VA Fare Classes vs Marketed Type

[Simpic]

Hello,

Can someone explain the system/logic behind VA’s fare classes and what is available to buy.

Example: CBR MEL tomorrow
CBR 15:15 → MEL 16:30
J1 C0 D0 Y9 B9 W0 H0 K0 L0 R0 E0 O0 N0 V0 P0 Q0 T0 I0 S0 F0 U0

Only Y and B left.

On the app when looking to book:
Lite
$489.00

Choice
$552.00

Flex
$672.00

So it seems Lite is still offered even when only B and Y are available which would generally be know as full fare Economy and one down from that as in a semi restricted fare.

How do they tie this through to the fare classes? Where’s there’s a will there’s a way, just seems to break with the norms and makes it difficult for other industry systems to price.

Anyone have some inside knowledge on VA rev managment?

 

[AIRwin]

New fare structure:

Post in thread 'Virgin changing its fare structure'

Dec 4, 2024

Looks like the new & improved fares haven't made it onto all routes. This is the Perth-Kalgoorlie pricing as of now.

This is expected behaviour.

Under the new structure fares in the U and F buckets (sale fares) are only available as choice fares with no corresponding flex fare add on. What this means is the flex fare you're seeing is actually the S fare of a choice plus the flex fare add on.

Regional WA routes tend not to have lite fares on sale hence why you're seeing a Choice U fare (cheapest choice available), an Flex S fare (cheapest flex available) then the unchanged...

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[oz_mark]

There's a brand code within the fare basis (LT for Lite, CH for Choice, FL for Flex)

So for a fare code of 'O', you could get a Fare Basis of OZLTO, OZCHO, or OZFLO. All 'O' but a fare brand code within the fare basis as well.

 

[Simpic]

Ok, that makes sense now in the full fare code.

So, from the table linked in the previous post, you will get the option for an LT fare all the way up to B.

Makes a huge $$$ difference to last-minute fares in comparison to QF.