Ancillary Shop API Reference

POST	ancillaryshop/catalogofferingsancillaries Base path: Pre-production https://api.pp.travelport.com/11/air/ Production https://api.travelport.com/11/air/

The Ancillary Shop request searches for available ancillaries. It can be sent after pricing, in the initial booking A confirmed reservation with the carrier. A held booking is a reservation that has not yet been ticketed. The terms booking and reservation are interchangeable. workbench, or for an existing reservation. The request uses the same endpoint but a different payload for each option, per below.

See the Ancillary and EMD Guide for workflow details and specific ancillaries supported.

For paid seats use the seat requests in the Seats Guide.

Request

Also see Authorization and Common Headers.

Query Parameters

None.

Request Body

Be sure to see the Ancillary and EMD Guide for currently supported ancillaries in each flow.

Ancillary shop request after AirPrice (no workbench; GDS only)

Ancillaries 24.11.34 and later. GDS

Global Distribution System. A GDS aggregates and distributes air, hotel, and car rental content such as schedules, fares, and upsells. In the JSON APIs, GDS content is distributed from Travelport. only; not supported for NDC

New Distribution Capability, an XML standard for exchanging data that supports airlines in distributing their content directly to online travel agencies. See the NDC Guide.. To shop NDC ancillaries after pricing, use the ancillary

Any paid optional service filed for a flight. Industry examples include paid seats, paid baggage, carbon offsets, pet transport fees, and unaccompanied minor charges. See the Ancillary and EMD Guide for supported ancillaries. shop request payload sent in the initial workbench, next.

This request supports ancillary shop for an entire offer In the JSON Search APIs, an offer is a product available at a specific price under a set of terms and conditions. An offer includes the flight or connecting flights for one leg of the itinerary, plus a service level that includes the cabin class and any fare codes that may apply. At booking, the selected offer from the Search response - including the flight/s, service level, price, terms and conditions, and brand if applicable - is converted into a single Offer object that is subsequently returned for that booking.. It cannot be used to shop ancillaries on a segment A flight or flights under one flight number. One flight equals one segment. A segment could have multiple flights if the flight number remains the same, which happens if a flight makes a stop without changing planes. (a segment is a product in the JSON APIs).

Show Ancillary Shop Request Body Table - after AirPrice

Object	Description	Required/Optional
CatalogOfferingsQueryAncillaries	Top level object.	Required
AncillaryOfferings	Top level object.	Required
BuildFromOfferList	Top level object.	Required
OfferListIdentifier	Top level object.	Required
OfferIdentifier	Sends offer identifier. Key value pair: id: Sends offer identifier for the offer for which to shop for associated ancillaries.	Required

Ancillary shop request in the initial booking workflow (pre-commit)

In the initial booking workflow, for either GDS or NDC, use the following payload.

For NDC only, you can send this same payload to shop ancillaries after AirPrice without a workbench. For GDS, see the section above for the payload to send after AirPrice.

Show Ancillary Shop Request Body Table - new reservation

Object	Description	Required/Optional
CatalogOfferingsQueryAncillaries	Top level object.	Required
AncillaryOfferings	Top level object.	Required
BuildFromOffer	Top level object.	Required
OfferIdentifier	Top level object.	Required
Identifier (for the offer)	Sends offer identifier. Key value pair: value: Sends offer identifier for the offer for which to shop for associated ancillaries. For GDS, send the value from CatalogProductOffering/Identifier/value in the Search response. For NDC, if you priced the offer, send the value from OfferListResponse/Identifier/value in the AirPrice response.	Required
ProductIdentifier	Sends product identifier.	Required
Identifier (for the product)	Sends product identifier. Repeat for each product as needed. Key value pair: value: Sends product identifier from the offer for which to shop for associated ancillaries (from the Search response in CatalogProductOffering/ProductBrandOptions/ProductBrandOffering/Product/productRef).	Required

Ancillary shop request for existing reservation (post-commit)

For an existing reservation, for either GDS or NDC, use the following payload.

