This fare list comes from
G-BOAG. Note that ba.com now finally ^
does show you fare codes (this was a very long-standing gripe on FT!). When you are working with bookings bear the following in mind:
• If you are logged in to your EC account, there is a new option called ‘Lowest (Tier Point Earning)’ on the booking engine (in addition to ‘Lowest’ and ‘Flexible Conditions’). This does what it says on the tin!
• Regardless, when you are booking you will see the flight numbers you get to select from are now active links. If you click on the flight number it pops up a new window which tells you the ‘Selling Class’ for that flight. You can also do this on the final booking confirmation screen
• For existing bookings, the same principle applies in MMB – open the booking, click the flight number link and you’ll see the ‘Selling Class’ that leg is booked in to
Another useful link is the LAN site at:
http://plane.lan.com/cgi-bin/recibo_...bo_eticket.cgi
where you can enter your booking details. This very helpfully shows you lots of useful information about your booking, including the fare basis for each leg (the first letter of which is the relevant fare code) which is one step further than ba.com – it also gives you a full price/tax breakdown.
The most recent changes (at the time of writing) confirmed by the ever-helpful
Bukhara were:
Code:
A – Discount First
B – Semi-Flexible Economy
C – Discount Club
D – Discount Club
E – Discount World Traveller Plus
F – Full Fare First
G - Groups
H – Semi-Flexible Economy
I – Discount Club
J – Full Fare Club
K – Discount Economy
L – Discount Economy
M – Discount Economy
N – Discount Economy
O – Discount Economy
P – World Traveller Plus Redemptions
Q – Discount Economy
R – Discount Club (used to be Concorde!)
S – Discount Economy
T – Discount World Traveller Plus
U – Club Redemptions
V – Discount Economy
W – Full Fare World Traveller Plus
X – Economy Redemption
Y – Full Fare Economy
Z – First Redemptions
Note: The designations above are a guide only. Fare rules and the restrictions vary considerably from long to short haul, and on country of purchase.
See also the
relevant entry in the BA Wiki.