This screen will allow you to enter information to access current fare information for air travel between a pair of two cities. Both One-Way and Round-Trip fares will be returned in the response screen. Along with the fares, will be the booking codes that will determine the class of service for the fare. In some rare cases, a fare for one class will be booked into a higher class. An example of this is the YUP series of fare classes offered by some US airlines on some of their routes. It would appear that this Y fare would be booked into Y (coach) class. However, this particular fare is booked into A (first) class.
RTW (Around the World) and Circle fares will be displayed in the response screen if the Departing Airport and Arriving Airport are the same. This can be searched by a specific alliance by entering in a member airline of that alliance.
The fares shown do not include and taxes, airport fees or security surcharges. So, they will be slightly lower from the fare you will actually pay should you buy a particular fare. The fares will usually include most fuel surcharges, if they don't, it will be noted at the top of the results page.
The following information must be entered to complete the query:
This will show the Ticketing Date, Class Code, Fare Basis Code, and Show Fares for All Travel Dates options. This setting is remembered for future searches.
Enter the departing airport for the flight you are interested in. Keep in mind that some flights may originate from a previous airport than the one you enter.
Enter the arriving airport for the flight. Keep in mind that some flights may continue on to another airport after the one you enter.
Enter the city or airport code where you will be purchasing the ticket. In some cases, some fares may or may not be able depending on where the ticket is purchased. This can be left blank in which case the fares will be displayed based on the departure city.
Enter the date the flight departed its Departing Airport. Historical fare searches are possible by entering a past date. Historical fare searches will only show fares going back a maximum of 1 year. It is recommended that a Ticketing Date be used with a historical fare search.
Enter the date the flight departs its Arriving Airport if you would like to validate the fares against a return date,. A Return Date must be entered to display round-trip fares.
The airline reservation system assumes a ticketing date of today for a Fare Information search. If you wish to see fares that are valid for ticketing dates other then today, enter the date in this field.
You can search for fares on up to three particular airlines. Enter the airline's two-letter code or the first two letters of the airlines name to get a list of matching airlines. If left blank, the query will return fares on all available airlines.
Allows the fare search to be narrowed to fares that book into a specific cabin. The cabin associated with a fare is determined by the airlines, however it's not guaranteed that they file the fares into the correct cabins 100% of the time. For a few airlines, the Premium Economy and Premium First search options won't be available. There will be a message noting that if you encounter that situation.
If you want to restrict your search to just a particular class code, enter the first letter of the booking class here. Keep in mind that the booking class does designate the class of service. For example, for a YUP26 fare code that books into A class enter the code A. This will return all fare codes that are booked into A class including such non-A designated fares such as the YUP26 fare, if available based on the other query criteria. This feature is useful in filtering out potentially hundreds of fares that you have no interest in.
If you want to search for a specific fare basis code, enter the exact code here. This is useful to search for public negotiated corporate and government fares.
Determines the currency within which the fares will be displayed.
By selecting Yes, you will see all published fares up to 330 days into the future for the city pair specified, regardless of travel dates or any other restriction. To determine what date ranges a fare is valid for, look at the Seasonality or Travel Restrictions sections of the Fare Rules for the fare.
Note: It is recommended that you specify at least one airline when performing a Show Fares for All Travel Dates search, due to the large number of published fares for some markets. When no airline is specified, you may see a maximum of 250 fares returned due to reservation system limits.
By selecting Yes, you will see fares that are available only for the Departure Date you specify and that meet the advance purchase requirements for a fare based on the date of the query, season restrictions, and the Return Date. If a fare, under any conditions, is not available for travel on the Depart Date and Return Date specified it will not be displayed if this filter is Yes.
By selecting No, all published fares for this query will be displayed for the Depart Date regardless of advance purchase requirements, minimum/maximum stays, or Return Date.