Fare Basis???

[Leecy]

Hi there,

I'm due to travel on QF9 on September 9 to LHR and was just looking on check my trip and this fare basis code came up...

OKEB29IT

Just wondering if anyone knows what this means?? I'm assuming the first letter means the class - which is O (it's a RTW trip), but what does the rest of it mean?

Sorry for the silly question, just curious.

 

[aus_flyer]

Hi there,

I'm due to travel on QF9 on September 9 to LHR and was just looking on check my trip and this fare basis code came up...

OKEB29IT

Just wondering if anyone knows what this means?? I'm assuming the first letter means the class - which is O (it's a RTW trip), but what does the rest of it mean?

Sorry for the silly question, just curious.

It's just one particular type of fare.

Fare class only tells part of the story.... the specific fare basis tells the exact fare type.

For example, a passenger booked in A from SYD-LHR is travelling in first class, but could have booked an A class one-way fare (of which there are many times) or, say, a RTW fare such as AONE4.

If I search for return fares SYD-LHR departing 1 October, I can see:

OLPX1Y ($1547*)
OJPX1Y ($1674*)
OKPX1Y ($1841*)
OFPX1Y ($2061*)
* plus taxes, fuel fines, etc

They all book into the same booking class, but will have different rules relating to the number of stopovers, permitted routing, etc.

Hope that helps.

 

[Leecy]

Thanks for your help. It does help a bit, I was also wondering what the next set of letters meant. Does each letter specify a certain rule or something? By the looks of it, there are different letters on each of the examples you have given bar the first one, am I to assume they are different rules in relation to price?

How to I decipher what the letters stand for? Is it possible?

Now I'm super curious!

 

[Mal]

There is no easy way to decipher it, but sometimes airlines use fairly standard rules.

OKEB29IT

O - normally books into O class. Not a steadfast rule though, as it can mean many different things.
KEB - no idea.
29 - Often numbers on RTW type fares (or ATW for the more grammatically caring ones) are the distance allowed on the fare. Of course doesn't always mean this.
IT - no idea again. IT could mean Industry offered fare - ie not offered by the airline directly, but I'm only guessing.

In summary, It's mainly a guessing game!

 

[Leecy]

There is no easy way to decipher it, but sometimes airlines use fairly standard rules.

OKEB29IT

O - normally books into O class. Not a steadfast rule though, as it can mean many different things.
KEB - no idea.
29 - Often numbers on RTW type fares (or ATW for the more grammatically caring ones) are the distance allowed on the fare. Of course doesn't always mean this.
IT - no idea again. IT could mean Industry offered fare - ie not offered by the airline directly, but I'm only guessing.

In summary, It's mainly a guessing game!

Thanks for that! The last one may make some sense, I have booked a tour through a company, and booked flights with them also - they had the cheapest RTW fare at the time of booking - also the convenience associated with possible changes/cancellations of the tour I'm on (thankfully not happening).

Thank you for that insight, it's definitely a start, and being a total noob about this sorta thing, it's always handy information to know.

 

[Dave Noble]

Thanks for your help. It does help a bit, I was also wondering what the next set of letters meant. Does each letter specify a certain rule or something? By the looks of it, there are different letters on each of the examples you have given bar the first one, am I to assume they are different rules in relation to price?

How to I decipher what the letters stand for? Is it possible?

Now I'm super curious!

There are some standards .

O is the booking class
K indicates the seasonality. K is, iirc, the 2nd up.. goes L,K,J,H iirc
EB is , iirc, a type of excursion fare
29 would normally be the max time permitted for the trip in days
IT Normally when at the end, ime, that would be a country code for where the ticket can be sold , though would suspect that if it has been sold in Australia from an agent that it may indicate an inclusive tour type fare

Dave

 

[Leecy]

There are some standards .

O is the booking class
K indicates the seasonality. K is, iirc, the 2nd up.. goes L,K,J,H iirc
EB is , iirc, a type of excursion fare
29 would normally be the max time permitted for the trip in days
IT Normally when at the end, ime, that would be a country code for where the ticket can be sold , though would suspect that if it has been sold in Australia from an agent that it may indicate an inclusive tour type fare

Dave

Thanks Dave! That starts to make sense now, when I first saw it, it just seemed like a bunch of jibberish - but obviously it's airline code for something, and was curious on if it was decipher-able.

Thanks everyone for your valuable input on this!

 

[Dave Noble]

Thanks Dave! That starts to make sense now, when I first saw it, it just seemed like a bunch of jibberish - but obviously it's airline code for something, and was curious on if it was decipher-able.

Thanks everyone for your valuable input on this!

It means something and glancing at codes can give a clue about the general rules of a ticket. e.g. FIF would be an unrestricted 1st class ticket ( First Industry Fare) and YEE1M is a Y basis excursion fare with a max stay of 1 month

There are codes used by airlines for their own purposes ; e.g. some will use an N or NR at the end to indicate a non refundable fare

What really matters as far as a fare goes is the fare rules associated with the fare and to that end the fare basis serves as a unique identifier

It gets more complicated with agency fares since the fare basis means nothing and what counts is the Tour Code value that is associated to the ticket which details the real rules

Dave

 

[Leecy]

It means something and glancing at codes can give a clue about the general rules of a ticket. e.g. FIF would be an unrestricted 1st class ticket ( First Industry Fare) and YEE1M is a Y basis excursion fare with a max stay of 1 month

There are codes used by airlines for their own purposes ; e.g. some will use an N or NR at the end to indicate a non refundable fare

What really matters as far as a fare goes is the fare rules associated with the fare and to that end the fare basis serves as a unique identifier

It gets more complicated with agency fares since the fare basis means nothing and what counts is the Tour Code value that is associated to the ticket which details the real rules

Dave

Thanks for that - I wasn't entirely certain on what the fare rules were as it was a very cheap ticket (at the time of payment in January - not long before most flights started dropping) and booked via the organisation that does the tour I will be on.

So much to learn, getting there one step at a time. Thanks for your help, it's appreciated.