Show Ancillary Shop Request Body Table - existing reservation

Object	Description	Required/Optional
CatalogOfferingsQueryAncillaries	Top level object.	Required
AncillaryOfferings	Top level object.	Required
BuildFromReservationWorkbench	Top level object.	Required
ReservationIdentifier	Top level object.	Required
Identifier	Sends workbench identifier. Key value pair: value: Send the reservation workbench identifier returned in Offer/Identifier/value in the workbench create response.	Required

Response

The Ancillary Shop response is the same following a request sent in either the initial booking flow or for an existing reservation.

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Object	Description
CatalogOfferingsAncillaryListResponse	Top level object. Includes CatalogOfferingsID, Identifier, and ReferenceList.
CatalogOfferingsID	Top level object for offers. Includes CatalogOffering and TravelerIdentiferRef. Key value pairs: id: Internal id.
CatalogOffering	Array of individual ancillary offers. Key value pair: id: Internal offer id. Each instance includes Identifier, ProductOptions, Price, and TermsAndConditions objects.
CatalogOffering/Identifier	Identifier for the offer. Key value pairs: authority: Source of information. value: Unique system-generated identifier In the JSON APIs, a unique identifier for specific, unique data, such as an entire response or an offer, product, or brand in a response. These identifiers must often be sent in subsequent requests to refer to a previous response, offer, product, etc. Usually returned in Identifier/value for the referenced object. Example format: 3cecf1be-0b21-4881-8f33-ae11c8d7b708. See the JSON APIs Guide.. CatalogOffering/Identifier/value and /authority must be sent in subsequent ancillary price and/or book requests.
ProductOptions	Top level object for products in the offer. Includes Product object.
Product	Array. Returns one or more instances with @type ProductAncillary to detail the ancillary product. Key value pair: id: Internal product id. Includes Quantity and Ancillary. CatalogOffering/ProductOptions/Product/id must be sent as the product identifier in any subsequent ancillary price and/or book requests.
Quantity	The available number of this ancillary product.
Ancillary	Details of this ancillary. Includes Description and FlightRef. For each instance of Ancillary, the @type designator may be either of the following: AncillaryAirBaggage: Used for paid baggage. AncillaryAir: Returned for all other types of ancillaries, both paid (e.g., lounge access, priority boarding, paid seat assignments) and free ancillaries (e.g., wheelchair, free seat assignments).
Description	Supplier-provided description of this ancillary product. Key value pairs: code: Supplier code for ancillary. value: Supplier description of ancillary.
FlightRef	Internal reference number for the flight on which this ancillary is available. Matches to FlightRef in ReferenceList/ReferenceListFlight.
Price	Price details for this ancillary product in this offer. Includes CurrencyCode, Base, TotalTaxes, TotalPrice objects.
CurrencyCode	The currency in which the price is returned. Unless changed in the request, the currency is the default associated with your provisioned PCC Pseudo city code. A travel provider's identification code for the JSON APIs, provisioned from Travelport. Used to determine access and other settings in the JSON APIs for your company. from Travelport. Key value pairs: decimalPlace: Number of decimal places in the currency. value: Currency code value.
Base	Base price before taxes.
TotalTaxes	Sum of all taxes for the product.
TotalPrice	Total price including base and taxes.
TermsAndConditions	Returned with @typeTermsAndConditionsAncillary. Terms and conditions for this ancillary product in this offer. Includes TravelerProduct and ApplicationLimit.
TravelerProduct	Includes TravelerIdentifierRef.
TravelerIdentiferRef	Returns details of the traveler the ancillary is requested for. Key value pairs: id: Internal system-generated traveler id. value: Internal system-generated traveler id.
ApplicationLimit	Any restrictions on the number of this ancillary product that can be purchased. Key value pairs: start: Minimum quantity that can be purchased. end: Maximum quantity that can be purchased. value: The unit represented by this quantity. Possible values are: PassengerSegment: Ancillary limit applies to each passenger at the segment level. E.g, Itinerary is LON-SIN-LON and the ancillary limit is “n” per segment per passenger. Segment: Ancillary limit applies to all passengers at the segment level (one flight, or flights under the same number). Itinerary: Ancillary limit applies to all passengers for the full itinerary The entire trip on a booking, including all flights on all legs. Also called a journey.. Passenger: Ancillary limit applies per passenger for the full itinerary. PassengerOD: Ancillary limit applies per passenger for the origin destination. E.g., Itinerary is LON X/SIN SYD X/SIN LON and the ancillary limit is “n” per origin destination (LON XSIN SYD) Other For example, a start quantity of 1 and end quantity of 2 with a value of Itinerary means that at least 1 but no more than 2 of this ancillary product can be purchased for the full itinerary.
CatalogOfferingsAncillaryListResponse/Identifier	Identifier for ancillary shop response as a whole. Key value pairs: authority: Source of information. value: Unique system-generated identifier. CatalogOfferingsAncillaryListResponse/Identifier/value must be sent as the response identifier in subsequent ancillary price and/or book requests.
ReferenceList	Consolidates flight details in ReferenceList/ReferenceListFlight. Includes ReferenceListFlight. See table below.

