Translation of "billet économique plein tarif " (French → English) :

75. Believes that in times of increasing financial difficulties for numerous Europeans and ongoing austerity policies, Parliament should show an example of restraint by reducing its travel costs; asks the Bureau to create conditions for making savings of 5% in all kind of travel expenditure including delegations of committees and interparliamentary delegations in full respect of the Statute for Members and its implementing measures; believes that a reduction in business flights by Members of Parliament would help to achieve such savings; requests that 15% of the travel appropriations be placed in reserve pending a report by the Secretary General of Parliament to be delivered to the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets by 31 March 2012; c ...[+++]alls for such a report to examine the feasibility of measures to ensure the utmost efficiency of Members' travel with a view to making recommendations for potential budgetary savings by considering all proposals and resolutions which Parliament has already adopted on this question, by presenting proposals to reduce its number of business class flights, encouraging the purchase of economy / flexi-economy class airfares, ensuring a proper treatment of the Frequent Flyer Points and revising the rules of the Members' Registry opening hours, in particular on Fridays; expects that the appropriations for the travels are reduced in 2012 and in the following years till the end of the legislature; suggests that savings in institutional visits have to take into account the primacy of pluralism over proportionality when defining the delegations' composition;

As special-rate fares are available for many categories of passenger, problems regularly arise when passengers apply for a refund of the price of a reduced-fare ticket which they have not used, as there are significant differences between full-fare and reduced-fare tickets and also depending on the way in which the ticket was booked.

20. Points out that any meaningful 'Social Package' promoting social progress must be complemented by supportive economic and structural policy measures; considers that the Stability and Growth Pact must be revoked and that the monetary policy of the ECB must be relaxed in order to counter the effects of the current economic slowdown in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Council to draw up a 'European Investment Programme for Sustainable Development, Employment and Social Inclusion' to which at least 1% of EU GDP should be allocated, which should be complemented by similar public investment programmes of the Member States in order ...[+++] to stabilise the economy, counter climate change and promote full employment with quality jobs and social rights; proposes that Member States also introduce measures to stabilise and enhance the purchasing power of people on low incomes (faced with rising prices of food, energy and transport), for example by introducing social default tariffs for gas, electricity, telecommunications, public transport, etc.;

L. noting with satisfaction that liberalisation has led to more choice and competitive fares for air passengers on some sectors but observing that the impact is primarily limited to economy class passengers and promotional fares, both with restricted ticket arrangements,

The flexibility offered by full fare tickets implies that these tickets are valid for 1 year and allow cancellation and change of reservations without financial penalties such as the ones that apply to the restricted tickets.

Compare that to a full-fare Air Canada ticket.