Determining Fare Class on TAP
Jul 26, 2009, 8:20 am
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Determining Fare Class on TAP
I see that TAP breaks its economy fares down by named categories. Is there anyway to relate these names to actual fare codes?
I suspect the lowest category possibly tracking to O (offering 10% mileage in TAP's own program) but when I do a booking for that same fare on Expedia, it shows as a V fare (offering 100% mileage). On the TAP site I cannot even pull up the full detailed fare rules and thus fare code.
Any help would be appreciated.
I suspect the lowest category possibly tracking to O (offering 10% mileage in TAP's own program) but when I do a booking for that same fare on Expedia, it shows as a V fare (offering 100% mileage). On the TAP site I cannot even pull up the full detailed fare rules and thus fare code.
Any help would be appreciated.
Jul 28, 2009, 3:29 am
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TAP has four economy categories:
DISCOUNT and BASIC both giving 50%
CLASSIC gets 100%
PLUS is worth 125%
EXECUTIVE is business-class and earns 200%
That's only helpful if you are booking through the TAP website, as there are different fares within each category. The only booking sites I know that give fare codes are OPODO and TERMINAL A, on both of these you have to select a flight to go through to the "more information" stage to get fare codes. Codes are also on ITA, but you can't buy buy tickets there.
The Miles and More website will give you earnings by fare:
http://www.miles-and-more.com/online...en&cid=1000243
DISCOUNT and BASIC both giving 50%
CLASSIC gets 100%
PLUS is worth 125%
EXECUTIVE is business-class and earns 200%
That's only helpful if you are booking through the TAP website, as there are different fares within each category. The only booking sites I know that give fare codes are OPODO and TERMINAL A, on both of these you have to select a flight to go through to the "more information" stage to get fare codes. Codes are also on ITA, but you can't buy buy tickets there.
The Miles and More website will give you earnings by fare:
http://www.miles-and-more.com/online...en&cid=1000243
Sep 15, 2009, 12:06 pm
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TAP has four products in Y, which correspond to the following booking classes:
tap|discount E T O N
tap|basic G W S L K U
tap|classic M H Q V
tap|plus Y B
X and I are probably award classes indeed.
tap|discount E T O N
tap|basic G W S L K U
tap|classic M H Q V
tap|plus Y B
X and I are probably award classes indeed.
Feb 22, 2012, 2:08 pm
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Crediting TAP miles to Aegean
I have an economy class ticket from TAP (MUC to LIS and return), and I am looking to credit the miles to the Miles and Bonus program from Aegean.
The fare is probably E, O or T since the booking says I would get 125 TAP Victoria miles. But I am not sure how to check the actual fare code...
Also there is nothing in the Miles and Bonus T&Cs about milleage accrual for E, O or T fares from TAP. Should I assume that milleage accrual is not possible?
My alternative is to credit to them to Miles & More (125 miles awarded).
Help/advice would be appreciated,
p
The fare is probably E, O or T since the booking says I would get 125 TAP Victoria miles. But I am not sure how to check the actual fare code...
Also there is nothing in the Miles and Bonus T&Cs about milleage accrual for E, O or T fares from TAP. Should I assume that milleage accrual is not possible?
My alternative is to credit to them to Miles & More (125 miles awarded).
Help/advice would be appreciated,
p
Jun 19, 2013, 11:38 am
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Booking class P
I flew BRU-LIS-BRU with a Basic Fare ticket (€508!). I gave my United FF# as I am Premier Gold. On my ticket it is mentioned booking class P but I can't find it anywhere on Tap or United's website. I have also 0 credited miles. What do I do now?
Jun 22, 2013, 12:49 pm
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Nothing you can do. You're hosed. P is special fare that they use for certain promotions. Granted, the promotions aren't all that great, as in your case. But you still can't earn UA miles on those. Sorry.
Mar 9, 2016, 1:55 pm
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Any Update on Tap Booking codes and how to find them? There is a good fare on the MT forum and I believe its K and E so the E earns zippo.. Any thoughts.. Booked through priceline.. Thanks and Safe Travels
Mar 10, 2016, 10:48 am
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1. Manage Booking > enter your rez info
2. Right hand column > Additional Services
3. Fare Basis Information (also on the right side of the page)
Mar 10, 2016, 11:46 am
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I was however able to enter my FF# online and update my Passport infomation. Go figure!
Thanks and Safe Travels..
Jan 4, 2017, 5:39 am
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Jan 4, 2017, 5:53 am
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Yep, they have switched to a 3 letter code in the fare basis like the LH group.
