In this post, I will shed some light on how airlines assign fare basis codes to the various “buckets†of inventory available for sale on any given flight. If you’ve ever wondered what pricing “buckets†are, or just what your fare showing as WAGT14GS means, read on. My recent Mileage Run 101 posts (Part 1…
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for May 2011.
Travel alerts and travel warnings: The world is still my oyster
The U.S. Department of State issued a worldwide travel alert after it was confirmed a counter-terrorism operation killed Osama bin Laden. The advisory reads: There are two levels of advisories the State Department puts out there: Travel Alerts and Travel Warnings. The former are for “short-term†conditions that pose risks to the safety of U.S.…
Finding better airfares than those published in Sunday newspapers
Many newspapers publish a list of airfares to popular destinations throughout the country and world in their Sunday travel sections, and I’ve always been curious as to their accuracy. Two Sundays ago, the footnote from the Los Angeles Times list of fares read, “Restricted round-trip airfares as researched Thursday, the day before the Travel section…