Gentle reader,
We are talking to the coding boffins at Virgin Atlantic about exposing fare class codes in a flight booking front-end that would sit on V-Flyer. Basically, that would mean rather than saying I want 'Economy - Lowest' or 'Economy - Flexible', you can specify the exact fare code you want to see, like Y, B, L, X, etc. As a tag-on, we are also looking at showing the availability of reward codes too, so you can search for an upgradeable Economy fare such as 'L', then search for a PE upgrade reward in 'U'.
The question is, would you use this? Because this will involve some new coding both at Virgin Atlantic and at V-Flyer, we need to put together a business case for doing the work. So, in our highly scientific research (ie, the poll below), please give us an indication as to whether you are likely to book using such a tool if it was available.
We are talking to the coding boffins at Virgin Atlantic about exposing fare class codes in a flight booking front-end that would sit on V-Flyer. Basically, that would mean rather than saying I want 'Economy - Lowest' or 'Economy - Flexible', you can specify the exact fare code you want to see, like Y, B, L, X, etc. As a tag-on, we are also looking at showing the availability of reward codes too, so you can search for an upgradeable Economy fare such as 'L', then search for a PE upgrade reward in 'U'.
The question is, would you use this? Because this will involve some new coding both at Virgin Atlantic and at V-Flyer, we need to put together a business case for doing the work. So, in our highly scientific research (ie, the poll below), please give us an indication as to whether you are likely to book using such a tool if it was available.
