Timeline for What is the difference between D and X fares in JL?
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| Apr 23, 2016 at 13:54 | comment | added | Calchas | @Tom It seems his agent is not offering a public fare, which would explain the price difference. | |
| Apr 23, 2016 at 1:19 | comment | added | user13044 | @Calchas - That seems to go against the OPs post, which he said his X fare was totally refundable. Just goes to show that fare rules are unbelievably complex and unpredictable. ;-) | |
| Apr 22, 2016 at 21:55 | comment | added | Calchas | @Tom Looking at a couple of JL fares on TYO-NYC, there are only two public X fares filed and they are only valid for a narrow range of dates in the summer. They have a 50000 JPY cancellation penalty. I don't see any X fares published on TYO-SFO, but JAL has some weird proprietary computer system that doesn't always play well with the tool I use to inspect fare tariffs. | |
| Apr 22, 2016 at 21:50 | comment | added | Calchas | @Tom JL uses the X class mostly for its highly restricted and deeply discounted business class fares. I think the product is targeted at leisure travellers. A refund penalty of 500 USD does not strike me as that bad. | |
| Apr 22, 2016 at 2:30 | comment | added | user13044 | @Calchas - Yes that is why I mentioned that I could not find the Japan based info, as outbound fares could be different than the inbound fares. But totally non-refundable and no seat assignable business fares aren't the norm. | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 18:30 | comment | added | Calchas | There can be several different fares (with differing cancellation penalties) who use the same primary book class. | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 11:13 | comment | added | jcaron | $500 cancellation fee? Stiff indeed! | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:04 | history | answered | user13044 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |