Ancillary Price API Reference (NDC)

POST	ancillaryprice/offers/buildancillaryoffersfromcatalogofferings Base path: Pre-production https://api.pp.travelport.com/11/air/ Production https://api.travelport.com/11/air/

The Ancillary Price request confirms pricing for a selected ancillary Any paid optional service filed for a flight. Industry examples include paid seats, paid baggage, carbon offsets, pet transport fees, and unaccompanied minor charges. See the Ancillary and EMD Guide for supported ancillaries.. It can be sent either as part of the initial booking A confirmed reservation with the carrier. A held booking is a reservation that has not yet been ticketed. The terms booking and reservation are interchangeable. workflow, or for an existing reservation. The request uses the same endpoint and payload in each flow. See the Ancillary and EMD Guide for currently supported ancillaries in each flow.

You must first create a new or post-commit workbench and send an Ancillary Shop request. After pricing, add the selected ancillary to the workbench.

Ancillary pricing is a required step for NDC

New Distribution Capability, an XML standard for exchanging data that supports airlines in distributing their content directly to online travel agencies. See the NDC Guide. ancillaries. Not supported for GDS

Global Distribution System. A GDS aggregates and distributes air, hotel, and car rental content such as schedules, fares, and upsells. In the JSON APIs, GDS content is distributed from Travelport..

Request

Also see Authorization and Common Headers.

Query Parameters

None.

Request Body

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Object	Description	Required/Optional
OfferQueryBuildAncillaryOffersFromCatalogOfferings	Top level object.	Required
BuildAncillaryOffersFromCatalogOfferings	Top level object.	Required
CatalogOfferingsIdentifier	Includes response transaction identifiers from the ancillary shop response.	Required
CatalogOfferingsIdentifier/Identifier	Sends identifiers from ancillary shop response.	Required
authority	Send the value in CatalogOfferingsID/CatalogOffering/Identifier/authority from the Ancillary Shop response.	Required
value	Send the value in CatalogOfferingsID/CatalogOffering/Identifier/value from the Ancillary Shop response.	Required
CatalogOfferingIdentifier	Sends offer In the JSON Search APIs, an offer is a product available at a specific price under a set of terms and conditions. An offer includes the flight or connecting flights for one leg of the itinerary, plus a service level that includes the cabin class and any fare codes that may apply. At booking, the selected offer from the Search response - including the flight/s, service level, price, terms and conditions, and brand if applicable - is converted into a single Offer object that is subsequently returned for that booking. identifier.	Required
id	Send value in CatalogOfferingsID/CatalogOffering/id from the Ancillary Shop response.	Required
ProductIdentifier	Sends product identifier.	Required
id	Send the value in CatalogOfferingsID/CatalogOffering/ProductOptions/Product/id for the product you want to book from the Ancillary Shop response.	Required
TravelerIdentifierRef	Sends identifier of traveler for whom to price the ancillary.	Required
id	Send the value in CatalogOfferingsID/TravelerIdentifierRef/id from the Ancillary Shop response. You can also verify passenger ID details via a Reservation Retrieve.	Required
Quantity	The amount of this ancillary product requested.	Required

