Airline Fare Classes & Alliances Flashcards
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What does 'codeshare' mean in the context of airline ticketing?
Answer: One airline markets seats on another airline's operated flight under its own flight number
A codeshare agreement allows an airline to sell seats on a partner's flight under its own flight number and code.
Which fare class letter universally represents the highest cabin on most legacy carriers — First Class full fare?
Answer: F
F is the standard IATA fare class for full-fare first class on the vast majority of carriers worldwide.
A traveler wants to fly Delta to Europe and connect onto Air France. Both airlines are in the same alliance. What ticketing option simplifies this journey?
Answer: Booking on a single conjunctive ticket using SkyTeam interoperability
SkyTeam alliance partners allow single-ticket booking so baggage transfers automatically and the journey is managed as one itinerary.
The term 'Fare Basis Code' on a ticket such as 'YLOWUS' provides the travel agent with information about:
Answer: The fare class, restrictions, routing rules, and sometimes seasonality
A fare basis code encodes the booking class, any advance purchase, seasonality, routing restrictions, and other conditions of the fare.
Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad are NOT members of any of the three major global alliances. This strategy is best described as:
Answer: Independent carrier model with bilateral partnerships
The major Gulf carriers prefer bilateral interline and codeshare deals that give them flexibility rather than alliance rules and obligations.
When a passenger's itinerary shows 'operated by' a different carrier than the one they booked, what agreement is in place?
Answer: A codeshare agreement
A codeshare agreement is what allows a marketing carrier to sell seats on an operating carrier's flight under its own flight number.
Which booking class is most commonly used for award (frequent flyer redemption) tickets in economy on many US carriers?
Answer: X
X (or sometimes XN) is a common award economy booking class used to segregate revenue from non-revenue award seats.