Issue documents
When you issue travel documents, in addition to printing, Travelport+:
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Sends booking file information to the accounting system (if linked)
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Checks that the fare quote status is still valid for ticketing
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Validates airline plating
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Updates the Ticketing field to show ticketed
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Updates the filed fare to show ticketed
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End transacts the booking file
Accounting information
If your workstation is linked to an agency accounting system, Travelport+ automatically sends the booking file accounting information to the system when you issue travel documents for your customer.
Validate fare
Travelport+ checks that the filed fare is still valid for ticketing when you issue travel documents for your customer. If it is not, a new fare quote must be obtained, and any fare increase advised to the passenger.
Important Note: If no filed fare is present in the booking file, the system obtains an automatic fare quote for the classes as booked (FQ entry) when the ticketing entry is made.
Validate airline plating
When you issue a ticket for your customer, Travelport+ automatically validates that your agency has a validation plate authority to ticket the first airline in the itinerary.
Plating authority override
To store a price and override plate authority, enter TKPC followed by the airline code that you are using to override the plating authority.
Example: TKPCBA
If you prefer to store as a ticket modifier, remove the carrier, then add the carrier of choice. These are two steps with plating carrier logic.
For example, FQ1 shows validation on Air France. You wish to use KLM as a plating carrier.
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Remove the AF by typing: TMU1C@
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Add KL as a platting carrier type: TMU1CKL
Update of ticketing field and filed fare
Travelport+ changes the booking file ticketing field (T.) to show that the itinerary has been ticketed. The ticketing field will show the nearest airport code to the agency issuing the ticket, ticketing date, ticketing time in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and the issuing agent sine and duty code.
When issuing travel documents for a customer, Travelport+ adds the ticket number into the filed fare.
End transact booking file
The final function completed when issuing travel documents is to automatically end the booking file. Travelport+ also displays a link and format to redisplay the booking file if you wish.