Chupame From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 48 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3310 times:
I was searching the web looking for a business class ticket from JFK to NCE and I found a great price, but there was something very strange. The leg between JFK and LHR was on a "R" fare but on the business class cabin on R/T. I thought R became discounted economy after the Concorde stopped flying. Does anyone know anything about this? Is this a computer error?
SpeedbirdEGJJ From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2003, 429 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 3175 times:
After the end of Concorde R replaced L as the second lowest economy fare. however there are some strange through fares from outside the UK which utilise R as a discounted J booking class not really sure why.
I am looking into it for you and will be back shortly.
Flyba From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 51 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 3107 times:
I often travel on a business restricted ticket in Europe with BA and have noticed that amongst the fare breakdown structure there are several 'R' characters on their own, one under the other, alongside the cost breakdown of the ticket, however immediately underneath this section is the 'actual' fare class which is usually 'I' for me, however can also be 'C' and 'J' depending on how restrictive the ticket actually is.
GBOAC From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 221 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 3082 times:
Flyba - I thought J was used for Club World only? Have you also seen it in Europe? From memory, I think I have flown on C (unrestricted Club Europe), D (Discounted Business) and I (most restricted Club Europe) in Europe but never J?
Flyba From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 51 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 3052 times:
GBOAC - sorry your right - I believe 'J' is Club World only. Out of Heathrow I usually see 'C' on the tickets for Club Europe however I usually seem to get 'I' out of the regional's such as Bristol and Birmingham.
The point I was trying to make was that the character 'R' is present often on the fare breakdown of these types of tickets and to the untrained eye, the booking class (which is only given a line) can easily be overlooked by the myriad of restrictions/ no restrictions which follows in the breakdown.
Chupame From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 48 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2949 times:
well, thank you all for your insights, but today I went back and checked the proces again...and I no longer found it..So I guess it was a temporary thing..
The fare was
JFK----LHR R Business
LHR----NCE Y Economy
NCE----LHR Y Economy
LHR----JFK R Business
KZBA From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 107 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 2840 times:
You can't forget Z for First, P for WT+ and X for WT, all of which are BA Miles redemption classes.
BA001Concorde From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 94 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (9 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 2804 times:
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