Format Assistance

This page lists the most frequently used formats for Travelport GDSs. Please note that the system design is to return the lowest applicable fare.

Fare Quote

More detailed help is available within the GDS systems.

Function Galileo Apollo Worldspan
Standard Fare Quote as booked FQ $B 4P
Best Buy FQBB $BB 4PLF
Best Buy, calculating the saving FQBC $BBC N/A
Best Buy Ignoring Availability FQBA $BBA 4PLFQ
Quote Alternate Fares (International Only) FQA N/A N/A
Best Buy with Direct Access N/A N/A 4PLF@
Branded Fares - Price by Brand
Price by Brand FQ*:BF4 $B*:BF4 4P*:BF4
Price by Brand using segment select FQS1*:BF2.2*:BF4 $BS1*:BF2+2*:BF4 4P*-S1:BF2#S2:BF4
Best Buy by Brand FQBB*:BF4 $BB*:BF4 4PLFB:BF4
Price by Brand with private/account code only fares FQ*:BF4-:CORP1 $B-:ACCTCODE*:BF4 4P*FSR#/@@ACCTCODE.AC#:BF4
Fare quote alternate FQA*:BF4 N/A N/A
Best Buy by Cabin
Premium First FQBB++-PREMF $BB//¤P N/A
First Class FQBB++-FIRST $BB//¤F 4PLF@.F
Business Class FQBB++-BUSNS $BB//¤C 4PLF@.C
Premium Economy FQBB++-PREME $BB//¤W N/A
Economy FQBB++-ECON $BB//¤Y 4PLF@.Y
Business & First FQBB++-UPPER $BB//¤U N/A
Pricing Modifiers
Quote passenger 2 on Airline BA FQP2/CBA $BN2/CBA 4PN3.0#CBA
Quote itinerary for passengers 1 through 4 FQP1–4 $BN1+2+3+4 4PN1.0-4.0
Quote itinerary for passengers 2 and 5 FQP2.5 $BN2+5 4PN1.0/5.0
Quote itinerary for P1 adult and 2 child fare FQP1.2*CNN $BN1+2*CNN 4PPADT/CNN
Quote itinerary for passenger 1 adult and 2 child fare (where Child age required) FQP1.2*C07 $BN1+2*C07 4PPADT/CN07
Quote for passenger 1 adult fare, and passenger 2, youth fare aged 14 FQP1.2*YTH14 $BN1+2*YTH14  
Quote for passengers 2 through 4 ADT & 5 through 7 CNN with plating carrier UA FQP2–4.5–7*CNN/CUA $BN2+3+4+5*CNN+6*CNN+7*CNN/CUA $BN1-2+1-3+1-4+1-5*CNN+1-6*CNN+1-7*CNN/CUA 4PN2.0-4.0/5.0-7.0#CUA
Quote Best Buy for passenger 1, adult and passengers 3 and 4, child fare FQBBP1.3–4*CNN $BBN1+3*CNN*4*CNN 4PN1.0/3.0-4.0
Quote itinerary using ITX fares only (filed as PTC ITX) FQ**ITX $B**ITX 4P*PITX
Quote a public fare for a child accompanied by an adult on a separate Booking File FQ*C05/ACC $B*C05/ACC 4PPCNN
Quote for a child (passenger 1) accompanied by 2 adults on a separate Booking File FQP1*C10/ACC2 $BN1*C10/ACC2 4PPCNN
Quote Private Fare Child accompanied by adult separate Booking File with Acct Code FQ*CHD/ACC-:ACCTCODE $B*CHD/ACC-:ACCTCODE 4PPCNN#FSR
Quote Private Fare Infant accompanied by adult separate Booking File with Acct Code FQ*INF/ACC-:ACCTCODE $B*INF/ACC/-:ACCTCODE OR $B*INF/ACC/-ACCTCODE 4PPCNN#FSR#/@@ABC
Segment Selection