Response

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Object	Description
OfferListResponse	Top level object. Returns OfferID, Identifier, and ReferenceList objects.
OfferID	Returns product and pricing details for requested offer. Key value pair: id: Internal offer id. Includes Identifier, Product, Price, and TermsAndConditionsFull objects.
OfferID/Identifier	Identifier for the offer. Key value pairs: authority: Source of information. value: Unique system-generated identifier In the JSON APIs, a unique identifier for specific, unique data, such as an entire response or an offer, product, or brand in a response. These identifiers must often be sent in subsequent requests to refer to a previous response, offer, product, etc. Usually returned in Identifier/value for the referenced object. Example format: 3cecf1be-0b21-4881-8f33-ae11c8d7b708. See the JSON APIs Guide.. OfferID/Identifier/value and /authority must be sent in any subsequent ancillary book requests.
Product	Array. Returns one or more instances of @type ProductAncillary to detail the ancillary product. Key value pair: id: Internal product id. Includes Quantity and Ancillary. CatalogOffering/ProductOptions/Product/id must be sent as the product identifier in subsequent ancillary price and/or book requests.
Quantity	The available number of this ancillary product.
Ancillary	Details of this ancillary. Includes Description and FlightRef.
Description	Supplier-provided description of this ancillary product. Key value pairs: code: Supplier code for ancillary. value: Supplier description of ancillary.
FlightRef	Internal reference number for the flight on which this ancillary is available. Matches to FlightRef in ReferenceList/ReferenceListFlight.
Price	Price details for this ancillary. Ancillary pricing may vary by carrier An airline. for whether the price returned is per individual ancillary (e.g., price is for one checked bag when two were requested) or all requested ancillaries (e.g., price is for two checked bags when two were requested). Includes CurrencyCode, Base, TotalTaxes, TotalPrice objects.
CurrencyCode	The currency in which the price is returned. Unless changed in the request, the currency is the default associated with your provisioned PCC Pseudo city code. A travel provider's identification code for the JSON APIs, provisioned from Travelport. Used to determine access and other settings in the JSON APIs for your company. from Travelport. Key value pairs: decimalPlace: Number of decimal places in the currency. value: Currency code value.
Base	Base price before taxes.
TotalTaxes	Sum of all taxes for the product.
TotalPrice	Total price including base and taxes.
TermsAndConditionsFull	Returned with @typeTermsAndConditionsFullAncillary. Terms and conditions for this ancillary. Includes TravelerProduct and ApplicationLimit.
TravelerProduct	Includes TravelerIdentifierRef.
TravelerIdentiferRef	Returns details of the traveler the ancillary is priced for. Key value pairs: id: Internal system-generated traveler id. value: Internal system-generated traveler id.
ApplicationLimit	Any restrictions on the number of this ancillary product that can be purchased. Key value pairs: start: Minimum quantity that can be purchased. end: Maximum quantity that can be purchased. value: The unit represented by this quantity. Possible values are: PassengerSegment: Ancillary limit applies to each passenger at the segment A flight or flights under one flight number. One flight equals one segment. A segment could have multiple flights if the flight number remains the same, which happens if a flight makes a stop without changing planes. level. E.g, Itinerary is LON-SIN-LON and the ancillary limit is “n” per segment per passenger. Segment: Ancillary limit applies to all passengers at the segment level (one flight, or flights under the same number). Itinerary: Ancillary limit applies to all passengers for the full itinerary The entire trip on a booking, including all flights on all legs. Also called a journey.. Passenger: Ancillary limit applies per passenger for the full itinerary. PassengerOD: Ancillary limit applies per passenger for the origin destination. E.g., Itinerary is LON X/SIN SYD X/SIN LON and the ancillary limit is “n” per origin destination (LON XSIN SYD) Other For example, a start quantity of 1 and end quantity of 2 with a value of Itinerary means that at least 1 but no more than 2 of this ancillary product can be purchased for the full itinerary.
OfferListResponse/Identifier	Identifier for ancillary price response as a whole. Key value pairs: authority: Source of information. value: Unique system-generated identifier. CatalogOfferingsAncillaryListResponse/Identifier/value must be sent as the response identifier in subsequent ancillary price and/or book requests.
ReferenceList	Consolidates flight details in ReferenceList/ReferenceListFlight. Includes ReferenceListFlight. See table below.

The ancillary price response returns ReferenceList/ReferenceListFlight for flight details, Note it does not return the AvailabilitySourceCode or IntermediateStop objects below.

Object	Description
ReferenceListFlight	Returns an array of Flight objects that match to the flights that make up a product. ReferenceListFlight is a common object in the model. Not all objects in this table may be returned in this specific API.
Flight	One instance for one flight. Key value pairs: distance: Distance covered by the flight. duration: Time of the flight in hours (H) and minutes (M). carrier: Airline carrier. number: Flight number. operatingCarrier: When the carrier has filed a codeshare operating carrier for the flight, the IATA International Air Transportation Association, an organization that standardizes rules, regulations and fare construction principles for the international travel industry. code for that codeshare carrier. operatingCarrierName: Name of the marketing operating carrier. operatingCarrierNumber: Number of the operating carrier flight. If there is no operating carrier number, then CO2 emission estimates for operating carriers is not supported. GDS only; not returned for NDC. Returned only in Search response. equipment: Equipment model. Note that TRN, TRS, and BUS equipment codes indicate ground transportation. id: id for internal flight reference number, also used in products and offers. subjectToGovernmentApproval: Returned with value of true when an airline has filed in its schedule that availability for a specific flight is subject to government approval. GDS only, not supported for NDC. Returned only in the Search API response. For GDS, the Flight id is formatted as the letter ‘s’+ unique numeric value, as in s1. For NDC, the Flight id is formatted as the two-letter NDC carrier code + s + unique numeric value, as in QFs1. Includes Departure, Arrival, AvailabilitySourceCode, and IntermediateStop objects.
Departure	Departure details. Key value pairs are the location, date, time, and terminal of departure.
Arrival	Arrival details. Key value pairs are the location, date, time, and terminal of arrival.
AvailabilitySourceCode	Returned to assist in troubleshooting. Returned in Search, Air Availability, Exchange Search, AirPrice, and AirReservation commit API call that ends a workbench session, finalizing all changes and requests in that session. Depending on the workbench transactions, the commit workbench request may create a reservation, issue a ticket or EMD, exchange tickets, or modify a reservation. responses. Recommended to be sent in the AirPrice Full Payload and Add Offer Full Payload requests. Supported values and definitions for AvailabilitySourceCode are as follows: A: AVS (availability and schedules) B: Travelport cache C: AVS D: Direct Access E: Travelport cache F: Travelport cache G: Travelport cache H: Travelport cache I: Travelport cache K: Travelport cache L: Last seat availability M: Unknown source O: Travelport cache P: Travelport cache Q: Travelport cache S: Seamless T: Travelport cache U: Unknown source X: Customer reusing availability data from customer cache (data originally obtained from Travelport) Y: Customer reusing data obtained from another system (e.g., another GDS) (data may be fresh or stored in customer cache) Z: Customer sold from e-streamed data stored in customer cache
IntermediateStop	Returned if the flight has a technical stop but does not incur a change in flight number. Returned only in Search, AirPrice, and Exchange Search and responses. Key value pairs: arrivalFlightDuration: Length in hours and minutes of the flight arriving at the intermediate stop. departureFlightDuration: Length in hours and minutes of the flight departing the intermediate stop. duration: Length in hours and minutes between the arrival and departure at the intermediate stop. equipment: Equipment model, if there is a change of equipment during the stop. arrivalDate: Arrival date for stop. departureDate: Departure date of stop. arrivalTime: Arrival time for stop. departureTime: Departure time for stop. arrivalTerminal: Arrival terminal for stop. departureTerminal: Departure terminal for stop. value: The code for the airport where the intermediate stop occurs.

