Airline Alphabet??
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Perhaps I did not communicate or perhaps I just don't know where of I speak... I am looking for the class(i.e. F=1st class) of ticket issued.<BR>If this is airline specific then i am looking for Continental.<BR>I thought I remebered someone priting them here at one time
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COntinental <BR>F first<BR>A-first class-sometimes coach fare, but first seating <BR>D-business or first (usually upgrade from coach to business with miles on this class of svc)<BR>Y-full coach--no discount , sucker<BR>HKBVQT-restrictive/nonrefundable/advance purchases required.<BR><BR><BR>Not all markets have D and A class...<BR>
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<BR>Each airline uses a bit of different<BR>alphabet soup.<BR><BR>In general, P is Premium first class,<BR>F is regular first class, A is discounted first class.<BR><BR>BA considers their first class JFK-Lon<BR>to be P class, while AA from Dallas-Chicago might be F. If they are having a fare sale, they might use A. Also, A is used for special discounted<BR>around-the-world fares. Limited number of seats in the cabin at the discounted price.<BR><BR>J is premium business class ( like SQ ),<BR>C is regular business class, and D is<BR>discounted business class, or around-the-world fares.<BR><BR>In economy, almost every airline uses Y<BR>for full, unrestricted economy. From there, it is different. You would have to ask each airline -- is B higher than M? Is L higher than H?<BR><BR>This is important when it comes to changing return flights. If you're booked in Q, and only M is available, you will have to buy up to the higher fare. <BR><BR>I think it's called the "hierarchy" of fares. When a res agent pulls up availability, it starts as highest fares<BR>on the left, lower ( in tariff category,<BR>not necessarily in fare ) to the right.<BR><BR>There are some other intracies -- like you've paid a full F fare from LA to<BR>Brownsville, but the commuter flight only has Y on it, you might see your fare as F all the way thru, but sit in Y. It's cheaper to pay a thru fare than to break it. Not always, but sometimes.<BR><BR>Hope I haven't thoroughly confused you.<BR><BR><BR>
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Excellent post from Dana g. I will add a few things.<BR><BR>D, A, I and O are also used for consolidator and net rate fares in the various classes of service.<BR>W will be used for some business classes, and the elite coach cabins.<BR>X, Z, W, K and others are used for both frequent flyer seats and for special non-revenue passengers (such as airline personnel, suppliers, tour operators, etc.)<BR><BR>Almost every airline uses Y for full, unrestricted coach as dana observes, except KLM and Kenya Airways which use S.<BR><BR>Nothing says a certain letter must always indicate a certain class; it is up to each airline to assign the letters. But as you can see, F is pretty much the only universal indicator.
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When I worked as a telephone res agent for American (mid-90s), I always liked it when people called and asked me, "What's the fare from A to B?" When I tried to get more info on what their plans were so I could help guide them to the lowest fare that applied to what THEY were trying to do, they were like, "I just want to know what the fare is!!!"<BR><BR>Of course, what they didn't know was that I was looking at a screen full of different fares that all had different requirements and that all I could do was give them a range, like "We have coach fares that range from $150 to $950 round-trip."<BR><BR>I just looked at one of my old training docs that gave coach fares NYC-LAX as P26, C26, KFSE7NR, Y26, KE0Z234N, KBE14NR, KSE14NR, QE7NR, VE14NR, MBE7NR, MSE7NR, F26, KFE7LGAN, and QAP3. And that's actually not a particularly messy example -- it doesn't even have any of the flight specific (FS) fares like Q26FSPL!<BR><BR>I also liked it when I found a fare that I thought my customer should qualify for, but SABRE wouldn't let me book it, so I would then have to plow through about 10 screens of fare rules to figure out what the glitch was.<BR><BR>What fun! Man, I am SO glad I don't work there any more! ;-)<BR><BR>
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That is what airline reservations agents (I was one for 21 years) and Travel Agents do all day every day.<BR>This is why an agent is worth their fee.<BR>There are as many as 30 fares in each market and they change daily.<BR>There are ways to manipulate fares to get them lower.<BR>The internet does not alway know how to find the best fare, an experienced agent does.<BR>Again a Very Good Agent is well worth their fee.
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