Quote for segments 3 through 5 FQS3–5 $BS3*5 4PS3-5
Quote Best Buy for segments 2 and 5 FQBBS2.5 $BBS2+5 4PLFS2/5
Specified Fare Basis
Quote all segments with fare basis BLXAP FQ@BLXAP $B¤BLXAP 4P--BLXAP
Quote segments 2 and 3 with fare basis J2 FQS2–3@J2 $BS2*3¤J2 4P-S2/3-J2
Quote itinerary passenger 1 adult and passenger 2 child, both with fare basis BE70 FQP1.2*CNN@BE70 $BN1+2*CNN/¤BE70 4P-PADT/CNN|S1/2-OKN4S4T1*OKN4S4T1/CH
Ticket Designator
Quote by ticket designator (123ABC = ticket designator code) FQ@:TD123ABC $B¤:TD123ABC OR >$B@:TD123ABC 4PFSR/*@123ABC
Quote by fare basis & ticket designator (YUC = fare basis & 123ABC = ticket designator) FQ@YUC@:TD123ABC $B¤YUC/¤:TD123ABC 4P-S1/2-FBC#FSR/-0/123ABC
Quote S1/S3 with different designators (123ABC and DEF567= ticket designators) FQS1@:TDABC123.3@:TDDEF567 $BS1¤:TDABC123+3¤:TDDEF567 4P-S1.FEX/-0/123ABC#S2.FEX/-0/DEF567
Specified selling and ticketing countries (Sold: Switzerland & Ticketed: Ireland FQ.GVADUB $B:SGVA:TDUB 4PECHF/CH/IE
Fare Breakpoints      
Quote must break at segments 2 and 4 FQMB2.4 $BMB2+4  
Quote must NOT break at segments 1 and 3 FQNB1.3 $BNB1+3  
Quote must ONLY break at segment 2 FQOB2 $BOB2  
Currency
Quote fares filed in the specified currency FQ::USD $B::USD 4PEGBP/GB/GB
Quote an itinerary with the equivalent fare, taxes and total in USD FQ:USD $B:USD  
Historical & Future Pricing
Specified sale/ticketing date (future and past dates) FQ.T21NOV17 $B/:T21NOV17 or $B:T21NOV17 4P#T23JUL
Historical Fare Quote (taxes based on the current day) FQ.H11NOV16   4P#T01JAN17
Override Booking date FQ.B21NOV17 $B:B21NOV17 or $B/:B21NOV17 N/A
Personal Geography
Quote visit another country, location France. (ie Visit USA fare for French resident) FQ*VACLFR $B*VACLFR 4PVAC#LRFR
Quote senior citizen age 65 location Great Britain FQ*SRC65LGB $B*SRC65LGB 4PPSRC
Quote shipcrew fare, location (registered) Panama FQ*SEALPA $B*SEALPA 4PPSEA#LCPA
Quote psgr 1 adult and psgr 2 child age 10, location Quebec Canada FQP1*ADTLCAQC.2*C10LCAQC $BN1*ADTLCAQC+2*C10LCAQC 4PPADT/CNN#LCGB
Tax Modifiers
Quote exempting all taxes for an itinerary FQTE $B:TE 4P-E
Quote exempting specific tax (DE) FQTE–DE $B:DE 4P-WTDE
Quote exempting all taxes for a specific country (France) FQTE–FR* $B:TE-FR* 4P-WCFR
Quote exempting all taxes for a specific country (US) and the specific RA tax FQTE–US*–RA $B:TE-RA.US* N/A
Best Buy exempting all taxes FQBBTE $BB:TE 4PLF-E
Quote with Tax Description Details FQTDD or FQ/TDD $BTDD or $B/TDD 4P#VP
Best Buy with Tax Description Details FQBBTDD or FQBB/TDD $BBTDD or $BB/TDD 4PLF#VP