The ancillary response returns ReferenceList/ReferenceListFlight for flight details. Does not return the AvailabilitySourceCode or IntermediateStop objects below.

Object	Description
ReferenceListFlight	Returns an array of Flight objects that match to the flights that make up a product. ReferenceListFlight is a common object in the model. Not all objects in this table may be returned in this specific API.
Flight	One instance for one flight. Key value pairs: distance: Distance covered by the flight. duration: Time of the flight in hours (H) and minutes (M). carrier An airline.: Airline carrier. number: Flight number. operatingCarrier: When the carrier has filed a codeshare operating carrier for the flight, the IATA International Air Transportation Association, an organization that standardizes rules, regulations and fare construction principles for the international travel industry. code for that codeshare carrier. operatingCarrierName: Name of the marketing operating carrier. operatingCarrierNumber: Number of the operating carrier flight. If there is no operating carrier number, then CO2 emission estimates for operating carriers is not supported. GDS only; not returned for NDC. Returned only in Search response. equipment: Equipment model. Note that TRN, TRS, and BUS equipment codes indicate ground transportation. id: id for internal flight reference number, also used in products and offers. subjectToGovernmentApproval: Returned with value of true when an airline has filed in its schedule that availability for a specific flight is subject to government approval. GDS only, not supported for NDC. Returned only in the Search API response. For GDS, the Flight id is formatted as the letter ‘s’+ unique numeric value, as in s1. For NDC, the Flight id is formatted as the two-letter NDC carrier code + s + unique numeric value, as in QFs1. Includes Departure, Arrival, AvailabilitySourceCode, and IntermediateStop objects.
Departure	Departure details. Key value pairs are the location, date, time, and terminal of departure.
Arrival	Arrival details. Key value pairs are the location, date, time, and terminal of arrival.
AvailabilitySourceCode	Returned to assist in troubleshooting. Returned in Search, Air Availability, Exchange Search, AirPrice, and AirReservation commit API call that ends a workbench session, finalizing all changes and requests in that session. Depending on the workbench transactions, the commit workbench request may create a reservation, issue a ticket or EMD, exchange tickets, or modify a reservation. responses. Recommended to be sent in the AirPrice Full Payload and Add Offer Full Payload requests. Supported values and definitions for AvailabilitySourceCode are as follows: A: AVS (availability and schedules) B: Travelport cache C: AVS D: Direct Access E: Travelport cache F: Travelport cache G: Travelport cache H: Travelport cache I: Travelport cache K: Travelport cache L: Last seat availability M: Unknown source O: Travelport cache P: Travelport cache Q: Travelport cache S: Seamless T: Travelport cache U: Unknown source X: Customer reusing availability data from customer cache (data originally obtained from Travelport) Y: Customer reusing data obtained from another system (e.g., another GDS) (data may be fresh or stored in customer cache) Z: Customer sold from e-streamed data stored in customer cache
IntermediateStop	Returned if the flight has a technical stop but does not incur a change in flight number. Returned only in Search, AirPrice, and Exchange Search and responses. Key value pairs: arrivalFlightDuration: Length in hours and minutes of the flight arriving at the intermediate stop. departureFlightDuration: Length in hours and minutes of the flight departing the intermediate stop. duration: Length in hours and minutes between the arrival and departure at the intermediate stop. equipment: Equipment model, if there is a change of equipment during the stop. arrivalDate: Arrival date for stop. departureDate: Departure date of stop. arrivalTime: Arrival time for stop. departureTime: Departure time for stop. arrivalTerminal: Arrival terminal for stop. departureTerminal: Departure terminal for stop. value: The code for the airport where the intermediate stop occurs.

