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EK new F: JNB-DXB-STN OW U$ 2127

Old Sep 18, 2018, 1:53 pm
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Has anyone spotted any good ex-CMB EK fares? Will be in the Maldives and so far Mrs. Dval44 won’t let us position to JNB or ALG :/
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Old Sep 19, 2018, 2:10 am
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This is a really good fare to try the newest and arguably best F product available at the moment. At Ł800 per leg in F, you could have a good shot at drinking your fare back in Dom and Paradis...
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Old Sep 19, 2018, 2:57 am
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Also... choosing SAW rather than IST knocks a couple of Ł off the fare. I'm going to do it with a ten day stop over in DXB before heading back to GVA and it's pricing around 32500 ZAR.
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Old Sep 19, 2018, 4:14 am
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Originally Posted by dval44
Has anyone spotted any good ex-CMB EK fares? Will be in the Maldives and so far Mrs. Dval44 won’t let us position to JNB or ALG :/
There exists a one-way fare. For ~US$2,100, you can fly CMB-GVA or BRU/MUC/STN for a few hundred dollars more.
Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet
is this live for Jan '19 Oneway JNB to anywhere in the US?
You need to look for half round-trip fares. When combined with another fare in economy, you can get an itinerary like the one below, albeit slightly more expensive.

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Old Sep 20, 2018, 5:02 am
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Can you please share how you managed to enter First Class & Economy Class in ITA Matrix - to give below result


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Old Sep 20, 2018, 5:17 am
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Originally Posted by Silver Falcon
zoqfotpik

Can you please share how you managed to enter First Class & Economy Class in ITA Matrix - to give below result
The only way I know is like this:



However it relies on knowing which fare class you want. For the outbound in F this isn't hard, but with the wide range of Y codes available it's tricky. You can modify the code to /f bc=k|bc=X where X is another Eco fare code and build up to include all of them but I think there may be an easier way.
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Old Sep 20, 2018, 5:26 am
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Originally Posted by raporot
impossible.
Of course it's possible.

Originally Posted by Silver Falcon
zoqfotpik

Can you please share how you managed to enter First Class & Economy Class in ITA Matrix - to give below result


As explained you need to use advanced routing codes, then put in "f bc=X" where X is the fare bucket you want, e.g. on EK A is the fare bucket for both F Saver and F Flex, while F is for F Flex Plus.
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Old Sep 20, 2018, 4:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
However it relies on knowing which fare class you want. For the outbound in F this isn't hard, but with the wide range of Y codes available it's tricky. You can modify the code to /f bc=k bc=X where X is another Eco fare code and build up to include all of them but I think there may be an easier way.
That's about right. Alternatively, you can search for the fare basis by typing /f (carrier).(origin+departure).(farebasis). If you go this route, you need to know one of the values in order to work. It's more complicated but I find it easier to use than searching fare class.
When I search for combination fares (ie. half round-trips in Y/J or Y/F), I usually enter the code to search for J or F, and leave the economy fare blank. As long as you set the Cabin to look for the "Cheapest Available", it should return the cheapest fares. Although sometimes I also code the economy segment to search for a specific carrier for example.
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Old Sep 20, 2018, 5:21 pm
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Originally Posted by zoqfotpik
That's about right. Alternatively, you can search for the fare basis by typing /f (carrier).(origin+departure).(farebasis). If you go this route, you need to know one of the values in order to work. It's more complicated but I find it easier to use than searching fare class.
When I search for combination fares (ie. half round-trips in Y/J or Y/F), I usually enter the code to search for J or F, and leave the economy fare blank. As long as you set the Cabin to look for the "Cheapest Available", it should return the cheapest fares. Although sometimes I also code the economy segment to search for a specific carrier for example.
I use fare basis codes to find Flex fares for Emirates, as for multi-city bookings the EK website throws out the cheapest and won't let you choose the fare class/type, there are four or so flex fare buckets, so in ITA Matrix I plug it in as "f bc=k bc=m bc=b bc=u", very useful, and as you say you can leave it blank to get the cheapest. When pricing multi cities in a triangle routing via DXB it's often best to force one of the destinations to be a side trip and that can be on a lower fare sometimes as it won't accrue that many miles anyway, e.g. CPT-DXB-HYD/BOM-DXB-MUC/PRG-DXB-CPT, this is an actual ticket I booked for later this year, and EK website was giving me Specials and Savers which earn half or a quarter the Flex miles but often are just $20 cheaper, however DXB-HYD-DXB is a super short sector so I don't care so much for that one, I saved quite a bit by letting those flights be Saver, booked as a side trip of a CPT-Europe return, but it requires each sector to be entered separately into ITA
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