Global Selling Level

The Global Selling Level screen is used to create selling levels for one or many Carrier Tariff and Rule fares.

The effective and discontinue date information (taken from Category 35) displays beneath the Carrier, Tariff, and Rule information. Click the Information icon to view additional details. Multiple displays if multiple dates exist. None displays if 99999 is filed in Category 35. None displays if 99999 is filed in Category 35 meaning no discontinue date set.

A summary of the Carrier, Tariff, Rule displays at the top of the screen, including the minimum and maximum selling level, CAT35 effective and discontinue dates, and account code filed. If multiple account codes exist, Multiple displays; click the information icon to display the list of account codes.

If multiple Carrier, Tariff, Rules are selected from the inbox the summary will display Multiple across all each option.

Net Fare Manager Dates and Rules Text

1. In the Net Fare Manager Dates and Rules Text section, enter dates that apply to the selling level.

   Date descriptions and rules

   The First Ticket Date cannot be earlier than the First Reservation Date. The Last Reservation Date, Last Ticket Date, and Last Travel Date cannot be greater than the discontinue date of the contract.

   Note: If any dates are filed on the airline net fare, the dates entered on this page are validated against the airline filed date information. If the dates conflict, the selling fare entered on this page will not be applied. For example, if the airline filed a last ticket date and the last ticket date entered here is greater than the airline date, the airline filed date is the one that will apply.

   • First Reservation Date – Determine the first date on which a reservation can be made for this selling fare. If no date is entered, no default is assumed. The date format is DD/MMM/YYYY.

   • First Ticket Date – The first date a ticket can be issued using this selling fare. If no date is entered, the current date is the default. The date format is DD/MMM/YYYY.

   • First Travel Date – The first day travel can begin using this selling fare. If no date is entered, no default is assumed. The date format is DD/MMM/YYYY.

   • Last Reservation Date – The last date reservations can be made for this selling fare. If no date is entered, no default is assumed. The date format is DD/MMM/YYYY.

   • Last Ticket Date – The last date a ticket can be issued using this selling fare. This date is also the discontinue date of this selling fare. Once this date is reached, the selling fare will be deleted. If no date is entered, this date defaults to 31DEC2099, indicating that the selling level and distribution set is open ended. The selling levels will remain available until the airline discontinues the net base fare.

   • Last Travel Date – The last date travel can occur using this selling fare. If no date is entered, no default is assumed. The date format is DD/MMM/YYYY. The Last Travel Date has options that further define how the date is to be applied.

     • Expiration – The last date travel may commence from the point of origin.

     • Commence – The last date travel may commence on a fare component.

     • Complete – The date all travel on a fare component must be complete.

2. You can enter up to 1000 characters in the Free Format Rules Text field. This text displays in the Application paragraph of the rules text in the GDS. Blanks, upper and lower case letters, numbers, and the following special characters are allowed:

   *	asterisk
   /	forward slash
   :	colon
   ;	semicolon
   '	apostrophe
   -	dash
   .	period

    

Airline Net Fare Match Criteria

This section is optional. Users can apply selling levels to specific airline data filed within the select tariff/rules. Multiple selling levels can be created against different data.

3. Fare basis/family – Up to 8 alphanumeric characters, one wildcard is allowed (e.g., J*, *A, A*B). Create a single or multiple fare basis/families separating them with a space, enter, or comma. Each individual fare basis code or family will display in its own chip. Select the chip to edit the characters or select the X to delete. Duplicate fare basis codes/families are not applicable. The first character of the fare basis/family cannot be a numeric value.

4. Cabin – Select the cabin type to match against. Chose from Economy, Premium Economy, Business, Premium Business, First, and Premium First. By default, all cabins will be applicable to the selling level if nothing is selected.

5. Passenger Type Code – Enter a valid 3 alpha character passenger type code to match against. All primary and secondary PTCs will be applicable to the selling level if left blank.

6. Location 1 and Location 2 – Enter a valid airport code, city code, country code, state/province, an IATA zone, or an area code. A single location or multiple locations can be added, separated by a space or comma. Each individual location will display in its own chip. Select the chip to edit the characters or select the X to delete.

   Users can enter just a Location 1, but a Location 2 is not applicable on its own.

7. Direction – Specify the direction for Location 1. When only Location 1 is specified, both to and from that location is used. If left blank, then any direction is applicable.

   • indicates between Loc 1 and Loc 2.

   • indicates from Loc 1 to Loc 2.