Note: The TDD modifier is allowed only with FQ and FQBB formats, and cannot be combined with TE-00 modifier. The information presented when using the TDD modifier is for Informational Purposes Only. When the TDD modifier is used on a FQ request the fare will not be filed in the PNR.

Note: The TE (Tax Exempt) modifier is combinable with the TDD modifier. Any taxes exempted in the pricing request with the TDD modifier will be exempted in the TDD display accordingly.

Fare Increase / Decrease Modifiers
Discount by nPercent FQ*RPnn $B*DPnn 4PFEX/-XX/TKTDSG
Discount by nAmount FQ*FAnn $B*DFnn 4PFEX/-$XX.XX/TKTDSG
Discount by nAmount after taxes FQ*FTnn $B*DFTnnn 4P-E#FNL/-10/CD
Increase by nPercent FQ*IPnn $B*IPnn N/A
Increase by nAmount FQ*IFnnn.nn $B*IFnn 4PFEX/-$PXX.XX/TKTDSG
Note: All these formats DO NOT return a guaranteed fare. The code for these fares is M - Manipulated.
Penalty/Restrictions
Quote fare for itinerary, excluding fares with Advance Purchase requirements FQ:AP $BAP or $B/AP 4PFNA
Quote NO AP/Stay or Penalty restrictions FQ:NR $BNR or $B/NR 4PFNP
Quote No Min or Max Stay restrictions FQ:MM $BMM or $B/MM N/A
Quote No penalty tolerance, excludes fares which contain change / cancellation fees. FQ:PE00 $BPE00 or $B/PE00 N/A
Quote fares w/penalty of 25% or less of the fare value, applicable to changes and cancellation fees. FQ:PE25 $BPE25 or $B/PE25 N/A
Best Buy No Minimum Stay restrictions FQBB:NM $BBNM or $BB/NM N/A
Best Buy No Maximum Stay restrictions FQBB:NX $BBNX or $BB/NX N/A
Best Buy No Penalty restrictions FQBBPE00 $BBPE00 or $BB/PE00 4PLFFNP
Best Buy Penalty restrictions up to 25% FQBBPE25 $BBPE25 or $BB/PE25 N/A
Fare Quote Follow-up Entries
Display fare quote ladder (first passenger description) (IFQ only) FQL FQL N/A
Display fare quote ladder (second passenger description) (IFQ only) FQL2   N/A
Display filed fare number 1 in linear format *FF1 *LF1 N/A
Display additional fees after FQ response FO   N/A
Display additional fees for fare quote 1 FO1   N/A
Display fare quote field (linear format) when fare cannot be filed or from alternate fare quote F*Q *LF ( for all fare fields) N/A
Redisplay fare quote (summary format) FQ* *$B N/A
Redisplay Best Buy fare quote FQBB* *$BB N/A
Ignore fare quote FI FI N/A
Display fare components (fare 1 by default)(IFQ only) FQN (FQN2 FQN3 etc) FQN (NAFQ/IFQ) N/A
Display fare notes for segment 2 (NAFQ only) FNS2 FN2 (NAFQ/IFQ) N/A
Display fare rules for segment 2 (NAFQ only) FRS2 $V:S2 N/A
Best Buy automatic rebook FQBBK $BBQ01 4PLFB
Display Fare Rules after FQN Entries      
Display category menu for component 3 FN3 $V3 OR $V3: N/A
Display fare notes by specific paragraph from category menu FN3/P10 $V3/10 AFTER 4P*. THEN 4PR-X@STO/RTG
Display all fare notes fc2 FN2/ALL $V2/ALL N/A
Display all rule text for NAFQ after fare quote rule display of specific segment FN*ALL $V:ALL N/A
Display fare notes by specified category FN4/P1–5.10 or FN4/1-5.10 $V4/1-5/10 or $V4/1-5.10 N/A
Display fare notes synopsis (selected city pairs only) FN3/S $V3/S N/A
Display routing for component 2 FR2 FR2 FROM FARE DISPLAY -4FRTG
Redisplay fare components FQN* FQN* N/A
Private Fares      
Quote, including any eligible private fares and those with Account Code EURO FQ-EURO $B-EURO 4PFSR.SR#/@@EURO
Quote for passenger 2, with an account code SHELL FQP2-SHELL $BN2/-SHELL 4PN2.0#FSR.SR#/@@SHELL
Quote for segment 1, with an account code IBM FQS1-IBM $BS2-IBM 4PFSR#/@@IBM#S1
Quote for passenger 1, segment 3 with an account code SWISS FQP1/S3-SWISS $BN1/S3-SWISS 4PN1.0#FSR#/@@SWISS|S1
Quote using ONLY the Private Fare with this account code SHELL FQ-:SHELL $B-:SHELL 4PFSR#/@@SHELL.AC
Specify an account code SWISS and rule id EUR8 FQ-SWISS@@EUR8 $B-SHELL¤¤EUR8  
