What's New

Refer to NDC airline capabilities for how to access information about each the NDC capabilities that each airline supports.

Air India (AI) NDC content: 04 June 2025

Air India NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) as outlined in NDC content by country. Air India NDC content requires registration. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC AI article.

Cathay Pacific (CX) NDC content: 02 June 2025

Cathay Pacific NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) as outlined in NDC content by country. Cathay Pacific NDC content requires registration. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC CX article.

Release 4.21: 15 May 2025

• A corporate agreement ID and frequent traveler number can be added during booking on the traveler information panel. Prior to this release, this information could only be added using terminal commands

• When viewing flight rules, a drop-down option lets you choose to display Summarized (short) or All (long) fare rules. At this time, only summarized (short) fare rules are available for NDC flights.

• Baggage allowance display has been updated to display consistent information in the flight search results, review and confirm, and graphical booking file sections.

• When completing the traveler and payment information on the Review and Confirm page, if you decide to view or select ancillaries, the traveler information persists. Prior to this release, you were prompted to save traveler details first or they would be lost.

• If the form of payment is added to the booking file before flight search (for example, from a profile or terminal entry) and if the form of payment is later changed on the review and confirm screen for an NDC offer, the offer is repriced to ensure any fees associated with the chosen form of payment are correctly calculated. For example, if a credit card was initially added to the booking file and the form of payment changed to cash during the review and confirm screen, any OB fees initially calculated for a credit card would no longer apply to the booking.

• Malaysia Airlines (MH) NDC offers allow manual reservation reprice.

Release 4.20: 24 April 2025

• NDC promo fare code can be entered in Search to access airline promotions.

• Air search results can be filtered by layover duration.

• For flight search, the content source value (Traditional, NDC, or All) defaults to the last content source selected, even when the panel is refreshed.

• After selecting the last flight and before booking, you can add extras, depending on carrier support. This page also displays itinerary details.

EasyPay available: 10 April 2025

IATA EasyPay (EP) is available as a form of payment for ticketing and ancillaries for Air France (AF), Air India (AI), Finnair (AY), and KLM (KL). Select Credit / Debit card as the payment method, then choose EasyPay from the Card type list.

NDC SAS seats: 27 March 2025

Seats can be added to NDC SAS Scandinavian (SK) orders for the following flows:

• pre-booking and hold seats and flights

• pre-booking and ticket seats and flights

• post-booking to a held booking

• post-booking to a ticketed booking

Note: There is currently a limitation with adding SK seats post booking. The agent can book (commit) seats one leg at a time. Agents can select seats for some or all of the travelers on that leg.

Release 4.19: 20 March 2025

• Air search results can be filtered by connecting airport.

• When searching for NDC flights and specifying a private fare code in the search panel, select an NDC offer, then hover over the new information () icon for fare type to display the type of private fare used for that offer, if it is available.

• When canceling or modifying seats or bags after a held or ticketed booking, the confirmation button label has changed to Confirm changes.

• NDC ticket issue can be suppressed at the PCC level based on the AAT setting TKLS - Electronic Ticketing. Set this field to N to prohibit an agency from issuing electronic tickets. When an agent tries to ticket in a PCC that prohibits ticketing when launching Flight Search, the following message displays: You do not have ticketing permissions. The agent only has the option to Hold; the ticket button is hidden.

• When accessing Flight Search, a welcome page displays to the right of the search panel with a message on how to proceed.

NDC SAS (SK) bags

Adding bags is now supported for Scandinavian Airlines (SK) NDC orders.

Release 4.18: 20 February 2025

• Preferred seats are indicated by a blue seat () icon on seat maps.

• When NDC carriers allow bags to be selected prior to booking, the Extras panel displays after the last flight is chosen for you to add bags. The new Bag option displays along with the Seats and Add-ons options.

• When NDC carriers do not support bags, an error message displays and the Bag option in the Extras panel is grayed out.

• Amenity icons display in the flight details panel below each flight's details. Hover over an amenity for details.

Finnair (AY) NDC content: 5 February 2025

Finnair NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) as outlined in NDC content by country. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC AY article.

United Airlines NDC in APAC

United Airlines NDC content is available through Travelport+ in additional APAC countries as outlined in NDC content by country.

Multi-factor authentication: 28 January 2025

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is now integrated into the login process for this product.

What is MFA? It is a two-step verification process designed to keep your account safer. The new, secure login experience adds an extra layer of protection to your account. In the future, this update will simplify password recovery and improve self-service and registration.

As part of this process, a code is sent to your associated email address to authenticate your login. With MFA, your data and information are well protected.

