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Booking codes used to be standardized, and were defined by the [[International Air Transport Association|IATA]].<ref>{{cite web|title=IATA Resolution 728 Code Designators for passenger ticket and baggage check|url=http://www.atpco.net/atpco/download/rbd_iata_res728.pdf|year=2003}}</ref> However, airlines have deviated from the IATA standard and current booking codes are airline specific. The same code may have quite different meanings for tickets issued by different airlines. Nevertheless, certain booking codes have fairly standardized meanings across nearly all airlines:

* A, F, O: [[First class (aviation)|first class]]

* C, D, J: [[business class]]

* Y, B, M, H, Q, X, V, W: [[economy class]]

In addition, R, A, D, I, Z usually refer to special types of premium class tickets, for instance suites ([[Singapore Airlines]]), [[Emirates]] discounted first and business class, and upgrades. W, T often refer to premium economy class, and B, H, K, L, M, N, Q, T, V, X generally to various types of discounted or restricted economy class tickets.

Booking codes are also sometimes called booking classes or fare classes.