az22

I don’t usually use Google flights, but does anyone know what’s up with UA showing only basic economy fares on Google flights search results? (By default? Not sure if there’s a way to change settings.) Other airline results show regular economy results alongside UA’s basic economy. It’s misleading and I just want to compare the same fares.

ajGoes

Click Bags and set Carry-on to 1. That will filter out Basic Economy prices.

mduell

Google Flights shows the lowest available fare, so if UA has BE that will show. Add a carryon bag to see economy fares for UA (and fares with a carryon for everyone else).

Repooc17

Other carriers, including AA, AS, and DL are also BE fares despite not displaying as such on GF.

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az22

Ahh very good. Thanks everyone.

xliioper

For AA/DL, they will show as BE on Google Flights when you get the final pricing and GF will give you the option to upfare to main cabin. GF does not yet recognize AS Saver fares and it's not until you get to the AS website do you get the option to upfare.

mr8

Unfortunately, this trick doesn't work when searching for flights to Europe...

yowspotter

Scenario: I'm using Google flights to find a future trip to Florida from Canada. I find an outbound on UA with 1-stop and an inbound on partner AC non-stop. I am referred by Google to either AC.com or UA.com for ticket purchase. When I follow the link to UA.com, I see on the purchase page that the ticket is basic economy. I'd like to revise that to a non-basic economy fare.

Problem: I see no way of revising the fare upward from basic economy. The only thing I can think of is restarting my search using UA's site so that I see all the fare choices per leg and choose. However, UA.com search results don't offer the inbound non-stop on AC.

Question(s): is there a way to get UA.com to show me the inbound non-stop on partner AC? Or, is there a way to get link from Google that provides a non-basic fare for purchase?

Repooc17

Before you leave Google Flights, you should be presented with a list of fare options, the first one should be basic economy, the one after should be a regular economy fare.

You can also change the bags setting from 0 (default) to 1 in Google Flights - does not work for all airlines but work for UA

Not all AC flights are codeshared with UA. If not, just buy it directly from AC.

There may also be nonstop flights on other airlines between Canada and Florida (depending on origin and destination). So be sure to check those out. With United, it's at least two flights each way.

Kacee

Yes, select "carry-on bag" in the options. This will DQ the UA BE fares.

Repooc17

Correct, except for long haul flights (unless I am doing it wrong). For some reason it does not eliminate it on GF. You'd have to do it on UA for the $150 upcharge.

UA domestic flights and shorthaul, for sure, a non-zero carryon bag selection will eliminate BE fares.

jsloan

Long-haul BE allows a carry-on, so the BE fares are not removed from the search with that trick.

I wish Google had a "don't show me BE" option, because I don't want the BE restrictions on any fare, regardless of carrier. The products aren't identical, but they're similar enough that none of them meet my needs.

yowspotter

Both AC and UA sell the ticket I'm after. I'm presented with fare options on the AC ticket, but not on the UA ticket (a UA 016 ticket being what I'm after). See screenshot. I wonder if it has something to do with being at a Canadian point-of-sale and the system favours AC.



Unfortunately it has no effect on the fare type ultimately made available for purchase. I wonder if it's because AC and UA are partnered and AC BE fare includes carry-on.

Thanks both for the responses though. Seems the Google approach won't work for me. Too bad there's no way (?) to get UA.com's search to show me the AC non-stop on the return leg.

jsloan

UA wants to sell you UA flights.

You may be able to get the flight you want by calling.

xliioper

If you scroll to the bottom of the UA checkout page, you are given the option to upfare from Basic Economy to Economy fares before purchase (in fact, you are required to choose one or the other before proceeding). No need to talk to an agent.