Example Request

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Show Example Ancillary Price Request

The following ancillary price requests pricing confirmation on offer SQa1 and product SQpa0 for traveler CT1.

{
 "OfferQueryBuildAncillaryOffersFromCatalogOfferings": {
  "BuildAncillaryOffersFromCatalogOfferings": [
   {
    "@type": "BuildAncillaryOffersFromCatalogOfferings",
    "CatalogOfferingsIdentifier": {
     "Identifier": {
      "authority": "Travelport",
      "value": "653f9c6f-4618-44e5-8f2d-2a23dd6fcc40_PC"
     }
    },
    "CatalogOfferingIdentifier": {
     "id": "SQa1"
    },
    "ProductIdentifier": {
     "id": "SQpa0"
    },
    "Quantity": 1,
    "TravelerIdentifierRef": {
     "id": "CT1"
    }
   }
  ]
 }
}

Example Response

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The following example response confirms pricing for two paid bags.

{
 "OfferListResponse": {
  "OfferID": [
   {
    "@type": "Offer",
    "id": "SQa1",
    "Identifier": {
     "authority": "SQ",
     "value": "U1AyRi05NTMxNzAwNTk0NTYxODUwNjY5LTl8U1AyRi05NTMxNzAwNTk0NTYxODUwNjY5LTktMnxBRFR8UEFYMXxTUlYwfFNFRzJ8MXxTUQ=="
    },
    "Product": [
     {
      "@type": "ProductAncillary",
      "id": "SQpa0",
      "Quantity": 1,
      "Ancillary": {
       "@type": "AncillaryAir",
       "Description": [
        {
         "code": "XBAG",
         "value": "ONE KILOGRAM BAGGAGE"
        }
       ],
       "FlightRef": [
        "SQs1"
       ]
      }
     }
    ],
    "Price": {
     "@type": "PriceDetail",
     "CurrencyCode": {
      "value": "SGD"
     },
     "Base": 15.5,
     "TotalTaxes": 0,
     "TotalPrice": 15.5,
     "PriceBreakdown": [
      {
       "@type": "PriceBreakdownAncillary",
       "quantity": 1,
       "Amount": {
        "@type": "Amount",
        "CurrencyCode": {
         "value": "SGD"
        },
        "Base": 15.5,
        "Taxes": {
         "@type": "Taxes",
         "TotalTaxes": 0
        },
        "Total": 15.5
       }
      }
     ]
    },
    "TermsAndConditionsFull": [
     {
      "@type": "TermsAndConditionsFullAncillary",
      "ApplicationLimit": {
       "start": "1",
       "end": "1",
       "value": "PassengerSegment"
      }
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "Identifier": {
   "authority": "Travelport",
   "value": "653f9c6f-4618-44e5-8f2d-2a23dd6fcc40_PC"
  },
  "ReferenceList": [
   {
    "@type": "ReferenceListFlight",
    "Flight": [
     {
      "@type": "Flight",
      "duration": "PT3H55M",
      "carrier": "SQ",
      "number": "883",
      "id": "SQs1",
      "Departure": {
       "@type": "Departure",
       "location": "HKG",
       "date": "2022-06-13",
       "time": "14:25:00"
      },
      "Arrival": {
       "@type": "Arrival",
       "location": "SIN",
       "date": "2022-06-13",
       "time": "18:20:00"
      }
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 }
}