight NW5134 on a De Havilland Dash-8 (prop plane) in coach class
(operated by Horizon Air, also Alaska Airlines Flight AS2024)
Departs Seattle, WA (SEA) Sun, Jan 3 1:45p 55 min
Arrives Vancouver, Canada (YVR) 2:40p
1 adult in booking code K, covered by fare (D1) below

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Fare (A1): NW YVRSEA HA07A0NC fare (rules) C$139.50
Tax: Canadian Goods and Services Tax C$6.97
Tax: US Transportation Tax C$10.47
Fare (B1): DL SEAFLL UA14A0NA fare (rules) $95.81
Tax: Canadian Goods and Services Tax $4.78
Tax: US Transportation Tax $7.18
Fare (C1): DL FLLSEA LA07A0NA fare (rules) $115.35
Tax: Canadian Goods and Services Tax $5.76
Tax: US Transportation Tax $8.65
Fare (D1): NW SEAYVR KA14A0NV fare (rules) C$121.50
Tax: Canadian Goods and Services Tax C$6.08
Tax: US Transportation Tax C$9.10
Tax: USDA APHIS Fee $5.00
Tax: US Immigration Fee $7.00
Tax: Vancouver Airport Improvement Fee C$15.00
Tax: Canadian Goods and Services Tax C$1.15
Tax: Canadian Air Travelers Security Charge C$7.94
Tax: US September 11th Security Fee $10.00
Tax: US Passenger Facility Charge $18.00
Tax: US Flight Segment Tax $21.60
Total for 1 adult passenger: $566.35
(as of Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:36pm)
Fare construction (sometimes useful to travel agents):
YVR NW X/SEA Q6.77 119.06HA07A0NC DL X/ATL DL FLL 95.81UA14A0NA DL X/ATL DL X/SEA 115.35LA07A0NA NW YVR Q6.77 102.82KA14A0NV NUC 446.58 END ROE 1.10864 FARE CAD 495.00 EQU USD 430.00 ZP YVR SEA ATL FLL ATL SEA XT 7.00XY 5.00XA 32.25US 21.60ZP 10.00AY 6.90CA 13.00SQ 22.60XG 18.00XF SEA4.50 ATL4.50 ATL4.50 SEA4.50

cfischer

this is a 'good' fare

Looks like it combines a fare into SEA with a SEA-FLL. Worse come to worse you can book seperately, but this can be tricky as well when it comes to luggage and in case of irrops.

Have you tried calling Chisholm to see if they can book this?

cfischer

I can price it on Orbitz, but it comes out @ $890; looks like it books SEA-FLL into H-class as well.

checking ITA it looks like SEA-FLL will book into H/M so I think ITA is making some sort of error here.

OfficeGlenn

I called Northwest reservations and they cannot get the itinerary to price out on their system.

cfischer

The problem is the U/L class SEA-FLL-SEA ... no idea where ITA is getting from from.

SkyTeam777

Many times when I find fares on ITA, they are not bookable anywhere. Why would ITA be able to price something if it doesnt work in Delta's system?