LESSON

Baggage
Seat selection
Meals and
Service
snacks
surcharge
Fuel fees
Taxes and airport
fees
Based fare
Technical terms
AIRFARE
RULES AND

CALCULATION
PRINCIPLES OF
 LONG-HAUL
FLIGHT flight that takes about seven
Airline
or more hours of flying time

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Taxes and airport
surcharge
Seat selection

RATES SHEETS
Based fare
Meals and
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Baggage

snacks
Service

fees  documents distributed to TMCs by

Fuel fees

the respective airlines containing

airline rates
TRAVEL-LIGHT
PASSENGER
A traveler who has very little
baggage, sometimes only with a
hand-carry baggage
 TURBOJET
A jet engine in which the jet gases
also operate a turbine-driven

Technical terms
compressor for compressing the air

Taxes and airport

surcharge
Seat selection

Based fare
drawn into the engine; an aircraft
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snacks

powered by a turbojet
Service

fees
Fuel fees

TURBOPROP ENGINE
A turbine engine that drives an
aircraft propeller
 BASICALLY, THE PRICE OF TICKET
CONSISTS
A.
OF THE
BASE FARE
FOLLOWING THINGS:

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four ways:

Taxes and airport

surcharge
Seat selection

Based fare
 rates sheets are distributed to them
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Baggage

snacks

by the respective airlines

Service

fees
Fuel fees

It based on the passenger air tariff

(PAT) that has a set fare based on a
two-book set of western and eastern
Hemisphere.
 The global distribution system fare
quotation display (FQD) has a specific
set of rate given
The airline’s rate desk that provides
quick air fare calculation
 BASICALLY, THE PRICE OF TICKET
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS:
B. TAXES AND AIRPORT FEES

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Airline pay taxes and airport fees too.

Taxes and airport

surcharge
Seat selection

Based fare
When an airline takes off or lands on
Meals and
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snacks

an airport and uses its facilities, it is

Service

fees
Fuel fees

charged withbascorresponding takeoff or

landing fee. When it parks and
disembarks its passengers , it has to
pay parking fee as well
 BASICALLY, THE PRICE OF TICKET
CONSISTS
C.
OF THE FOLLOWING
FUEL SURCHARGE
THINGS:
it is noteworthy to mention that different

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airlines use different equipment. Some use

Taxes and airport

Fuel surcharge
Seat selection

Based fare
Meals and

turbojets for their flights like the Airbuses

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Baggage

snacks
Service

and Boeing series of aircrafts

fees
fees

-Turboprops- smallerbasaircrafts
 BASICALLY, THE PRICE OF TICKET
CONSISTS
D.
OF THE
SERVICE FEES
FOLLOWING THINGS:
comes in different forms. All airline belong

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to the industry. All service-providers

Taxes and airport

surcharge
Seat selection

Based fare
Meals and

require front liners to man the aircraft that

LESSON
Baggage

snacks

will take care of the passengers on board or

Service

fees
Fuel fees
on ground. Different bas
sets of manpower are
employed to take care of them.
 BASICALLY, THE PRICE OF TICKET
CONSISTS
E.
OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS:
MEALS AND SNACKS
airfare is also affected if food is served

Technical terms
Taxes and airport
surcharge
during the flight. Normally, long –haul
Seat selection

Based fare
Meals and
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flights offer food service to passenger.

Baggage

snacks
Service
Long-haul flights are transpacific flights

fees
Fuel fees
like flights from Manila to the United States
bas

or
Europe that takes about 10 to 16 hours of
flight. Most transpacific flight are
considered full-service flights. These are
flights that offer food, beverages, and
other amenities in flight. Everything is
included in the airfare. In contrast to these
flights are called
 BASICALLY, THE PRICE OF TICKET
CONSISTS
F. SEATOF THE FOLLOWING THINGS:
SELECTION
Some full service flights have different

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Taxes and airport
surcharge
classes namely

Based fare
Seat selection
Meals and
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First Class, Business Class and Economy

Baggage

snacks
Service
Class

fees
Fuel fees
bas
 First Class-offers the best service in
terms of amenities, seat provisions , food
choice and priorities. First class
passengers have wider seats that may be
reclined to convert into a full bed. Others
can be enclosed too like a private cabin
 Business Class- is another part of the
aircraft that is normally offer in most of
international flight. Planes that are
 BASICALLY, THE PRICE OF TICKET
CONSISTS
OF THE
 Economy Class FOLLOWING THINGS:
which is also called coach class or standard

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class, is the least expensive air seats a

Taxes and airport

surcharge

Based fare
Seat selection
Meals and
passenger can avail of when traveling via
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snacks
Service
air. Aircrafts have more seating capacity for

fees
Fuel fees
economy class as many passengers
bas
choose
to travel this option. The passengers are
seated together side by side and the seats
have just enough legroom. The food served
comes in one tray where everything is seved
altogether.
 BASICALLY, THE PRICE OF TICKET
CONSISTS
G.
OF THE
BAGGAGE
FOLLOWING THINGS:
Travelers normally travel with checked in

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Taxes and airport
surcharge
baggage except if they are travel-light

Seat selection

Based fare
Meals and
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passengers. For passengers who travel

snacks
Baggage

Service
using full-service airlines, they are given

fees
Fuel fees
bas
baggage allowance stipulated in their
tickets. Some give 20 to 30 kilos baggage
allowance per passenger. However. For low-
cost carriers, travelers have to pay for their
baggage allotment. This allocation is one of
the reason why airfare calculation change
 ELEMENT OF PAT :

 HEADLINE AND SIDELINE CITIES

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 FARES

Elements of PAT

Taxes and airport

surcharge
Seat selection

Based fare
 FARE TYPE

Meals and
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snacks
Baggage
 CARRIER CODE

Service

fees
Fuel fees
 MAXIMUM PERMITTED bas
MILEAGE(MPM)
 GLOBAL INDICATOR
 RULE
 NEUTRAL UNITS OF
CONSTRUCTION(NUC)
 LOCAL CURRENCY
 ROUTE REFERENCE