mahasamatman

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Never trust anything you see on united.com on a weekend.

jupper

On TATL fares BE is shown in the options as "No First Bag" (or some similar wording). Last week I was offered an H-fare without bag ($100 cheaper), H-fare as most flexible (~2kEUR) and Polaris (~5kEUR).

I think they're rolling out BE across the board now; on expensive fareclasses where I really wouldn't be expected BE-restrictions...
(I am already unhappy that they do it on W/V-fares!)

Kacee

That is not true for TK227LGT (BOS-FRA). Only distinguishing fare rule I can see is the NO ASR language.

jsloan

They appear to be following the same playbook that they tried for domestic BE and then had to roll back. Originally, domestic BE covered everything up to Y.

Man, I wish SkyTeam had some better airlines...

jupper

Just checked, the display (when changed to Europe / NL / English) has changed to show 5 options, for a May week turn (Monday out, Thursday back) I get:

1. Basic Economy (most restrictive): H+H @ 1926 Euros
2. Economy (lowest): H+H @ 2026 Euros
3. Economy (flexible): H+H @ 2026 Euros
4. Premium Economy (lowest): A+B @ 1931 Euros (Mixed Cabin)
5. Business (lowest): P+P @ 5044 Euros

Selecting #1 will give a nice pop-up asking if you're sure that there's no seat selection, no upgrades, inability to be seated together, no first standard checked bag for free, no full Premier credit...

If my travel agent were to book, I don't know if they'd catch this as a BE on an AMS-ATL/HKWE2LGT fare...

docbert

If you search for those exact flights with the option to include an upgrade, then it brings up the same fares and the same price (+upgrade fee) for confirmed PZ.

Given that upgrades aren't available on BE fares, this clearly it's an BE fare as far as the most of the system is concerned.

ben237829624

Just got off the phone with United and they confirmed that the T class fare I saw is actually not BE and so this entire thing is a technical glitch.
The agent was actually very helpful and she understood what I meant on first try.
She had to escalate to the the supervisor and eventually they manually repriced my ticket and refunded the excess amount. I do have to pay an additional $100 for the copay but overall I still saved a lot of money. The entire process took 1 hour on the phone but it was mostly me on hold so I was also doing other stuff.
I told them to fix the website but who knows how long it might take.

I do also need to thank the members on this forum for saving me ~$500. You guys were very helpful - I was suspicious when I booked but I wouldn't know to look at the fare rules.

fumje

Is there a missing 'not' in there (as in, 'not a BE fare')? Or am I misunderstanding your first sentence about PZ?