How Do You Read An Airline Ticket?
Airline tickets have a language all their own. They are covered in codes meant to convey information to airline personnel. Most of it is gibberish to everyone else. While the things printed on airline tickets are confusing, they are not secret. If you know what to look for, it is easy to read an airline ticket. Look for the long green box across the top half of the airline ticket. In the left side of the box is the departure airport with the destination airport underneath. Immediately to the right of the airports is the airline code and flight number. Every airline has its own two letter code. For example, American Airlines is AA and United Airlines is UA. Find the letter that is printed just to the right of the flight number. This is the fare class. Few people outside the airline industry know what they mean. A, F, P and R stand for first class. C, D, I, J and Z represent business class. B, H, M, N and Y indicate full or standard fare economy class. Special fares or discount fares hav
