Talk:Travel class

message: Are all these code listings really necessary? Mat334 06:32, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Industry standard definitions for "Reservations Booking Designators" are provided in IATA Resoluion 728. Other contributors have commented accurately that there is broad deviation from the standards by individual airlines. It can even happen that within an airline alliance an RBD is assigned to Economy Class by one airline member and First Class by another. JonathanX9 13:03, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I came here to suggest that we remove the codes and found that the discussion had already started. They should all be removed, as I can see widespread inaccuracies in them, and they will never be accurate.  Even the old codes such as P being first class are wrong, I know of at least one airline that uses it for economy WITHOUT BAGS. You can't get less first class than that.  Remove them all, and leave just a passing mention of the original F, J, C and Y.  Actually, now that I think about it, Y is the only one with a specific meaning, it is a full economy fare without restrictions. --Dmol (talk) 09:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

text: I have not gone through all the history pages, but it seems the codes are back in (and wrong)?  For example, R is listed as a new First Class suite, but it is a discount economy code on the major Dutch and French airlines.  The strong consensus seems to be to remove codes, so that is what I will do now other than a short reference to the basic codes. I will rewrite that section now, to try and reflect the above discussion accurately.  I will also remove the use of Full Fare Economy as a Y, as many discount but unrestricted economy tickets are Y. AccHistories (talk) 08:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

text: Agree, the article needs to focus on what travel classes are, why they exist, why they differ, relative costs even. Booking codes are a miminal aspect of it, and wikipedia does not exist to list the meaning of airlines codes. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:23, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

text: Um, no. There are other classes of service to account for.192.12.88.7 (talk) 19:58, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That doesn't mean the content can't be merged into this article. And I agree. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:06, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Code Listing

message: I strongly believe that all detailed booking classes should be removed.  They are very different from airline to airline.  The only two codes that most airlines stick to are F for full fare First Class and Y for full fare Economy Class.  For Business Class, most airlines use either C or J.  All the other booking classes currently shown are essentially wrong on many airlines. --SmilingBoy 13:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Industry standard definitions for "Reservations Booking Designators" are provided in IATA Resoluion 728. Other contributors have commented accurately that there is broad deviation from the standards by individual airlines. It can even happen that within an airline alliance an RBD is assigned to Economy Class by one airline member and First Class by another. JonathanX9 13:03, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I came here to suggest that we remove the codes and found that the discussion had already started. They should all be removed, as I can see widespread inaccuracies in them, and they will never be accurate.  Even the old codes such as P being first class are wrong, I know of at least one airline that uses it for economy WITHOUT BAGS. You can't get less first class than that.  Remove them all, and leave just a passing mention of the original F, J, C and Y.  Actually, now that I think about it, Y is the only one with a specific meaning, it is a full economy fare without restrictions. --Dmol (talk) 09:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

text: I have not gone through all the history pages, but it seems the codes are back in (and wrong)?  For example, R is listed as a new First Class suite, but it is a discount economy code on the major Dutch and French airlines.  The strong consensus seems to be to remove codes, so that is what I will do now other than a short reference to the basic codes. I will rewrite that section now, to try and reflect the above discussion accurately.  I will also remove the use of Full Fare Economy as a Y, as many discount but unrestricted economy tickets are Y. AccHistories (talk) 08:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

text: Agree, the article needs to focus on what travel classes are, why they exist, why they differ, relative costs even. Booking codes are a miminal aspect of it, and wikipedia does not exist to list the meaning of airlines codes. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:23, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove Booking Classes 

message: This article overlaps with First class travel, and the two articles should be merged. TiffaF (talk) 05:39, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Um, no. There are other classes of service to account for.192.12.88.7 (talk) 19:58, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That doesn't mean the content can't be merged into this article. And I agree. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:06, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[First class travel]] 

message: Ocean liners had classes of service, too, such as steerage, yet we see no mention of them on the page. How come? 192.12.88.7 (talk) 19:58, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 23:09, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Ocean liners?

message: In some countries, there are bus lines offering clase lujo, primera clase, and segunda clase service, and I see nothing of those, either. 192.12.88.7 (talk) 19:58, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: see  192.12.88.7 (talk) 19:59, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Ditto Peru, Argentina, Chile and Malaysia. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:23, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Buses

message: I don't know if this is still the case, but it used to be that one major difference between 1st and 2nd class seats was that first class was non-smoking while second class was smoking, with many people smoking heavily.Bill (talk) 04:31, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese trains