Question re Open Jaws Tickets - Where?

"VS" wrote in message
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Nonsense. On the airline I fly most often, A is paid domestic first,
there is no such a thing as an ``e-upgrade,'' R is discounted business
and not upgradeable (because there is nowhere to upgrade to , and
X is deeply discounted economy.

Hint: fare classes differ from airline to airline, and seatcounter
shows only some of them and only for certain airlines.


OK, maybe the terminology has been modified over time, but the codes
itemized previously fairly reflect what one can do--and, as you note--they
vary by airline. See
http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index...ligibility_(AA)
for the latest definitions.

"TEP" wrote in message
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"VS" wrote in message
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Nonsense. On the airline I fly most often, A is paid domestic first,
there is no such a thing as an ``e-upgrade,'' R is discounted business
and not upgradeable (because there is nowhere to upgrade to , and
X is deeply discounted economy.

Hint: fare classes differ from airline to airline, and seatcounter
shows only some of them and only for certain airlines.


OK, maybe the terminology has been modified over time, but the codes
itemized previously fairly reflect what one can do--and, as you note--they
vary by airline. See
http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index...ligibility_(AA)
for the latest definitions.


There is an "industry standard" set of codes published by IATA and ATA
however airlines are free to adopt or adapt to their own needs. The page
you reference is specific to American Airlines and, yes, *their* definitions
have changed over the years, most recently when the oneWorld carriers
aligned their code usage. However, there is simply no way that the
American Airlines list forms any sort of standard for the world-wide
industry, particularly in the area of the precise usage of each code when
related to FF miles and awards.

Graham Harrison wrote:

There is an "industry standard" set of codes published by IATA and ATA
however airlines are free to adopt or adapt to their own needs.

Airlines still publish standard fares that use the booking class of
Y/J/F. Those are often used for standard interlining. So if BA wants to
bring a passenger to canada and then buy an AC ticket for the domestic
leg, it wll buy a Y fare with some industry discount (add-on fares).

So Air Canada has made its standard Y fares extremely expensive so that
airlines that are outside of Star Alliane and who wish to buy Ac tickets
will base their add-on fares on some very expensive base fare,
while those part of Star will have access to lower fares becase of code
sharing deals.