   • indicates to Loc 1 from Loc 2.

8. One way/Round Trip – Choose the type of fare that is applicable to the selling level: one-way (OW), roundtrip (RT), or one way only (OWO). If left blank, all types are applicable.

9. Airline Account Code – Enter the airline filed ATPCO account code applicable to the selling level. The first character must be alpha. Or select the No Account Code check box to match fares with no account codes filed to them.

Net Fare Manager Resulting Account Code

10. Select the Resulting Account Code option.

    • Use Airline Filed Account Code – This option is the default and therefore is selected when the screen is displayed. With this option the account code the airline has filed is required to display/price/shop the selling fare. If the airline has not filed an account code, then the selling fare has no account code.

    • No Account Code – This option is selected when the airline has filed an account code and the supplier does not want an account code for their selling fares. Even though the selling fare has no account code, if the airline has filed one, it will be required to display the airline associated net fare.

    • New Account Code – This option is selected when the supplier wants to create their own account code whether the airline has filed one or not. This account code is required to display the Net Fare Manager selling fare and the airline net fare if the Distribute Selling and Net Fares is select. An account code can be between 1 and 20 alphanumeric characters and must start with a letter.

Set Selling Fare

11. Specify the calculation order. The supplier has the option of marking all the net fares in the Carrier Tariff and Rule by 0% or the supplier can mark the fares up or down by a specific percentage and/or amounts. When both a percentage and amount are specified, an Apply First radio button must be selected to indicate in which order the calculation is to be done; percentage first or amount first.

    An Amount 2 cannot be added with an Amount 1. Both amount 1 and 2 must have a valid 3-character currency code added. The decimal placements and numeric values that follow it are based off the currency code entered.

 

All Distribution Groups

12. In the All Distribution Groups section, select which distribution groups you want to distribute this selling fare to. Select the drop-down to view the distribution groups. If you are a current Smart Mark-up/Agency Private Fares supplier, all existing distribution groups are displayed.

    • Search for a specific distribution group by adding the name or partial name of the distribution group in the search field.

    • Select a group or groups from the drop-down, by selecting the check box. All selected groups will be displayed above.

    • Select the chip to delete individual groups or the cross at the bottom right to delete all.

Note: Any distribution group that has distribution to All travel agencies has no application to NFM. Additionally, only Sell and Ticket security levels are applicable.

 

Distribute Selling Fares/Distribute Selling and Net Fares

13. Specify which levels of the fare the Distribution Group(s) are authorized to see in the GDSs.

    • These radio buttons are only applicable for Travelport+ suppliers that do not subscribe to Net Ticketing. It allows the supplier to specify which level(s) of the fare the Distribution Group(s) are authorized to see in the GDSs: only the selling fare created in NFM or both the NFM Selling Fare and the airline filed Net Fare. For Travelport+ agencies that subscribe to the Net Ticketing, the Sell and Ticket authorization given to them in the distribution group will determine which fare levels may be viewed.

      View Authority	Fare Level Allowed
      Sell and Ticket	Both net and sell
      Sell only but a ticketing agency is specified that has Ticket authority (they must be in the same distribution group)	Both net and sell are quoted but the sell only agency is unable to display the NTD and they cannot quote the net only fare (:C).
      Sell only	Sell fare displays with an S to the right of the line number. Agency cannot quote the fare unless it is forced with the fare basis code modifier. The response will show that ticketing authority is not met and the fare will not be filed. The Net fare cannot be displayed or priced.
      Ticket only	The Sell and Net display with a T to the right of the line number. Neither the Net nor Sell fare can be priced.

 

Add the Specified Selling Fare

 

14. Click the Add selling level button to complete the selling fare and save.

15. To view the saved selling levels, select the View selling levels button.

The summary of selling fares created will display in a side panel that displays after selecting the View selling level button. The selling levels display in the order they were created in. They will continue to use the sequencing/hierarchy that is in place today when matching and applying at time of fare quote/shop/display.

 

Commit the Selling Fare

16. When you have defined the selling level as needed, click the Commit button to save the selling fare created to the database. A message is displayed that the commit was successful. Click the message to return to the Net Fare Search/Inbox screen if the message is not clicked the screen will automatically return to the Net Fare Search/Inbox after a few seconds. Refer to Upload Times for a list of times when the data is extracted.

• Cancel is used to return to the previous screen, which is the Inbox, Existing Selling Levels, or Deferred screen.