Flex fare changes when return leg selected

[Grogan]

Hi all,
I am trying to book a trip to MNL and am experiencing something weird.
I select a flex fare outbound for $899 then when i select the return leg in J for $1700 the original flex fare remains selected but goes up to $2600, which is more than a J fare.
This is the first time I have encountered this, is it normal? or if I phone to get the flights would i get the original prices?


Cheers

 

[RichardMEL]

Hi all,
I am trying to book a trip to MNL and am experiencing something weird.
I select a flex fare outbound for $899 then when i select the return leg in J for $1700 the original flex fare remains selected but goes up to $2600, which is more than a J fare.
This is the first time I have encountered this, is it normal? or if I phone to get the flights would i get the original prices?


Cheers

Without looking up specific fare rules it's probably that the J fare requires combination with a full-Y or some other specific fare bucket other than the "Flex" fare you originally selected. ie "Flex" can refer to a series of fares and booking classes, they are not all the same thing. Your original one may, for example, book into class K or M at that fare level, but that won't work with the return sector in J so autopricing moves the outbound up to the appropriate bucket.

just a guess.

 

[BAM1748]

Have found that as well.

Annoying doing it all one at a time.

 

[love_the_life]

I thought you could not book mixed class Y and J on Qantas.

 

[cmon0005]

I thought you could not book mixed class Y and J on Qantas.

You can but only with Business Sale and economy fares.

 

[love_the_life]

You can but only with Business Sale and economy fares.

Thanks for the clarification;I stand corrected.

 

[cmon0005]

Thanks for the clarification;I stand corrected.

You can also book Economy and Premium Economy Sale as well on one booking.

 

[love_the_life]

I knew that you could do Y & PE but did not know that you could combine a flex Y with sale J.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Same presumably goes with booking a J sale out and F return ?

 

[Sprucegoose]

You can but only with Business Sale and economy fares.

With the most restrictive conditions applying. Buyer beware......