Possible to book different fare class?
 

Hey everyone,

First, I'm not positive this is the right place to post this, if it isn't, my apologies!

I'm looking to a book a flight from SFO-MUC (and then MAD-SFO) and it has been $935 on LH/CO. Just checked again and it dropped to $855, great! Erm, except that it is fare class K on LH which means that I won't get any miles from United (right?).

I'd be quite happy to pay a little more (like the first price I was seeing, $935) in order to get those miles. Is it possible? Would I have to contact a real travel agent? Or is this just a sale and I have to hope that when it ends the price doesn't soar but goes back to a milage-bearing fare?

Thanks in advance, everyone!

Welcome to FT, alai!

Some sites allow you to specify the fare class (like continental.com), but if that doesn't work for you, the best way to get a specific fare class is to call the airline or book through an agent.

Thanks for the welcome! You're right that CO does allow that, I hadn't tried them yet. Unfortunately, CO, UA, and LH's websites are all significantly more expensive than Orbitz. CO won't give me the direct LH flight to MUC for less than $1200 and UA gives me a total price of ~$990... but still with the no-miles K class flight from LH.

I'm guessing since this is a complicated trip (SFO-MUC on LH then MAD-FRA-SFO on SpainAir and then codeshared United [it's actually weird, the flight is operated by UA but I can only find CO and LH codeshares]) that I just won't be able to do it without using a real travel agent... which would probably end up making it significantly more expensive anyway.

I'm thinking I may just need to wait a week or two and hope the sale ends. If I'm reading the fare rules correctly I think it ends on Nov 2.

I wouldn't assume a TA booking would necessarily be more expensive!

It MAY be.. but without checking.. how can you know?

I realise I am Down Under (and the situation may be different where you are) BUT the only bookings my TA charges a "fee" for are domestic USA flights...

My "usual" multi stop international itineraries -booked through the TA as I simply can NOT book them anywhere myself - always price at (or with very small variance from) the prices I find on ITA...

Can't hurt to simply ask!

Another Down Under man, but also have to confirm that my TA can often get even better deals than various "special fare" websites and without risks of being in wrong class etc.