In order to do that, acquaint yourself with your airlines
fare class codes.
Use your flight number, time of departure, and
fare class codes to find the equivalent fare on the airline website
Not exact matches
Familiarize yourself with partner airlines and their mileage chart, as well as booking
codes (i.e.,
fare classes) to ensure you are earning the correct number of miles.
The confusion began when the new tickets were booked in «Y»
class instead of the original «T.» T is the common
code used on award tickets and Y usually indicates paid coach
fare.
I then called UA & the 1K rep said that despite the proper
fare class, the ticket was
coded as a «Bulk Sale» and consequently, NO upgrades were allowed.
Merrill Lynch / BoA has a similar program and despite the ticketed
fare class, UA
codes the ticket as «Bulk
fare — NOT eligible for upgrade»
Offer not valid on Neighbor Island flights, multi-city reservations,
code share flights with Hawaiian codeshare airlines, First
Class or Extra Comfort
fares, or open tickets.
Familiarize yourself with partner airlines and their mileage chart, as well as booking
codes (i.e.,
fare classes) to ensure you are earning the correct number of miles.
Fare category: Like booking class, a single - letter designation used by airlines to code the purchase price of a cash ticket and the limitations associated with that f
Fare category: Like booking
class, a single - letter designation used by airlines to
code the purchase price of a cash ticket and the limitations associated with that
farefare.
The main T&C s list the
fare codes as set out above but a footnote adds
fare classes G, O & R to the list as well (click image to enlarge in a new window):
You can check your e-ticket or call the airline to find the booking
class /
fare code for your travel.
In these cases, earning is based on the first letter of the
fare basis
code, which may correspond to an economy cabin
fare class including Y, B, M, H, Q, U, V, W, S, T, L, K, or G.
Economy
Class tickets booked into
fare code «U» will now earn miles equivalent to 75 % of the distance flown (compared to 100 %) and some of the cheaper Economy
Class fares (
fare codes T, E, N, G & R) will earn 5 % fewer miles from 1 November.
The even better news is that highly discounted Business
Class fares (Q
fare code) will go from earning zero miles to earning miles at a rate of 130 % of the distance flown from 29 October 2017.
The only time the
fare class / code comes in to play is in the case of full fare Economy Class tickets which take priority within each status g
class /
code comes in to play is in the case of full
fare Economy
Class tickets which take priority within each status g
Class tickets which take priority within each status group.
Set the ITA Matrix to only search for
fares with the «R» booking
code — that will stop the search returning thousands of Economy
Class fares that you're probably not interested in.
Singapore Airlines have launched a Double Miles Promotion for Business
Class passengers travelling on select
fare codes.
The original poster in this thread on Flyertalk has reported on a conversation she had with a British Airways Executive Club representative who confirmed that «R»
coded Business
Class fares will no longer earn tier points or Avios with immediate effect.
There's a new First
Class fare code (P) which now earns a 300 % class of service bonus (I dread to think what the cost of a P coded First Class fare on Etihad
Class fare code (P) which now earns a 300 %
class of service bonus (I dread to think what the cost of a P coded First Class fare on Etihad
class of service bonus (I dread to think what the cost of a P
coded First
Class fare on Etihad
Class fare on Etihad is!)
Clicking on the flight number opens up a «flight details box» which will show the
fare codes for all
classes of travel that are being offered:
Click here for an explanation on how to find what
Fare Class /
Code you've booked or are booking with American Airlines
So, from the above, you can see that BAEC members flying on the lower economy
class fare codes earn up to 75 % fewer miles than their AAdvantage counterparts.
Under the old rules, although not all Economy
Class fare codes could be upgraded, all the
fares that were eligible for upgrades could be upgraded to Premium Economy AND Business
Class:
There's an oddity in the chart in that Y & S
fares which used to be
classed as «Full
Fare Economy» and B fares which were classed as «Discount Economy» now appear to be First Class fare codes
Fare Economy» and B
fares which were
classed as «Discount Economy» now appear to be First
Class fare codes
fare codes....
American Airlines realigned its
fare codes to classify «domestic first
class» as business
class.
While you are still getting a lousy return, you will at least get into the first
class fare code, meaning that you will be entitled to any bonuses that you would have received if you had paid cash for the ticket.
if you look at the list of LH
fare classes that can be upgraded to business, premium economy
fare codes are listed there too.
For sake of time, the more you pay for a ticket or the higher the
class (like first
class), the better the
fare letter or
fare code you will get.
For $ 25 per flight (on select, but most, airlines I'll monitor the award space in either economy, business or first
class, or a specific seat assignment or
fare code.
The rate is based on the cabin,
fare class and the airline
code of the flight number that you book.