Preferred Airlines
Configure one or more preferred airlines to cause those airlines to be marked as in-policy and preferred in the search results. You can set options to mark all flights on the airline as preferred, or limit the preference to only certain routes or specific locations.
To add a preferred airline, click the add preferred airline link at the top right of the Preferred Airlines section of the Airline Criteria screen. The Add Preferred Airline screen appears.
To edit a preferred airline, click the Edit button next to an existing preferred airline on the Airline Criteria screen. The Edit Preferred Airline screen appears and is nearly identical to the Add screen.
Show Screen
The following table lists the guidelines for completing the Add or Edit Preferred Airline screen.
| In this field: | Do this: |
|---|---|
|
Booking start date Booking end date Open-ended |
Enter or select start and end dates to enable the preferred airline setting only when booked on or after specific dates; for example, to control a go-live date. Could use start date to ensure preferred marking begins when an airline deal starts. To set an end date, deselect the Open-ended checkbox. If you do not want to set a specific end date select the Open-ended checkbox. |
|
Travel start date Travel end date Open-ended |
Enter or select start and end dates to enable the preferred airline setting only for travel starting on or after a specific date; for example, to control a go-live date. Could use start date to ensure preferred marking begins when an airline deal starts. To set an end date, deselect the Open-ended checkbox. If you do not want to set a specific end date select the Open-ended checkbox. |
|
Airline |
Select the preferred airline from dropdown list. |
|
Consider the lowest fare result on this airline as preferred and in policy. .... |
Select checkbox to consider lowest fare result on this airline as preferred and in policy with no end date. This overrides other in/out of policy settings with exception of flight policy warning messages. Setting does not take flight ranges into consideration, but you can configure it based on search location. |
|
Preferred only for flight number ranges between: |
If an airline is preferred only in certain regions or circumstances, you can specify a range of flight numbers to meet those criteria. |
The following table details the options in the Preferred airline locations section of the screen.
| In this field: | Do this: |
|---|---|
|
Departure location radio button |
Select if airline is preferred only when departing within specific regions. |
|
Arrival location radio button |
Select if airline is preferred only when arriving within specific regions. |
|
Connecting through radio button |
Select to address cases when an airline is preferred only on certain routes; for example, if flights through a specific location are preferred. |
|
Radio buttons for the above settings |
For each of the settings above, select one of the following radio buttons and set options as needed:
|
|
Only connecting flights between departure and arrival locations for this airline are preferred. |
Select this checkbox to mark as preferred only connecting flights between the selected departure and arrival locations. If the checkbox is not selected, all direct and non-stop flight options are marked preferred. Policy processing for excluded airlines will remove direct and non-stop flights unless the checkbox is selected. Policy processing for display-only airlines will return direct and non-stop flights unless the checkbox is selected |
Note: If you prefer an airline only on specific routes, for example, domestic Japan and only between Tokyo and Hong Kong, you would create two settings: one for Japan to Japan using Country settings and another for Tokyo to Hong Kong using Airport settings.