Questions tagged [fare-basis]
A code used by airlines to link to the set of rules applicable to the travel. [fare-basis] is specific. Use tag [fare-class] for more general queries.
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Understanding cancellation costs for fare
I am looking to book some flights, which I need to do before applying for a visa. If the visa is refused then I need to cancel the flights and want to understand exactly how much I will be refunded. ...
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Due to a technical failure I was unable to rebook my flight
I have booked a flight with Sundair which is supposed to be tomorrow at 13:00 CEST. My booking allows me to rebook the flight up to 24 hours from the departure time. Due to personal reasons, I had to ...
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Combining 2 roundtrip tickets
I am travelling from country A to country B. I want to spend about a month in country B and I would like to repeat this journey in 6 months or so.
Are there any rules against buying 2 roundtrip ...
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Flight fares and distance of the travel [duplicate]
I am based on Chennai and currently living in Toronto.
I am planning to go to Switzerland from Chennai after some months ( once I back to Chennai).
Currently I am estimating my vacation cost ( 3-4 ...
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What is VLEE6M fare basis?
I am flying to BOM (Bombay airport) from JED (Jeddah airport), my ticket is showing VLEE6M fare basis. What is it?
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Why might a multi-leg flight be cheaper than one of its legs? [duplicate]
I expect this has been asked and answered elsewhere, but I couldn't find an exact duplicate.
The multi-leg return fare:
CWL > AMS > PDX > AMS > CWL
is significantly cheaper than:
AMS ...
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Is my cabin class based on my operating airline or my marketing airline?
I just got an XML for my PNR from Sabre which held two components:
ResBookDesigCode="X"
MarketingCabin="Y"
MarketingAirline Code="DL"/>
OperatingAirline Code="WA" CompanyShortName="KLM CITYHOPPER"/>
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Deciphering Air Canada Fare Codes
While searching for flights with Air Canada, I noticed that the fare codes appear as 6 to 8 letter / digit sequences. The first letter seems to stand for the booking class, but the rest of the letters ...
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What does the flight jargon "fare class" actually mean? Is it the same as either "fare basis (code)" or "travel class"?
I just added a tag for fare-class since I saw a question about them and thought it's a frequent enough topic in air travel even though I didn't know exactly what it was.
I guess it's something more ...
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British Airways Fare Basis Code
Fare Class (or Fare Code) is the letter you see in your ticket reservation; the common ones are:
F - First class
J - Business Class
Y - Economy Class
On British Airways however, I recently had a ...
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