Calchas

Copy and paste ... the same rules will be used in hundreds of JL fares. Unfortunately you need to satisfy every rule for the fare to be valid on the sectors.

http://www.expertflyer.com/ You can get a free subscription for a few days.

Not to my knowledge. The Premium Fare Deals forum (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals-740/) is a good place to find ideas though.

DrDrDr56

i have an EF sub. thanks for the heads up on that. got the EF sub so i could check on Award stuff for my 'rents since im now the official travel agent of the family
Have to say i feel like a total idiot on the JL oversight on 30% EQM. i'm literally kicking myself from a room in Tokyo at the moment

hillrider

Wouldn't be surprised if the routing exceeds the MPM and you're paying for the excess mileage. But you didn't provide enough data; and did you look at the details of the fare calculation?

BTW I'm willing to bet that Matrix is pricing it correctly on both routings.

DrDrDr56

calchas was correct above i think with the MPM.

azoomee

I'd greatly appreciate one of your expert guidance.

I'm trying to find trips on EY from BNA to KTM. Looking for specific flights that where EY flies the A380 on one of the 3 legs of the flight. The other two legs can be any aircraft. How do I enter that in matrix ita as advanced booking code?

Calchas

Do you know the flight numbers?

I don't believe you can filter by aircraft type.

azoomee

Unfortunately I don't know flight numbers. If you use this code: / aircraft t:388 you can limit to a380 though I don't know how to combine with the other codes to provide ...BNA to KTM. Looking for specific flights that where EY flies the A380 on one of the 3 legs of the flight. The other two legs can be any aircraft.

Calchas

I didn't know that. ^

Use the multicity search? And give your aircraft specifier only on one leg?

If you don't care which leg, you can do three separate searches.

skunker

Looks like ITA made a few changes yesterday, but all I'm getting is "internal server error."

zznoname

Just wondering.
ITA results shows, ord-dfw-hkg-cgk available at AA in Q @ $846. But, when checking at AA.com, the fare code shows up as "N" @ $995. Any tips on getting the Q fare? Thanks.

ITA
https://matrix.itasoftware.com/#view...OoDAalIraHA00F











http://gallery.flyertalk.com/gallery/ZZ-Album/Jan_12

crimson12

Sort of similar to the last poster I am not getting certain fares on ITA, but I am on Kayak. Looking to go JFK-GIG in business 11/28-12/5.

Kayak returns a fare of $2877 on TAM (mixed-cabin, with longhauls in J and short hauls in Y):



Matrix shows the cheapest "TAM" itinerary at $4885:



Though on closer inspection this is really a mixed JJ/AA itinerary:



Any thoughts on why this would be? Why won't Matrix show the TAM-only itinerary? Is it because Kayak's is mixed cabin?

Calchas

Your pictures aren't working

Yes sometimes if you select "Minimum cabin: Business" then ITA will work very hard to avoid putting you in Y. The way around this is to specify the fare booking code (Z is discount business I think) only on the legs you require.

crimson12

The pictures show on my computer; odd that they're not working. The bottom line is that Kayak offers me JFK-GRU-SSA-GIG (J/Y/Y) on JJ with a nonstop return for about $2850, and that option doesn't come up in Matrix. Instead Matrix offers various mixed JJ/AA itineraries in the range of $4500-5000.

Obviously I don't much care where I find the best price, but I'm concerned that if there are options that won't come up on Matrix that I may be missing out on some options.

I don't think it will help to specify Z on the "leg that I want," because I think I would put JFK-GIG with /f bc=Z, but I don't necessarily HAVE to fly JFK-GIG. The other day JJ had a decent fare JFK-GRU-GIG, and I wouldn't mind flying that as long as the longhaul was in J. I'm not even opposed to flying LA or even AR, which would entail different connections.

Basically I'm trying to get from JFK to GIG with longhaul in J for ~$2500. AA had a fare around $2300 recently, JJ had one last week, but both expired before I could confirm with my fellow travelers and pull the trigger...

Calchas

Then leave the routing specifier empty except for /f bc=Z, and you will still find the other routes. ("Leg" was not the right word, I concede.)

"bc" is not actually "booking code" [for some reason], but it refers to the prime code on the fare, so if the Z fare covers Y sectors, those will still be found by /f bc=Z.

crimson12

Still no luck. I get the same TAM flights (~$4500), lose several other options (like AR via EZE, because their discount business code appears to be I), and bring in other options that aren't quite right (because AV uses Z as an economy code apparently).

Oddly, though, I get AR JFK-EZE-GIG when I search for "business class" with no booking code restrictions, with the first leg in J and second in Y, and the reverse on the return. But it won't pull in a similar JJ routing.