Sabre pricing much higher when price searching
Needed April 11 DUS-ORD Apr 14 ORD-DUS Apollo FS gave me
1 UA8923K 14APR DUSFRA SS2 310P 400P * MO E 2
OPERATED BY DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG
2 UA8834K 14APR FRAORD SS2 520P 755P * MO E 2
OPERATED BY DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG
3 UA8854L 24APR ORDMUC SS2 940P 110P+* TH/FR E 3
OPERATED BY DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG
4 UA9252L 25APR MUCDUS SS2 430P 540P * FR E 3
OPERATED BY DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG
DUS UA X/FRA UA CHI 244.06KHNCG8 UA X/MUC UA DUS 290.61LHNCF8
NUC534.67END ROE0.966941
FARE EUR 517.00 EQU USD 540.00 TAX 5.60AY TAX 45.80US TAX
3.71XA TAX 4.50XF TAX 7.00XY TAX 7.20YC TAX 23.60DE TAX 74.00OY
TAX 28.30RA TAX 40.90RD TAX 256.40YQ TOT USD 1037.01-- Just the adult fare to compare
WPNI in Sabre --WPNI/K1¥AUA
OPTION 1
1UA/LH8923Y14APRMDUSFRA3:10 PM4:00 PM3190
1UA/LH8834R14APRMFRAORD5:20 PM7:55 PM3460
2LH431N24APRQORDFRA4:00 PM7:20 AM74H0
2LH3502Y25APRFFRAQDU8:42 AM10:05 AMTRS0
THIS IS THE LOWEST UA OPTION THAT CAME UP IN SABRE
ADT 1784.21
Graphical did come up with the 1037.01. But, graphical, as we learned in our class, is unable to do one way in one class, one way in another. For example, business out, Prem Econ back.
Just tried the same format with just 1 person in the booking and came up with lower fares. And it's not because it was sold out for 3 people. I ended up holding in Apollo since I could get the better fare there, and it's for April anyway.