But you can «upgrade» to
a regular economy fare for just $ 40 more, or just $ 119 - $ 139 round trip.
It will begin flying passengers on June 20 and average Swoop fares will be 30 percent lower than WestJet's
regular economy fare.
The difference in price between
a regular Economy fare and the HBO fare is usually around # 20 / $ 26 each way and, while this may not seem like much, it can really add up over the year.......
When I searched for the same itinerary on Delta's website, I found the same price listed for
a regular economy fare, minus the Amex Travel fee waiver: $ 199.40 (basic economy, which was not available through Amex Travel, was a little bit cheaper).
I tried this with other flights with the United agent, and in only one instance was she able to find a flight where
the regular economy fare was the same price as United's website.
However, a lot of members are not interested in Basic Economy and want to have the option to easily book
a regular economy fare.
American and Delta say about half of their passengers opt to pay the higher
regular economy fare.
About half of passengers choose to pay the higher,
regular economy fare, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said.
A few weeks ago I speculated that a note that British Airways sent out to travel industry professionals indicated that flyers would soon be able to mix Basic Economy and
regular Economy fares (Plus fares) in the same reservation.
The various flight search engines like Hipmunk, Kayak and Google Flights now let you quickly compare the prices of Basic Economy to
Regular Economy fares.
I hope that bank programs like Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Citi ThankYou realize how poor a change Basic Economy is for many members and implement a way to easily book
regular economy fares online.
And these are
regular economy fares, not the new stripped down «basic economy» fares loaded with restrictions and fees.
Even better, most of these ultra-low fares are not those irritating «Basic Economy» fares — they fare
regular economy fares with all the benefits that come with that.
Not exact matches
If passengers don't want to pay a fee, they will have to pay a higher
fare — conveniently, it's often the same sum as the baggage fee — to upgrade to
regular economy class.
The people really affected will be families traveling on vacation who will now find themselves having to pay more if they want to take their suitcases with them (either in extra bag fees or by paying for
regular Economy Class
fares which will now cost more).
And if they do, can you bypass a Basic
Economy fare for a
regular fare?
Flights are already on sale for the Boston — Las Vegas route with roundtrip
fares starting at around $ 257 for Basic
Economy, $ 287 for
regular Economy Class and $ 447 for Delta Comfort +
I was able to find the same Basic
Economy fare, but unable to find a method online to book a regular economy clas
Economy fare, but unable to find a method online to book a
regular economy clas
economy class
fare.
Unfortunately, it seems that all bank point portals show Basic
Economy fares instead of
regular fares, and none of them allow you to bypass Basic
Economy fares for
regular fares online.
American has provided this comparison chart to show how Basic
Economy fares will differ from the
regular «Main Cabin»
fares we are already used to:
I've read reports that, despite the fact American is still allowing some of its elites to reserve Premium
Economy seats for the cost of a
regular Economy Class
fare (that why I'm flying in PE in a few weeks), the airline is still offering a full Premium
Economy product.
Despite this I always buy a
regular Economy Class
fare rather than a «hand baggage only»
fare (HBO
fare) because I want to be able to select a seat in the exit row for what is a long flight (for short - haul).
However, the carrier is also said to be planning a new
fare category called WOW Plus, which will buy a
regular economy seat, a carry - on for the overhead bin, a single checked bag, and cancellation protection.
So how do award tickets work now that airlines offer a category of
fares cheaper than
regular economy?
To jumpstart the new service from the West Coast, the airline had been offering special
fares from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tokyo (NRT) for $ 1,586, from San Francisco (SFO) to Seoul for $ 1,538, and from both U.S. destinations to Singapore for approximately $ 1,694, representing a discount of nearly half off
regular Premium
Economy fares.
Comparisons to
regular economy are more complicated, but SeatGuru says that on transpacific routes, premium
economy fares cost about 95 percent more than standard
economy.