AIR FARES
 
 
 
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ADULT FARE
 
 
     
The fare for a person who has attained his / her 12th birthday
 
 
 
 
 
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ADVANCE PURCHASE EXCURSION FARE (APEX)
 
 
     
Fares which have restrictions on the timing of purchase. These require advance reservation with advance payment made a minimum number of days before departure. This type of special fare does not allow open – dated segments and instead, all flight coupons must have confirmed reservations.
 
 
 
 
 
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ADVANCE PURCHASE FARE
 
 
     
Price for a product or service purchased or guaranteed a specified number of days prior to arrival or use.
 
 
 
 
 
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AFFINITY GROUP FARE
 
 
     
The fare which is available to members of the same association / company / corporation / legal entity with objectives to distinguishes the group from the general public.
 
 
 
 
 
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AIRLINE FARE
 
 
     
If in carrier code box if airline code is given that means these fares are Airlines Fares. If both Airlines & YY and IATA fares are given in that case give first priority to Airlines Fares. When choosing a fare from the origin to the destination and there are a list of fares that vary by carrier, you need to identify the significant or predominant carrier. If the significant carrier has no fare of its own, use the YY Fares. Airlines Fares are further divided into: Unrestricted Normal Fares Or Primary Normal Fares / Restricted Normal Fares Or Secondary Normal Fares
 
 
 
 
 
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ALLIANCE FARE
 
 
     
A round-the-world fare offered by a group of airlines.
 
 
 
 
 
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APPLICABLE FARE (AF)
 
 
     
A fare which is established after the application of all fare construction calculations.
 
 
 
 
 
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APPRECIATION FARE
 
 
     
Discounted fares offered to groups such as teachers or military personnel as a gesture of goodwill. Less frequently, the term can apply to discounts offered to travel agents.
 
 
 
 
 
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ARBITRARY FARE
 
 
     
Used primarily for international travel, where the fare from a gateway is fixed and a fare for travel to the gateway is added on to provide a total fare for travel.
 
 
 
 
 
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ATLANTIC FARE
 
 
     
Applicable between points in area – 01 and points in areas – 02 and 03 via the Atlantic ocean.
 
 
 
 
 
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BASE FARE
 
 
     
The price of an airline ticket without the taxes.
 
 
 
 
 
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BEREAVEMENT FARE
 
 
     
A discounted fare offered to family members traveling because of an imminent death or death in the family. Most airlines that offer bereavement fares will require information about the situation.
 
 
 
 
 
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BUDGET FARE
 
 
     
Restricted airline fares offering a substantial discount on the normal fare.
 
 
 
 
 
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BULK FARE
 
 
     
A discounted, net price offered only to tour operators who directly purchase a specified block of seats from a carrier. The operator must then sell the seats at a marked-up price.
 
 
 
 
 
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CABOTAGE FARE
 
 
     
Fares which cannot be quoted by carriers of a country (foreign airlines) not authorised to carry air traffic.
 
 
 
 
 
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CAPACITY CONTROLLED FARE
 
 
     
A limited number of airplane seats to which a special fare has been assigned. This percentage may change depending upon how quickly seats are selling on the flight.
 
 
 
 
 
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CARRIER SPECIFIC FARE
 
 
     
Fares which take precedence over IATA YY fares. However if the significant carrier has no fare of its own, then use the YY fares.
 
 
 
 
 
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CHILD FARE
 
 
     
The fare for a person who has attained his / her second but not his 12th birthday.
 
 
 
 
 
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COMMON INTEREST GROUP FARE
 
 
     
The fare which is for adult passengers who have a bona fide common interest in travelling together by the same routing to the same destination. The common interest must be other than that of qualifying for the discount.
 
 
 
 
 
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CONDITIONAL FARE
 
 
     
A fare which guarantees passage on the next available flight if the flight for which the ticket was purchased is full.
 
 
 
 
 
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CONSOLIDATED AIR FARE
 
 
     
Special fares negotiated with an airline by a travel management company. The supplier bases the price of discounted fares on the travel management company's previous year's spend and the anticipated booking volume for the present year.
 
 
 
 
 
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CONSOLIDATOR NET FARE
 
 
     
Net fares made available to the travel agency network via consolidators which enable the travel agent to set their own pricing level and therefore manipulate what they can earn on a fare.
 
 
 
 
 
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CONSTRUCTED FARE (CF)
 
 
     
The fare resulting from the use of the lowest combination of applicable fares created by the use of add-on amounts.
 
 
 
 
 
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DING FARE
 
 
     
A discounted fare offered by Southwest Airlines and broadcast to home computers via an application called "Ding®".
 
 
 
 
 
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DIRECT FARE
 
 
     
A fare between two points without the application of construction calculations.
 
 
 
 
                         
           
 
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