robowen

I've been looking at flights to Oz, singapore do a 'M' class service which is standard service...I think
BA have got a 'L' and 'V' class and an 'S' from Quantas.
The 'L' is £100 dearer for us to travel, is it any different to 'M' ?

anyone know what the various classes are ?
rob

BullcreekBob

G'day

I think they are all types of economy so the service will be the same. The difference will be in the terms and conditions, some "classes" are more changeable than others.

worzel

The airlines website will have details on this all. Generally it is about price, flexibility etc and can have an affect on what frequent flyer points you get.

robowen

I've had a search on BA but cant find anywhere where it states what the abbreviations mean.
I thought someone might know
Rob


p.s, what are frequent flyer points

Flutterby

The "booking" class you refer to corresponds to the different price level for the different allotment of seats for each respective class.

First Class Examples: A, F
Business Class Examples: C, D, J
Economy Class Examples: H, K, L, M, O, N, S, V, Q & others

Depending on how much your fare has been discounted this will correspond to how flexible your ticket is, eg if you can change dates, names on tickets, open return etc. Generally the cheaper the fare the more restrictions on changes to your travel.

Some airlines may use different codes to denote various fares, worth giving BA a call to ask what the restrictions are on the fares you have been quoted.

Teliko21

frequent flyer points = the loyalty program of the airline. If you join the program you get points every time you fly and then when you have enough you can use them to get flights etc.

Whitby whaler

Avoid the class with the outside toilets

JackTheLad

Here's an entry on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_class

and here's a list of fare classes used by Virgin Atlantic/Virgin Blue/Virgin America:

http://v-flyer.com/codes.asp

Most airlines use similar codes.

Mrs JTL

jayr

You can join QANTAS (which doesn't have a "U" by the way) Frequent Flyer program from the UK for free, go tot heir website, it would cost $80 if you joined in Australia.

QNATAS and BA (and various other airlines) are affiliated to the same frequent flyer programs. Emirates and Vrigin are linked in a different program.

If you are moving to Oz then internal flights are dominated by Qantas (inclding Jetstar) and Virgin.

If (for example) you flew here from UK on BA or Qantas you would probably collect just about enough points to get a free interstate domestic flight in Oz. If you travel with Emirates then make sure you have joined Virgin's Velocity program in advance. You can then collect your points onto Virgin (instead of Emirates) which may be more useful for you.

jen 71

hi i worked for a airlines and the codes were mainly a, f,first,b,businness or c for club or j which is also buisness most other codes are for econmy which mainly will be y class (economy) codes are just different prices what you pay for the ticket which is more complecated differnt airlines
hope this helps
can some one help me it looks like it will be ages b4 we will emmigrate due to getting experience of 6years in our trades can enyone tell me what age is the cut off point for children to beable to emmigrate with us
cheers