Example Request

For additional examples and scenarios, download the developer toolkits and see Using Postman and Developer Toolkits.

Be sure to see the Ancillary and EMD Guide for currently supported ancillaries in each flow.

Ancillary shop request after AirPrice (no workbench; GDS only)

Show Example Ancillary Shop request after AirPrice (no workbench, GDS only)

{
 "CatalogOfferingsQueryAncillaries": {
  "AncillaryOfferings": {
   "@type": "AncillaryOfferingsBuildFromOfferList",
   "BuildFromOfferList": {
    "OfferListIdentifier": "238ef294-4d0f-4d6f-838e-154ddaf2c7be_PC",
    "OfferIdentifier": [
     {
      "id": "o0"
     }
    ]
   }
  }
 }
}

Ancillary shop request in the initial booking workflow (pre-commit)

Show Example Ancillary Shop Request - new reservation

The following example payload, sent for a new reservation, sends offer and product identifiers from the Search response.

{
 "CatalogOfferingsQueryAncillaries": {
  "AncillaryOfferings": {
   "@type": "AncillaryOfferingsBuildFromOffer",
   "BuildFromOffer": {
    "@type": "BuildFromOfferAir",
    "OfferIdentifier": {
     "Identifier": {
      "value": "653f9c6f-4618-44e5-8f2d-2a23dd6fcc40_PC"
     }
    },
    "ProductIdentifier": [
     {
      "Identifier": {
       "value": "p0"
      }
     }
    ]
   }
  }
 }
}

Ancillary shop request for existing reservation (post-commit)

Show Example Ancillary Shop Request - existing reservation

The following example payload, sent for an existing reservation, sends the workbench identifier.

{
 "CatalogOfferingsQueryAncillaries": {
  "AncillaryOfferings": {
   "@type": "AncillaryOfferingsBuildFromReservationWorkbench",
   "BuildFromReservationWorkbench": {
    "ReservationIdentifier": {
     "Identifier": {
      "value": "85d34008-c5ad-42f6-99ee-a7c0e6d5a2a3"
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}

Example Response

The Ancillary Shop response is the same regardless of where in the workflow the shop request is sent.

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The following example response returns several offers for paid baggage.