Quote an itinerary using Private fares including Account Code SHELL FQ-SHELL:P $B-SHELL/:P 4PFSR.SR#/@@SHELL
Quote an itinerary using only Agency Private fares including Account Code SHELL FQ-SHELL:G $B-SHELL/:G 4PFSR#/@@SHELL.AC
Quote an itinerary using only Airline Private fares including Account Code SHELL FQ-SHELL:A $B-SHELL/:A 4PFSR#/@@SHELL.AC
Quote for segments 1-3 Agency Private Fares ‘only’ with account code XYZ and contract/ruleid JL12. For segments 4-6, consider Agency Private Fares ‘only’ & account code ABC contract/ruleid KL06 FQS1-3-:XYZ@@JL12.4-6-:ABC@@KL06 $BS1*3-:XYZ¤¤JL12+4*6-:ABC¤¤KL06  
View a fare rule for a specific fare component from a fare quote. (International FQ only) FQN then FN1 FQN , then FN1 4PR
View a fare rule for a private fare from a fare display FN*2 $V2 4F.RX (x = line number)
For more see the help pages in the GDS HELP FD    
Fare Quote Planner (FQP)     N/A
Quote for unbooked routing ROM PAR ROM on any carrier and any class FQPROMPARROM FQPROMPARROM N/A
Quote lowest fare for routing BOM PAR BOM on specified dates with carrier AI for all sectors. FQQBOM3MAYPAR10MAYBOM+AI FQQBOM3MAYPAR10MAYBOM+AI N/A
Quote for unbooked routing MIA RIO using UA in class C FQPMIA+UA.CRIO FQPMIA+UA.CRIO N/A
Quote unbooked routing SYD AKL out 15 JUN using QF in Y class returning 20 JUN using NZ in J class FQPSYD+QF.Y15JUNAKL+NZ.J20JUNSYD FQPSYD+QF.Y15JUNAKL+NZ.J20JUNSYD N/A
Quote special fares unbooked itinerary for DXB BOM DXB travelling out on 18 JUL and back on 12 AUG FQPDXB18JULBOM12AUGDXB@SPCLS FQPDXB18JULBOM12AUGDXB¤SPCLS N/A
Quote fare for DUB LON JNB for unbooked itinerary for travel 10 AUG with no stopover in LON FQPDUB10AUGX–LONJNB FQPDUB10AUGX–LONJNB N/A
Quote fare for unbooked itinerary PAR TYO PAR using Global Indicators TS outbound and EH inbound FQPPAR:TSTYO:EHPAR FQPPAR:TSTYO:EHPAR N/A
Quote return normal fares for a child for unbooked routing LIS MAD LIS FQPLISMADLIS*CNN@NORMS FQPLISMADLIS*CNN¤NORMS N/A
Quote one way farefor ROM to CHI on the 10 NOV using AZ in J class for sale and ticket issue Paris FQPROM+AZ.J10NOVCHI.PAR FQPROM10NOV+AZ.JCHI N/A
Quote for unbooked segment for JFK to CDG using AF as the Plating Carrier FQPJFKCDG+AF/CAF FQPJFKCDG+AF/CAF N/A
Quote fare for unbooked itinerary PIT to MIA on 11JUN, surface TPA to PIT on 20JUN; all on carrier US FQPPIT11JUNMIA– –TPA20JUNPIT+US FQPPIT11JUNMIA– –TPA20JUNPIT+US N/A
Quote fare for unbooked itinerary LON to PAR in Y cabin on AF FQPLONPAR@Y+AF FQPLONPAR¤Y+AF N/A
Quote fare for unbooked itinerary FRA to HKG on UA to include DEL as a break point FQPFRAMB–DELHKG+UA FQPFRAMB-DELHKG+UA N/A
Quote fare for unbooked itinerary VIE to CAI on MA, without breaking the fare at BUD FQPVIENB–BUDCAI+MA FQPVIENB-BUDCAI+MA N/A
Quote round trip economy fares JFK/PAR/JFK, with no minimum stay requirements FQPJFK+AFPAR+AFJFK@Y/CAF/NM FQPJFK+AFPAR+AFJFK¤Y/CAF/NM N/A
Fare Quote Planner Follow-up Entries      
Redisplay Fare Quote Planner summary FQP* FQP* N/A
Redisplay Linear Fare Quote Planner summary for fare number 2 from summary display FQP*2 FQP*2 N/A
Display Fare Quote Ladder for fare number 3 from summary display FQL3 FQL3 N/A
Display fare components for fare number 2 from summary display FQN2 FQN2 N/A
Display all notes from component 3 from component summary display FN3/ALL FN3/ALL N/A
Display linear fare quote F*Q *LF N/A
For more see the help pages in the GDS HELP FQ    
Shopping      
Basic One Way FSLON10JANDXB FSLON10JANDXB $P10JANLONDXB
Basic RT FSLON10JANDXB20JANLON FSLON10JANDXB20JANLON $P10JANLONDXBR20JAN
RT including Surface Sector FSLON10JANDXB--AUH20JANLON FSLON10JANDXB--AUH20JANLON $P10JANDXBR20JANAUHLON
Specified connecting point (JFK)

