AA's SFO-JFK Discount Premium Fares (D/I/P) a Mess!

 
Old Dec 22, 2005, 6:08 pm
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AA's SFO-JFK Discount Premium Fares (D/I/P) a Mess!

While booking travel for next year, pricing the "Discounted Business" tickets that are YUP's have been a mess!

There's a P fare, I fare, A fare, and two D fares.......

YUPPZN AA P One-Way 649.00 (USD)
Y3CUP7ZN AA D One-Way 709.00 (USD)
Y3CUPMZ AA I One-Way 959.00 (USD)
YUPMZ AA A One-Way 959.00 (USD)
Y263CUP AA D One-Way 1199.00 (USD)
Well, to my surprise, the usual YUP I buy is no longer the "I" but a cheaper "D" fare at $709...which is about $1500 RT..... and "D" is upgradeable.. The unupgradeable "I" is more expensive.... Also, usually the YUP to "A" on the two class planes were cheaper, are now more expensive and same price as the "I" fare YUP.....

I also have no idea on how to get the "P" fares on the non stops, since although there's no restriction on the two class non-stops using this fare, the "P" inventory is not offered (i.e. not because of no availability, but a P inventory does not even exist on the flight availability) on any two-class planes (763s). The "P" bucket is offered on all three-class planes (762s) but the fare specifically prohibits booking these flights (obviously).

For a typical day, the availability is as follows:
AA 24 0 SFO
01/11/06 07:50AM JFK
01/11/06 04:09PM 763 B F7 A0 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 L7 W7 V7 G7 S7 N7 Q1 O0

AA 16 0 SFO
01/11/06 12:00PM JFK
01/11/06 08:23PM 762 L F3 A0 P3 J7 D1 I0 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 L7 W7 V7 G7 S7 N4 Q0 O0

AA 178 0 SFO
01/11/06 01:45PM JFK
01/11/06 10:06PM 763 L F7 A0 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 L7 W7 V7 G7 S7 N7 Q7 O7

AA 20 0 SFO
01/11/06 04:00PM JFK
01/12/06 12:17AM 762 D F0 A0 P0 J4 D0 I0 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 L7 W7 V7 G7 S7 N7 Q7 O0

AA 18 0 SFO
01/11/06 10:00PM JFK
01/12/06 06:15AM 762 S F0 A0 P0 J7 D0 I0 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 L7 W7 V7 G7 S7 N7 Q4 O0
Clearly, the two class flights, 24 and 178 have no "P" inventory while the three class flights, 16, 20, and 18 have "P" inventory.

So, the problem seems to have been about the same as before.....there's a published fare, but no inventory. There's inventory on some flights, but the fare prohibits using them...... I booked the "D" fare on 3-class in the end....probably will upgrade to true F if an expiring VIP comes my way from a colleague or burn 15K miles.....

Last edited by jkc22; Dec 22, 2005 at 6:37 pm Reason: Edited to Add: HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!!!!!! SAFE TRAVELS!!
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