Cabin Class: Economy Time Period Flight Number Airfares (+ taxes) in HKD Dec 22-26, 2012 Some airline companies, e.g. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, have different sub-classes for the economy class. Please list out all the sub-classes and the differences between them. Why would there be price differences between different sub-classes? Try to make a sensible guess. Fare Family of Economy Class at Cathay Pacific Airways (data are retrieved at June 20, 2012 for a round trip from Hong Kong to Taipei): Economy Economy Core Economy Economy Flex Special Standard Rebooking HKD600 Free of Charge Free of Charge Free of Charge Cancellation Before Before Before Before departure: departure: departure: departure: HKD600 HKD600 HKD600 HKD250 After After After After departure: No departure: No departure: No departure: refund refund refund HKD250 Upgrade with Miles Minimum 2 day(s) 2 day(s) 2 day(s) No minimum Stay stay Maximum 7 day(s) 14 day(s) 2 month(s) 12 month(s) Stay No Show HKD600 HKD600 HKD600 No Penalty Charge Least expensive Second least Third least Most expensive expensive expensive Price Range The less expensive is a sub-class, the more restrictions are imposed. For example, rebooking of a Economy Special ticket requires a payment of HK$600, while it is free for other classes. Passengers can stay at the oversea country for a maximum of 7 days only. Passengers travelling in Economy Flex have no minimum stay
Cabin Class: Economy Time Period Flight Number Airfares (+ taxes) in HKD Dec 22-26, 2012 Some airline companies, e.g. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, have different sub-classes for the economy class. Please list out all the sub-classes and the differences between them. Why would there be price differences between different sub-classes? Try to make a sensible guess. Fare Family of Economy Class at Cathay Pacific Airways (data are retrieved at June 20, 2012 for a round trip from Hong Kong to Taipei): Economy Special Economy Core Economy Standard Economy Flex Rebooking HKD600 Free of Charge Free of Charge Free of Charge Cancellation Before departure: HKD600 After departure: No refund Before departure: HKD600 After departure: No refund Before departure: HKD600 After departure: No refund Before departure: HKD250 After departure: HKD250 Upgrade with Miles Minimum Stay 2 day(s) 2 day(s) 2 day(s) No minimum stay Maximum Stay 7 day(s) 14 day(s) 2 month(s) 12 month(s) No Show Charge HKD600 HKD600 HKD600 No Penalty Price Range Least expensive Second least expensive Third least expensive Most expensive The less expensive is a sub-class, the more restrictions are imposed. For example, rebooking of a Economy Special ticket requires a payment of HK$600, while it is free for other classes. Passengers can stay at the oversea country for a maximum of 7 days only. Passengers travelling in Economy Flex have no minimum stay
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