FSROM11JUNX-JFKCVG20JUNX-JFKROM

FSROM11JUNX-JFKCVG20JUNX-JFKROM $P11JUNROMCVGXJFK/R20JUNCVGROMXJFK
Specified Passenger Type Code FSFRA10JUNLON17JUNFRA+*C10 FSFRA10JUNLON17JUNFRA/*C10 $P10JUNFRALON/R17JUN#P1C10
Private Fares Only (can use :P for selling and :C for NET) FSFRA10JUNLON17JUNFRA+:P FSFRA10JUNLON17JUNFRA/:P $P10JUNFRALON/R17JUN#FSR.SR
Private Fares with Account Code FSFRA10JUNLON17JUNFRA+-ACCT FSFRA10JUNLON17JUNFRA/-ACCT $P10JUNFRALON/R17JUNFRA#FSR#/@@ACCT
For more see the help pages in the GDS HELP FS HELP FS HELP $P

Fare Display

This page is intended to offer examples of the Fare Display function within Travelport GDS's

It is not a complete list but rather shows many of the most commonly used entries. You can view more detailed help pages within the GDS systems

Galileo & Apollo

Make sure you are using the correct modifier for the type of fare you are trying to display

:P – private only

:N – public only

:C – Net only

:A – Airline private Fares only

:G – Agency private fares only

-account code – public, private with this account code and private with no account code

-:account code - only fares with the account code

Worldspan

4FMCIATLSR - Private Only

4FMCIATL-SR - Public and Private

4PFSR#/@@ACCTCODE.AC - Account Code

 

Fare Display Formats

Function Galileo Apollo Worldspan
Fare display from your location city to Paris, assumes today’s date FDPAR $DPAR  
Fare display from your location city to Paris 14AUG FD14AUGPAR $DPAR14AUG 4FATLCDG14AUG
Fare display from London to Paris 14AUG FD14AUGLONPAR or FDLONPAR14AUG $DLONPAR14AUG  
Display the available Round the World fares (RTW) from Paris FD14AUGPARPAR-RTW $DPARPAR14AUG-RTW  
Display all passenger fare types codes for city pair (except adult) FDLONPAR*PTC $DLONPAR-PTC  
Display fares for historical date. Carrier and Year must be included in the format. FDLONPAR10NOV16/BA $DLONPAR10NOV16+BA  
*Note Up to 1 year in the past will be available in the historical database.      
Display fares for a historical date and include a ticketing date in your entry FD10NOV16MELLON/QF.T31OCT16 $DMELLON31OCT16T10NOV16+QF  

