J available on each segment separately but not together
Feb 16, 2020, 6:49 am
#1
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J available on each segment separately but not together
I'm encountering this strange effect on various searches. E.g looking at BUD-IST-CMB departing 3/11 8:10pm arriving 3/12 3:15pm.
According to Expertflyer:
BUD-IST on its own has 4 J available.
IST-CMB on its own has 1 J available.
BUD-IST-CMB has 0 J available for each segment.. same exact flights.
For clarity, I mean the specific J booking class.
What am I missing here?
And would the individual segment availability in J mean that such segments booked in Y should be eligible for an E+ voucher upgrade? Or does J needs to be jointly available for the entire route?
According to Expertflyer:
BUD-IST on its own has 4 J available.
IST-CMB on its own has 1 J available.
BUD-IST-CMB has 0 J available for each segment.. same exact flights.
For clarity, I mean the specific J booking class.
What am I missing here?
And would the individual segment availability in J mean that such segments booked in Y should be eligible for an E+ voucher upgrade? Or does J needs to be jointly available for the entire route?
Feb 16, 2020, 8:19 am
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I'm encountering this strange effect on various searches. E.g looking at BUD-IST-CMB departing 3/11 8:10pm arriving 3/12 3:15pm.
According to Expertflyer:
BUD-IST on its own has 4 J available.
IST-CMB on its own has 1 J available.
BUD-IST-CMB has 0 J available for each segment.. same exact flights.
For clarity, I mean the specific J booking class.
What am I missing here?
And would the individual segment availability in J mean that such segments booked in Y should be eligible for an E+ voucher upgrade? Or does J needs to be jointly available for the entire route?
According to Expertflyer:
BUD-IST on its own has 4 J available.
IST-CMB on its own has 1 J available.
BUD-IST-CMB has 0 J available for each segment.. same exact flights.
For clarity, I mean the specific J booking class.
What am I missing here?
And would the individual segment availability in J mean that such segments booked in Y should be eligible for an E+ voucher upgrade? Or does J needs to be jointly available for the entire route?
Feb 16, 2020, 12:13 pm
#3
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Check the TK website for BUD-IST-CMB before you go rushing to assume that the ExpertFlyer information is correct.
And if you are willing to book via a US OTA for the 24-hour cancellation, you could still try for an E+ upgrade - and cancel if it can't be done.
And if you are willing to book via a US OTA for the 24-hour cancellation, you could still try for an E+ upgrade - and cancel if it can't be done.
Feb 17, 2020, 12:32 am
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Feb 17, 2020, 2:42 am
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Check the Tk website again!
If you click on the suggested flights to see the details of the flights etc - it will also show you the booking class.
I just checked for you. For 3/11 TK is only willing to sell an expensive C class fare for BUD-CMB. As stated above it is called married segments, which TK masters to perfection. "Been there done that" too many times...
If you click on the suggested flights to see the details of the flights etc - it will also show you the booking class.
I just checked for you. For 3/11 TK is only willing to sell an expensive C class fare for BUD-CMB. As stated above it is called married segments, which TK masters to perfection. "Been there done that" too many times...
Last edited by SK AAR; Feb 17, 2020 at 2:50 am
Feb 17, 2020, 3:56 am
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Check the Tk website again!
If you click on the suggested flights to see the details of the flights etc - it will also show you the booking class.
I just checked for you. For 3/11 TK is only willing to sell an expensive C class fare for BUD-CMB. As stated above it is called married segments, which TK masters to perfection. "Been there done that" too many times...
If you click on the suggested flights to see the details of the flights etc - it will also show you the booking class.
I just checked for you. For 3/11 TK is only willing to sell an expensive C class fare for BUD-CMB. As stated above it is called married segments, which TK masters to perfection. "Been there done that" too many times...
The question is just if the married segment logic on TK is really "mastering to perfection" or "total randomness"
Feb 18, 2020, 3:14 am
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Or is that pretty much useless, and it's better to directly and tediously search day by day on thy.com ?
Feb 18, 2020, 5:30 am
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But otherwise you're simply duplicating effort since you will always need to double-check with TK.