{
 "CatalogOfferingsAncillaryListResponse": {
  "@type": "CatalogOfferingsAncillaryListResponse",
  "transactionId": "0ff0ccfd-5118-4428-b8c5-208a1ed1034d",
  "CatalogOfferingsID": [
   {
    "@type": "CatalogOfferingsTraveler",
    "id": "CT1",
    "CatalogOffering": [
     {
      "@type": "CatalogOffering",
      "id": "anc_off1",
      "ProductOptions": [
       {
        "@type": "ProductOptions",
        "Product": [
         {
          "@type": "ProductAncillary",
          "id": "an1",
          "Quantity": 1,
          "Ancillary": {
           "@type": "AncillaryAirBaggage",
           "Description": [
            {
             "code": "BG",
             "subCode": "0C1",
             "value": "EXTRA 15KG FOR KG ALLOWANCE"
            }
           ],
           "FlightRef": [
            "s1"
           ]
          }
         }
        ]
       }
      ],
      "Price": {
       "@type": "PriceDetail",
       "CurrencyCode": {
        "value": "AUD"
       },
       "Base": 187.5,
       "TotalTaxes": 18.75,
       "TotalPrice": 206.25,
       "PriceBreakdown": [
        {
         "@type": "PriceBreakdownAncillaryAir",
         "Amount": {
          "@type": "Amount",
          "Taxes": {
           "@type": "TaxesDetail",
           "Tax": [
            {
             "taxCode": "UO",
             "value": 18.75
            }
           ]
          }
         }
        }
       ]
      },
      "TermsAndConditions": {
       "@type": "TermsAndConditionsAncillary",
       "ExpiryDate": "2049-12-12T00:00:00Z",
       "ApplicationLimit": {
        "value": "PassengerSegment"
       }
      }
     },
     {
      "@type": "CatalogOffering",
      "id": "anc_off2",
      "ProductOptions": [
       {
        "@type": "ProductOptions",
        "Product": [
         {
          "@type": "ProductAncillary",
          "id": "an2",
          "Quantity": 1,
          "Ancillary": {
           "@type": "AncillaryAirBaggage",
           "Description": [
            {
             "code": "BG",
             "subCode": "0C4",
             "value": "EXTRA 25KG FOR KG ALLOWANCE"
            }
           ],
           "FlightRef": [
            "s1"
           ]
          }
         }
        ]
       }
      ],
      "Price": {
       "@type": "PriceDetail",
       "CurrencyCode": {
        "value": "AUD"
       },
       "Base": 312.5,
       "TotalTaxes": 31.25,
       "TotalPrice": 343.75,
       "PriceBreakdown": [
        {
         "@type": "PriceBreakdownAncillaryAir",
         "Amount": {
          "@type": "Amount",
          "Taxes": {
           "@type": "TaxesDetail",
           "Tax": [
            {
             "taxCode": "UO",
             "value": 31.25
            }
           ]
          }
         }
        }
       ]
      },
      "TermsAndConditions": {
       "@type": "TermsAndConditionsAncillary",
       "ExpiryDate": "2049-12-12T00:00:00Z",
       "ApplicationLimit": {
        "value": "PassengerSegment"
       }
      }
     },
     {
      "@type": "CatalogOffering",
      "id": "anc_off3",
      "ProductOptions": [
       {
        "@type": "ProductOptions",
        "Product": [
         {
          "@type": "ProductAncillary",
          "id": "an3",
          "Quantity": 1,
          "Ancillary": {
           "@type": "AncillaryAirBaggage",
           "Description": [
            {
             "code": "BG",
             "subCode": "0C7",
             "value": "EXTRA 35KG FOR KG ALLOWANCE"
            }
           ],
           "FlightRef": [
            "s1"
           ]
          }
         }
        ]
       }
      ],
      "Price": {
       "@type": "PriceDetail",
       "CurrencyCode": {
        "value": "AUD"
       },
       "Base": 437.5,
       "TotalTaxes": 43.75,
       "TotalPrice": 481.25,
       "PriceBreakdown": [
        {
         "@type": "PriceBreakdownAncillaryAir",
         "Amount": {
          "@type": "Amount",
          "Taxes": {
           "@type": "TaxesDetail",
           "Tax": [
            {
             "taxCode": "UO",
             "value": 43.75
            }
           ]
          }
         }
        }
       ]
      },
      "TermsAndConditions": {
       "@type": "TermsAndConditionsAncillary",
       "ExpiryDate": "2049-12-12T00:00:00Z",
       "ApplicationLimit": {
        "value": "PassengerSegment"
       }
      }
     }
    ],
    "TravelerIdentifierRef": [
     {
      "passengerTypeCode": "ADT",
      "id": "travelerRefId_1"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "Identifier": {
   "authority": "Travelport",
   "value": "238ef294-4d0f-4d6f-838e-154ddaf2c7be_PC"
  },
  "ReferenceList": [
   {
    "@type": "ReferenceListFlight",
    "Flight": [
     {
      "@type": "Flight",
      "carrier": "QF",
      "number": "406",
      "operatingCarrier": "QF",
      "operatingCarrierName": "Qantas Airways",
      "id": "s1",
      "Departure": {
       "@type": "Departure",
       "location": "MEL",
       "date": "2024-12-20",
       "time": "06:30:00"
      },
      "Arrival": {
       "@type": "Arrival",
       "location": "SYD",
       "date": "2024-12-20",
       "time": "07:55:00"
      }
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 }
}