Search Qualifiers

     
Fare Display return, special and child fares with BA /BA–RT@SPCLS*CNN    
Carrier (mandatory with historic fares display) /BA +BA  
Include Airlines (Max 3) /BA/KL/UA +BA+KL+UA  
Show only IATA Fares /YY +YY  
Long display or Short display /L or /S :L  
Include Tax /T /A  
Base fares without taxes /B /B  
Display half round trip in NUCs for all round trip fares /2 /2  
Exclude fares with Advance Purchase restrictions :AP /AP  
Journey type (one way/round trip) –OW or –RT :OW :RT  
Exact Fare basis code @YLE3M ¤YLE3M  
Passenger Type Codes *ADT*CNN*INF -ADT –CNN -INF  
Booking class modifier (MUST be accompanied by airline code) i.e. -B/CX -B -B+CX  
Display fares for travel in the first class cabin @F ¤F  
Display fares for travel in the business class cabin @C ¤C  
Display fares for travel in the economy class cabin @Y ¤Y  
Display fares for travel in the premium first class cabin @P ¤P  
Display fares for travel in the premium economy class cabin @W ¤W  
Converts display to fares in High to Low order or v.v /X :X  
Converts from local currency and displays in requested currency at Bank Rate :GBP :GBP  
Displays fares filed and published in alternative currency ::USD ::USD  
Display fares in NUC :NUC :NUC  
After displaying in NUC, amends display to show fares in local currency :LOC :LOC  
Global indicator (IFD only) .AP .EH etc :AP :EH etc.  
Ticketing date (IFD only) .T12JAN17 T17JAN17  
Validates fare restrictions and displays applicable one way fares for specified date FDSFOLAXV26MAR $DSFOLAXV26MAR  
Fare Type Abbreviations for Fare Display      
Normal fares NORMS NORMS  
Special Fares SPCLS SPCLS  
Apex fares APEX APEX  
Round the World fares RTW RTW  
Circle Trip CTF CTF  
Excursion fares EXCN EXCN  
Pex fares PEX PEX  
Visit USA fares VUSA VUSA  
Restriction Qualifiers      
No penalty tolerance, excludes fares which contain change / cancellation fees. /PE00 /PE00  
Penalty of 25% or less of the fare applicable to changes and cancellation fees. /PE25 /PE25  
Exclude fares with minimum stay :NM /NM  
Exclude fares with a maximum stay (other than 1 year) :NX /NX  
Exclude fares with a minimum or maximum stay :MM /MM  
Exclude fares which contain any of the above restrictions :NR /NR  
Exclude fares with advance purchase restrictions :AP /AP  
Fare Display Follow-up Entries      
Display fare notes by category menu FN*2 $V/2  
Display fare notes; follow-up to notes menu only FN*ALL $V/ALL  
Display fare notes by specific category from category menu (IFD only) FN*P10 or FN*CMB $V/10 OR $V/CMB  
Display specific fare note category from fare display FN*1/P8 or FN*1/8 or FN*1/STP $V1/8 OR $V1/STP  
Display all fare notes FN*1/ALL $V1/ALL  
Display fare notes by specified category FN*3/P2–4.7 $V3/2-4.7  
Display all categories for group code "DATE" ( categories 2;3;11;14;15 ) FN*2/DATE $V2/DATE  
Display all categories for group code "DISC" ( categories 19;20;21;22;25 ) FN*2/DISC $V2/DISC  
Display fare notes synopsis FN*4/S $V4/S  
Redisplay last accessed note display FN* *$V  
Display fare converted to own currency at bank selling rate, line 1 (IFQ only) FZS1 FZS1  
Redisplay fare display FD* *$D  

What is a validated fare display?

The Validated Fare Display returns all fares for a specified date or set of dates by validating specific rule and footnote data.

The validated fare display enables extended fare validation based upon the dates in the request. If one date is input, one-way fares are assumed; if two dates are input, round-trip fares are assumed.

Formats are as follows: FDV12JULMANNYC FDV12JUL18JULMANNYC

Additional Rule Categories

The following rule categories are validated in this display, in addition to the categories validated by the Basic Fare Display:

  • Day/Time (Day of week restrictions only. The time of day is not validated.)
  • Seasonality
  • Advance Reservations/Ticketing
  • Minimum stay
  • Maximum stay
  • Blackout
  • Travel restrictions