Booking Classes

• For travel between 5 May and 31 August 2010
• For travel from 1 September 2010

Booking Classes (for travel between 5 May and 31 August 2010)

Remember a full list of 9F fare basis codes can be viewed here.

BUSINESS PREMIER		LEISURE SELECT*
EUROSTAR	GDS	EUROSTAR	GDS
AF	J	HF	Z
AT	C	HT	I
AW	D	HW	G
		HZ	S
STANDARD
EUROSTAR	GDS	EUROSTAR	GDS
BF	Y	BR	K
BT	B	BW	N
BV	H	BX	Q
BZ	M	BY	V

Booking Classes (for travel from 1 September 2010)

Remember a full list of 9F fare basis codes can be viewed in the Reference fare guide.

BUSINESS PREMIER		STANDARD PREMIER *
EUROSTAR	GDS	EUROSTAR	GDS
AF	J	HF	Z
		HT	I
		HW	G
		HZ	S
STANDARD
EUROSTAR	GDS	EUROSTAR	GDS
BF	Y	BR	K
BT	B	BW	N
BV	H	BX	Q
BZ	M	BY	V

 

Fully flexible fares are exchangeable and refundable up to 2 months after departure.

Fares and Pricing entries

Display only Eurostar fares	FDLONPAR10NOV/9F
Price and store fare (list is displayed if more than one)	FQAC9F
Fare quote entry for fully flexible fares	FQAC9F/PE00
Fare quote notes, specific penalties (if no penalties apply, a list of other options appears)	FQN then FN2/P16
Select fare if more than one displayed	FF1
Display route deal fares	FDLONPAR/9F-PRI-account:P
Fare quote for route deal fare	FQC9F-account:P

Class of service rebooking

Using Best buy effectively in Galileo
Using the FQBB entry gives the cheapest fare available and shows the new applicable booking classes. We always advise using 'Best buy' with caution. Here are some tips to get most out of it when using for Eurostar.

Before ending a booking

1. Book your sectors choosing J or Y class and enter FQBB.
2. You will see the cheapest fare available with the new sector related booking classes.
3. You can use either FQBBK to rebook the classes or the manual entry to change the sectors to the new classes e.g. @1/Q change sector 1 to Q class. Be aware that the sector status will change to NN.
4. You must then use the following entries e.g. @1/1 and @2/1 to change the status for both sectors to HS.
5. You can then end the booking in the normal way. Ensure you check seat details and Vendor remarks for the ticketing time limit. Always check the sectors' status after booking has been ended.

After ending a booking
Please cancel sectors, Receive and ER and rebook sectors in the appropriate class.  

Always check fare conditions and penalties

Important! How to choose a fare:

Follow the instructions below on how to book either fully flexible, semi flexible or non flexible fares. The GDS booking class does not necessarily reflect a particular ticket type. Don't forget to check fare notes for ticket conditions and class of travel.

Return journeys that require fares with different ticket conditions e.g. London-Paris fully flexible and Paris-London non-flexible must be booked as one ways in separate PNRs.

Please note that leisure RIT fares are not available on GDS.

Fully flexible fares

Fully flexible fares are exchangeable and refundable up to 2 months after departure

1	Decide on your on board class of travel. Use J for Business Premier or Y for Standard class (for booking up until 31 August 2010) or a combination of the two.
2	Fare quote using FQAC9F/PE00 and display the appropriate list of fares below
3	Business Premier example display St Pancras to Paris 01 J1RT 570.00 02 J2FFLXRT 450.00 Select J2FFLXRT for a Business Premier fully flexible ticket or J1RT for Business Premier with a taxi Standard class select Y1FFLXOW for one way and Y1FFLXRT for a return
	Remember to check fare conditions and penalties in the usual manner. Please note, from 1 September 2010 Y class will no longer be fully flexible. Please refer to the fare guide for more information.

 

Semi-flexible fares

Semi flexible fares in Business Premier (C and D class) are exchangeable with a fee before and up to 2 months after departure and some Leisure Select/Standard Premier*and Standard fares are exchangeable with a fee only before departure.

Please note, from 1 September 2010 C & D class will no longer be available. Please refer to the fare guide for more information.

1	Decide on your on board class of travel. For bookings up until 31 August, use either C or D for Business Premier, use Z for Leisure Select*, and use B or H for Standard class. For bookings after 1 September, use Z , I and G for Standard Premier* and use Y, B or H for Standard class.
2	Fare quote using FQAC9F and display the appropriate list of fares below
3	Standard class example St Pancras to Paris using H class  1 HEERT    R-    GUARANTEED 141.00     1  LAST DATE TO  PURCHASE TICKET: 01APR                                                                             1  NON END 1  CHG/REF RESTRICTED
4	Check fare conditions and penalties in the usual manner. In some circumstances when booking in Leisure Select/Standard Premier* or Standard class, it may be necessary to force in a semi-flexible fare, if only a cheaper non-flexible fare is offered, please refer to the semi-flexible fare basis codes on the fares pages For example, use the entry FQ@HEERT to quote the semi-flexible Saturday night away.

Non flexible fares

1	Decide on your on board class of travel. For Leisure Select/Standard Premier* use Z, I, G or S (S is the cheapest). For Standard class use B, H, M, K, N, Q or V (V is for senior, youth and child fares)
2	Fare quote using FQAC9F and display the appropriate list of fares below
3	Example Standard class St Pancras to Paris combining Q and K classes.                                                                     1 QNFRT+ KNF   R- GUARANTEED     89.00
4	Check fare conditions and penalties. Most of these fares are non flexible and non refundable, but in some circumstances using H and B class may give you a semi flexible fare as the cheapest available

Child, Senior and Youth fares

Child fares are available in Leisure Select/Standard Premier* and Standard classes (not in Business Premier). In order to price a single child the NN in the passenger type CNN must be replaced with the passenger age, and the system must be told that the child will be accompanied on the service by using the /ACC modifier FQ*C10/ACC/C9F. Call Eurostar for agents on 08448 224334 to arrange seating with the adult booking.

Senior fares are available in Standard classes V, Q, N, K, M, H and B. (V is only available for return journeys). Add *SRC to your entries in the normal way, e.g. FQ*SRC/C9F

Youth fares are available in Standard classes V, Q, N, K, M, H and B (V is only available for return journeys). Add *YTH to your entries in the normal way, e.g. FQ*YTH/C9F.

* Our new Standard Premier class is on sale as of 5 May, for travel from 1 September onwards, and will replace our current Leisure Select class.