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title: "What are Fare rules? | Benefit Systems"
description: "Fare rules are the conditions attached to a specific airfare covering changes, refunds, validity, stopovers and mileage earning."
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# What are Fare rules?

Fare rules are the conditions attached to a specific airfare covering changes, refunds, validity, stopovers and mileage earning.

Also called: Fare conditions.

## How it works #

They belong to the fare rather than to the airline as a whole, and they differ sharply between fares on the same flight. Reading them before booking reveals the price of a change of plan before it happens. With separately booked tickets several rule sets apply side by side, and in practice the most restrictive one decides what is possible.

## Not to be confused with #

Fare rules are not the same as the conditions of carriage: fare rules govern the individual ticket, conditions of carriage govern the relationship with the airline overall.

## In German #

The German term is Tarifbedingungen. [German version of this term](/de/glossar/tarifbedingungen)

## Related terms #

- [Fare basis code](/en/glossary/fare-basis-code): A fare basis code is the full tariff code on a ticket, encoding promotions, validity and restrictions on top of the fare class letter.
- [Conditions of carriage](/en/glossary/conditions-of-carriage): Conditions of carriage are an airline’s general contract terms, setting out the rights and duties of both sides for every ticket it sells.
- [Free cancellation window](/en/glossary/free-cancellation-window): A free cancellation window is a short period after booking during which a flight ticket can be cancelled without fee and refunded in full.

## Articles that use this term #

- [What’s in the fare rules, and why read them?](/en/knowledge/fare-rules)
- [Can you cancel a booking for free?](/en/knowledge/free-cancellation)
- [When do you get money back for a flight you didn’t take?](/en/knowledge/refunds-for-unused-flights)
- [How do cabin upgrades actually work?](/en/knowledge/upgrade-mechanics)
- [What do you do first when your flight is cancelled?](/en/knowledge/flight-cancelled-what-to-do)
- [Do you have to accept a voucher instead of cash?](/en/knowledge/voucher-vs-cash)