Aeroflot pricing logic...
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: Qatar, Turkish, Aeroflot
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Aeroflot pricing logic...
I'm due to go to Irkutsk and Khabarovsk (Moscow-Irkutsk-Khabarovsk-Moscow) next week for a business trip. Due to the last minute nature of my work, I don't know exactly when I'm able to fly until just a few days before I'm needed there. My employer only books me onto direct flights on Aeroflot and subsidiaries (in this case, Aurora and Rossiya), which frankly is not a bad thing!
I've done a bit of groundwork about the available flights just in case I do get asked which flight I'd like to take (which sometimes happens):
SVO-IKT = 4 daily
IKT-KHV = 1 daily (Aurora)
KHV-SVO/VKO = 3 daily (2 Aeroflot, 1 Rossiya)
I've had a look at the prices (whilst looking up the schedules) and noticed that booking all 3 sectors as one booking (which, on the Aeroflot app, makes it look like Irkutsk to Moscow with a very long stopover in Khabarovsk) works out at 800-1200EUR (depending on which day out of 2 flights I take from KHV to SVO), whereas booking all 3 separately works out as little as 510EUR (it could be less but I wouldn't be booked onto any daytime SVO-IKT flights).
The question is...why?! Where is the logic in this?
I've done a bit of groundwork about the available flights just in case I do get asked which flight I'd like to take (which sometimes happens):
SVO-IKT = 4 daily
IKT-KHV = 1 daily (Aurora)
KHV-SVO/VKO = 3 daily (2 Aeroflot, 1 Rossiya)
I've had a look at the prices (whilst looking up the schedules) and noticed that booking all 3 sectors as one booking (which, on the Aeroflot app, makes it look like Irkutsk to Moscow with a very long stopover in Khabarovsk) works out at 800-1200EUR (depending on which day out of 2 flights I take from KHV to SVO), whereas booking all 3 separately works out as little as 510EUR (it could be less but I wouldn't be booked onto any daytime SVO-IKT flights).
The question is...why?! Where is the logic in this?
#2
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: CPT,AMS
Posts: 4,409
There isn't always logic in airline pricing, it's hard to say much without seeing the fare components of the booking you are trying to make, also not sure why the app shows it the way it does.
Looking at random dates next week, I find all 3 legs on the same booking for ~750€, with the KHV-SVO leg in PE, which might explain why the fare is higher
Looking at random dates next week, I find all 3 legs on the same booking for ~750€, with the KHV-SVO leg in PE, which might explain why the fare is higher
#3
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Join Date: Apr 2017
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Thankfully I don't have to book them, my employer takes responsibility for that, but I'm also not sure what you mean about the components of the fare(s)?
I should have mentioned before that it was all in economy in the lowest fare category for each sector.
I should have mentioned before that it was all in economy in the lowest fare category for each sector.
#4
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LHR/SEA/YVR
Programs: BAEC G/*O E
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For example, when you combine multiple flights on one PNR, if your first leg has only a flexible Y fare available, all remaining segments will need to be "combinable" (i.e. within same flexible fare bucket), even if a lower fare is available. This is most likely the case here. This is probably also aggravated by availability of SU's "Far East" fares for OW tickets. Russian government subsidizes some of the flights to the Russian Far East, but these fares are only available for simple return or one-way tickets.
Finally, SU web-site is also a bit glitchy, which may also be a contributing factor.