There are two main ways you can access your bookings on BA. Click on the flight whose fare code you want to see and you should see the page expand to show something like this:. A pop-up box will appear with details of your flight and the fare code selling class will be shown at the bottom you may need to scroll down to see it :.
Specifically, the new BA. The key to making sure you can see what fare codes are on offer is starting in the right place with your flight search. Next to each flight is a flight number with a link click to enlarge :.
Sign in. Log into your account. I find this site very helpful when deciphering Delta, American, Alaska, Southwest and United fare codes. The best explanation for the price increase is that the more discounted fare class you were looking at yesterday is now sold out.
Note that if you find yourself close to confirming your plans, remember that in most situations, you can pull the trigger on a flight and cancel within 24 hours and get a full refund.
Check out this guide to airline hold and cancellation policies for more details. This may also impact you when you go to take the flight, as your fare class will sometimes dictate the number of miles you earn on the flight, both from a redeemable and elite-qualifying standpoint. While American, Delta and United have all switched to a revenue-based model of awarding miles for flights on their own respective flights, traveling on most of their partner airlines will use a somewhat complicated formula that takes into account distance flown as well as fare class booked.
However, that would only give you 2, miles. Booking into a fare class at the next level would double those earnings. Related: The ultimate guide to upgrading with miles.
While fare class is generally designated by a single letter, this gets more complicated very quickly. This tells airline reservation specialists and travel agents everything they need to know about your ticket. I know this is a V fare class excursion fare, but I would have to get a travel agent to look up the fare rules to find out exactly what the rest of the fare basis code tells me.
A V fare with Delta is a deeply-discounted economy fare that still earns 5 miles per dollar spent for non-elite members but is not eligible for upgrades unless you have Delta Medallion elite tatus. Fare basis codes can also tell an agent whether a fare is refundable, good for one-way or round-trip tickets, departing to or from specific countries, combinable with other fares, good in high or low season, how far in advance it can be booked and whether there are any routing restrictions or change penalties.
Deciphering fare basis codes takes practice and knowledge specific to the airline, as each one has its own style for writing codes. However, the most important implication of fare classes for points and miles enthusiasts involves award tickets and upgrades. Most airlines will set aside specific fare buckets for these awards. Note that this may not happen until 60 or even 30 minutes before departure. So now we should have a basic understanding of what a fare class code is and why it matters.
You should now be able to do the following things, every time you buy a ticket on cash. Find your fare class code either at the time of booking by showing advanced details, or after booking by looking at your receipt. Find out what airline you want to credit your miles to by seeing which major airlines are in the same alliance.
And the kind of value you want and can use later, not just a bunch of random miles spread out across teeney little airline mileage program. One clarification that can be very important when dealing with codeshares: For OneWorld and StyTeam oink! This is a really good point, and I hope I was clear about miles being determined by the operating airline, maybe I should go back and do so.
Got a link? I kept buying deeply discounted CX tickets thinking I could earn Alaska or American miles, only to realized those tickets were not eligible. This post is a great wake up call to get my stuff together. This is extremely informative article. Thanks a lot. There are still many nuances of the trade but this is a great start and will be very useful to take some decisions. I think for United you mean a ticket number starting in , not a flight number.
That leads to my next question. How can you determine if your ticket number is going to start with before the ticket is issued?
Is that correct or am I misunderstanding the new rules? But flights by partners are not on the same system. Been waiting for someone to explain these Fare codes. For example, if you book a flight through United that's operated by Austrian, even though the fare class would qualify for mileage if it were a United flight, your frequent flier program will credit you based on the operating airline.
Fare classes are also used to represent award ticket availability. Often, if a deep-discount fare isn't available for a given flight, you won't be able to book an award seat at the lowest redemption level. Advanced users can use fare classes to their advantage with a tool like ExpertFlyer. There, you can see available classes for many flights, making it simple to search for award seats several days at a time. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data.
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