Bulk is becoming more and more popular. It's part of the cost cutting measures on the part of the airline. Instead of having to pay credit card charges on the published fare, they only pay them on what the travel agent is selling the ticket for. Mark "Michael C. Berch" wrote: > I've never seen BULK in the fare calc box, either. I used to go to > Europe on consolidator tickets, and once to Hong Kong, and in most cases > the "fare" in the fare calc box was the sum of non-included taxes and > departure fees, back then in the $15-$20 range. This was on (the old) > PA and BA. They were written as NONREF, NONEND, and stripped of FF > mileage. > > On SQ to Hong Kong the fare calc was an H or V fare, much more than I > actually paid. > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@postmodern.com > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 04:50 PM, www.airlinesimulation.com > wrote: > > We only use consolidator RTW fares and usually travel UA or NW > > throughout > > the US. Never had any problems with reval, involuntary endorsement or > > denied > > boarding compensation. Then again, never had the word BULK in the fare > > calc > > box either, always showed a full calc, nothing like what we paid, but a > > figure non the less. > > > > James > > airlinesimulation.com > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Kinniburgh" <SKinniburg@aol.com> > > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:29 AM > > Subject: Re: Question > > > > > >> you have bought consolidator tickets..... Your ticket is valid on > >> NW/KLM > >> only.. non refundable, no endorsable = no other carrier will accept > >> your > >> ticket if your flights are canceled.... so no rule 240 etc.... You are > > also > >> exempted from receiving denied boarding compensation because your fare > >> calculation box says "bulk" > >> > >> On another note... my tickets last dec to Europe were the same... When > >> my > >> flight to CDG was cancelled the KLM gate agent was going to put us on > >> an > > Air > >> France flight (but turned out to be an air traffic control strike) even > >> though our tickets were non endorsable.... > >> > >> I have used consolidator tickets for the last 15 yrs and never had any > >> problems.... hope this helps... > >> > >> Scott SFO > >> > >