Sharing the tricks and tools of better travel
If you remember my earlier post on airline inventory, you know that every booking class has a letter. All flights, whether revenue, award, or upgraded flights, need to have a letter. For United Airlines, the letter used to keep track of upgrade space is R. This means that anyone who wants to use a Global Premier Upgrade (systemwide upgrade) needs … [Read more...]
This is a re-post of my earlier review of AwardWallet. Why am I sharing it again? Well, I've got a lot more readers now, and it surprises me how many don't go back and read all the old stuff. Well, maybe not so much. I wouldn't want to go back and read it all, either. :P But more importantly, I have 18 upgrade coupons to AwardWallet Plus, which … [Read more...]
I’m discussing airline inventory this week, including fare class availability, fares themselves, and fare construction. A lot of talk about fares for a product some people don’t think is priced very fairly at all. :P Now I know a lot of you are probably interested in award space, but this is purely a discussion of revenue travel right now. A … [Read more...]
On Friday last week, I provided a brief introduction to how airline inventory works and why that matters when you try to understand how much a particular ticket should cost. There are two factors in particular, the published fares (which require to specific "fare classes" or "booking classes") and the number of tickets available in these booking … [Read more...]
This week I’m reviewing some of my most popular posts, including how to use ITA Software’s Fare Matrix. If you’ve never used it before, today’s post will not make any sense. I suggest you read Part 1 first, and maybe Part 2. Part 1: Introduction to ITA Fare Matrix Part 2: Using Routing Language with ITA Fare Matrix Part 3: Other … [Read more...]
