How I can book LHR to TLV at the price shown by ITA Matrix?
I've been trying unsuccessfully to book a round trip flight from London Heathrow, UK (LHR) to Ben Gurion, Israel (TLV) leaving on Dec 24 and returning on Jan 3. I'm seeing this on ITA Matrix but cannot find it on any booking site for less than $832.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can book these flights at this rate?
Best Answer
ITA is not giving you accurate information, unfortunately. The present availability on those flights as seen in London is—
Frequency
Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes
LY 318 0 LHR TLV 772 Su,Th,Sa F6 AL PL C9 I5 D2 ZL JL RL XL Y9 S9 M9 Q9 B9 K9 V9 L9 H9 NL GC OC UC WC EL
24/12/15 22:30 25/12/15 5:20 75% / 15m
LY 315 0 TLV LHR 772 Su,M,T,W,Th,F F6 AL PL C9 I9 D8 ZL JL RL XL Y9 S9 M9 Q9 B9 KL V1 LL HL NL GC OC UC WC EL
03/01/16 9:05 03/01/16 12:35 52% / 28m
In both cases, the W class is closed to reservations (WC); therefore the fare ITA selected (LY WUKRT5) is no longer valid over the sectors.
If you wish you may report this as a bug to ITA Support. I have found the support team quite helpful in respect of other problems I have had with ITA.
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Answer 2
I suspect that this is just sold out in this fare class. ITA does a lot of caching to speed things up and may show fares that used to be available but are no longer available.
Answer 3
Actually these flights show up on Orbitz though the carrier isn't ElAl and the flight is from Gatwick rather then Heathrow and with a single stop but depending on your circumstances it may not matter.
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