Code:
04JAN17**04JAN17/TP LISBER/NSP;EH/TPM 1433/MPM 1719 LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R 01+C15TOP0A 772 1544 C - - - + - - - R 02+C15EXE0A 722 1444 C + - - + - - - R 03+Y15PLU0A 551 1102 Y + - - + - - - R 04+Y15CLC0A 501 1002 Y NRF - - + - - - R 05+Y15BSC0A 496 992 Y NRF - - + - - - R 06+D15TOP0A 492 984 D - - - + - - - R 07+Y15DSC0A 481 962 Y NRF - - + - - - R 08+B15PLU0A 470 940 B + - - + - - - R 09+D15EXE0A 442 884 D + - - + - - - R 10+B15CLC0A 420 840 B NRF - - + - - - R 11+B15BSC0A 415 830 B NRF - - + - - - R 12+B15DSC0A 400 800 B NRF - - + - - - R 13+M15PLU0A 400 800 M + - - + - - - R 14+M15CLC0A 350 700 M NRF - - + - - - R 15+M15BSC0A 345 690 M NRF - - + - - - R 16+S15PLU0A 340 680 S + - - + - - - R 17+M15DSC0A 330 660 M NRF - - + - - - R 18+S15CLC0A 290 580 S NRF - - + - - - R 19+H15PLU0A 290 580 H + - - + - - - R > PAGE 2/ 5 >m 04JAN17**04JAN17/TP LISBER/NSP;EH/TPM 1433/MPM 1719 LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R 20+S15BSC0A 285 570 S NRF - - + - - - R 21+S15DSC0A 270 540 S NRF - - + - - - R 22+Z15TOP0A 268 536 Z - - - + - - - R 23+Q15PLU0A 242 484 Q + - - + - - - R 24+H15CLC0A 240 480 H NRF - - + - - - R 25+H15BSC0A 235 470 H NRF - - + - - - R 26+H15DSC0A 220 440 H NRF - - + - - - R 27+Z15EXE0A 218 436 Z + - - + - - - R 28+V15PLU0A 205 410 V + - - + - - - R 29+Q15CLC0A 192 384 Q NRF - - + - - - R 30+W15PLU0A 189 378 W + - - + - - - R 31+Q15BSC0A 187 374 Q NRF - - + - - - R 32+Q15DSC0A 172 344 Q NRF - - + - - - R 33+A15PLU0A 167 334 A + - - + - - - R 34+K15PLU0A 157 314 K + - - + - - - R 35+V15CLC0A 155 310 V NRF - - + - - - R 36+V15BSC0A 150 300 V NRF - - + - - - R 37+J15TOP0A 143 286 J - - - + - - - R 38+W15CLC0A 139 278 W NRF - - + - - - R > PAGE 3/ 5 >m 04JAN17**04JAN17/TP LISBER/NSP;EH/TPM 1433/MPM 1719 LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R 39+L15PLU0A 138 276 L + - - + - - - R 40+V15DSC0A 135 270 V NRF - - + - - - R 41+W15BSC0A 134 268 W NRF - - + - - - R 42+U15PLU0A 126 252 U + - - + - - - R 43+W15DSC0A 119 238 W NRF - - + - - - R 44+A15CLC0A 117 234 A NRF - - + - - - R 45+A15BSC0A 112 224 A NRF - - + - - - R 46+E15PLU0A 111 222 E + - - + - - - R 47+K15CLC0A 107 214 K NRF - - + - - - R 48+K15BSC0A 102 204 K NRF - - + - - - R 49+T15PLU0A 101 202 T + - - + - - - R 50+A15DSC0A 97 194 A NRF - - + - - - R 51+J15EXE0A 93 186 J + - - + - - - R 52+L15CLC0A 88 176 L NRF - - + - - - R 53+O15PLU0A 88 176 O + - - + - - - R 54+K15DSC0A 87 174 K NRF - - + - - - R 55+L15BSC0A 83 166 L NRF - - + - - - R 56+U15CLC0A 76 152 U NRF - - + - - - R 57+U15BSC0A 71 142 U NRF - - + - - - R > PAGE 4/ 5 >m 04JAN17**04JAN17/TP LISBER/NSP;EH/TPM 1433/MPM 1719 LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R 58+L15DSC0A 68 136 L NRF - - + - - - R 59+E15CLC0A 61 122 E NRF - - + - - - R 60+E15BSC0A 56 112 E NRF - - + - - - R 61+U15DSC0A 56 112 U NRF - - + - - - R 62+T15CLC0A 51 102 T NRF - - + - - - R 63+T15BSC0A 46 92 T NRF - - + - - - R 64+E15DSC0A 41 82 E NRF - - + - - - R 65+O15CLC0A 38 76 O NRF - - + - - - R 66+O15BSC0A 33 66 O NRF - - + - - - R 67+T15DSC0A 31 62 T NRF - - + - - - R 68+O15DSC0A 18 36 O NRF - - + - - - R
Jan 4, 2017, 7:17 am
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But in your example, every fare basis listed commences with the letter later indicated to be the booking class...
so what am I missing? where is the 3-letter code (is it the trailing "-15" in the fare basis?) and why is it significant (it's the same for all so seemingly has no further significance)?
so what am I missing? where is the 3-letter code (is it the trailing "-15" in the fare basis?) and why is it significant (it's the same for all so seemingly has no further significance)?
Yep, they have switched to a 3 letter code in the fare basis like the LH group.
Code:
04JAN17**04JAN17/TP LISBER/NSP;EH/TPM 1433/MPM 1719 LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R 01+C15TOP0A 772 1544 C - - - + - - - R 02+C15EXE0A 722 1444 C + - - + - - - R 03+Y15PLU0A 551 1102 Y + - - + - - - R 04+Y15CLC0A 501 1002 Y NRF - - + - - - R 05+Y15BSC0A 496 992 Y NRF - - + - - - R 06+D15TOP0A 492 984 D - - - + - - - R 07+Y15DSC0A 481 962 Y NRF - - + - - - R 08+B15PLU0A 470 940 B + - - + - - - R 09+D15EXE0A 442 884 D + - - + - - - R 10+B15CLC0A 420 840 B NRF - - + - - - R 11+B15BSC0A 415 830 B NRF - - + - - - R 12+B15DSC0A 400 800 B NRF - - + - - - R 13+M15PLU0A 400 800 M + - - + - - - R 14+M15CLC0A 350 700 M NRF - - + - - - R
Jan 4, 2017, 7:26 am
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Its letters 4 thru 6
CLC: classic
BSC: basic
DSC: discount
PLU: plus
In business:
TOP: TOPEXECUTIVE
EXE: EXECUTIVE
CLC: classic
BSC: basic
DSC: discount
PLU: plus
In business:
TOP: TOPEXECUTIVE
EXE: EXECUTIVE
