A08 Fare Basis Section

Section label "A08"

Fare section ID

This indicator identifies which fare is associated with which passenger.  This number should match the related passenger number found in the "Associated Fare Item Number for Passenger" (label A02FIN) found in the Passenger Data Section A02.

Itinerary index number (segment number)

This is the numeric sequence (from first to last) of the passenger's air and auxiliary segment itinerary.  The sequence will not be consecutive in the airline data section if auxiliary segments exist in the PNR/Booking File.

Fare basis code

For Amtrak MIRs - this data are the (8) characters placed in the applicable Fare Basis/TKT Designator Box of an OPTAT Ticket issued by Travelport Apollo System.

Segment value

Travelport+: zero filled

Travelport Apollo System: zero filled for some international fares

Travelport+/Travelport Apollo System: While US domestic fares are calculated on a segment basis, which makes it possible to fill this field, international fares can be computed on a mileage basis. This results in one fare applying to more than one segment making it impossible to provide a segment by segment value.

Not Valid Before date

Not Valid After date

Segment ticket designator

For Amtrak MIRs - this data are the next (6) characters placed in the applicable Fare Basis/TKT Designator Box of an OPTAT Ticket issued by Travelport Apollo System.

Travelport+: blank filled.

Note: **OPTIONAL DATA** "Hex" and "Dec" are not provided.  Maximum field sizes are given.  It is suggested that you look for specific identifiers to locate desired information. If more than 1 endorsement, the 30th and 31st character will be “E:” followed by up to 29 characters for the second endorsement.

Complete Fare Basis code ID

F:

Complete Fare Basis code

The first 8 character of the fare basis have already been sent in A08FBC.   This field will contain those characters again plus any other characters contained in the fare basis up to the maximum of 15 that can be accommodated on a ticket. A fare basis may contain letters numbers and other characters such as slash (/).

Endorsement ID

E:

Travelport+ only.

Endorsement

This is the endorsement text per ticket. Some ATB tickets may show endorsements of up to 147 characters.  If these circumstances occur, truncation will occur.

Travelport+ only.

Baggage allowance ID

B:

Baggage allowance

(Example:  2PC, 50L or 70K)

This data is programmatically entered by Travelport Apollo System/Travelport+ based on fare quote information stored per flight segment. 

Baggage Allowance information may also be entered by the agent, using the format:

Travelport Apollo System: T:$BGBG2PC

          T:$BGBG30K

          T:$BGBG50L

Travelport+: FBUBG/30K

          FBUBG/2PC

This data is only present when a fare is also present in the PNR/Booking File.

Carriage return

This carriage return follows the last field for each segment in this section.

Note: Carriage Return "A08C01" is a floating carriage return related to Fare Basis Section.  This carriage return is located after the last Fare Basis item in the section.

Full endorsement identifier

EF:

Travelport+ only

Full endorsement

This will print 147 bytes of endorsements in the same format as is send to the e-ticket vendor. (Travelport+ only)

Carriage return

This carriage return follows the last field for each segment in this section.

Note: Carriage Return "A16C02" is a floating carriage return that applies to the Full Endorsement Item in the Fare Basis Section.  It directly follows the last Full Endorsement field transmitted and may be omitted if no Full Endorsement Data exists.

Carriage return

This carriage return indicates the end of the Fare Basis Section and follows the last Fare Basis Item.