Discover Airlines (4Y) NDC content: 28 January 2025

Discover Airlines (4Y) NDC content is now available as part of the Lufthansa Group. See the NDC LHG knowledge article for additional information.

Release 4.17: 23 January 2025

• When searching for flights using a search modifier (e.g. carry-on bag), the modifier used in search cannot be deselected in the filter panel.

• Flight amenities (such as seat layout, power, food, beverage, and entertainment) display when viewing brands and when comparing flights.

• Agents can modify and cancel seats for British Airways (BA) prior to booking.

• Bags can be canceled on ticketed Emirates (EK) bookings and on held and ticketed Qantas (QF) bookings.

• Bags can be modified prior to booking for Air France/ KLM (AF/KL), British Airways (BA), Iberia (IB), Qantas (QF), Singapore Airlines (SQ), United Airlines (UA).

Release 4.16: 12 December 2024

• Booking bags and seats in the same transaction is available for Air France, Iberia, KLM, and United Airlines before booking, after booking, and after ticketing, as per each carrier's business rule.

• Agents can cancel bags pre-end transaction for Qantas (QF) and Air France/KLM (AF/KL) NDC.

• Paid seats are supported for Malaysia (MH) NDC offers during booking and post booking.

• Search results can be filtered up to a maximum price.

• NDC order divide is supported by Malaysia Airlines and SAS Scandinavian Airlines.

• Agents using the Flight Search plugin can customize the window and content size.

  • Zoom in or out to see content more clearly.

  • Minimize or maximize the window to move or dock the window.

Release 4.15: 21 November 2024

• NDC ancillaries

  • Iberia priority boarding can be added after ticketing.

  • Qatar Airways seats can be added during booking or after booking.

  • Avianca supports paid seats and bags.

  • Bags can be canceled before booking for British Airways (BA), Iberia (IB), Singapore Airlines (SQ), and United Airlines (UA).

  • Booking bags and seats in the same transaction is available for British Airways (BA), Qantas Airways (QF), Singapore Airlines (SQ), and Lufthansa Group (LH) before booking, after booking, and after ticketing, as per each carrier's NDC business rule

• Search results can be filtered by low CO2 emissions and popular preferences.

• When creating a new review booking file remark, default values of next day, current time, queue 12, and current PCC are pre-populated and can be changed as needed. You can also assign a queue category. Review booking file remarks can be assigned to a queue category.

• Manual reprice is now available for American Airlines, British Airways, Emirates, Iberia, Lufhansa Group, Qantas Airways, and United Airlines NDC bookings

• OSIs with SMNAME and SMNLOC are required to use marine fares. When these OSIs are added to the booking file, they no longer display in the Corporate ID section of the flight search panel. They remain as part of the booking file and display in the Other service information section of the graphical booking file.

Avianca and Iberia NDC: 11 November 2024

Avianca and Iberia NDC content is available through Travelport+ in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country.

Release 4.14.2: 7 November 2024

Seats can be selected after choosing the last flight segment (subject to carrier support) through the Extras catalog panel. The Extras panel is used both before and after ticketing for NDC and traditional (GDS) carriers that support seats.

Emirates (EK) NDC: 5 November 2024

Emirates NDC content is available through Travelport+ in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country.

Malaysia Airlines (MH) NDC: 4 November 2024

Malaysia NDC content is available through Travelport+ in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country.

Release 4.14: 24 October 2024

• NDC carrier updates

  • Iberia (IB) allows seats to be modified and canceled before ticketing.

  • Booked bags for NDC offers can be canceled for Lufthansa Group (LH) after ticketing.

    Important: Airlines do not offer refunds for canceled bags.

  • Bags can be added to Air Dolomiti (AN) NDC offers.

  • Bags can be added to United Airlines (UA) NDC offers before and after ticketing.

• Add-ons can be selected after choosing the last flight segment (subject to carrier support).

• Flight responses can be filtered by airport, non-stop only, and departure and arrival time window.

• Agencies can restrict ticketing for users by modifying the sign on table display (STD) settings for NOTK, TKMC, SRBFC, and SRBFM. For more information, refer to Ticketing restrictions.

Release 4.13: 26 September 2024

• Agent can use waiver codes in a search following an involuntary change (OCN) for QF and AA bookings. The involuntary waiver code field has moved from the review and confirm panel into the Air Modify panel below the membership number.

  • For American Airlines, when a waiver code is entered in the Air Modify panel, the search results have the waiver code applied.

  • For Qantas, the waiver code is also entered in the Air Modify panel but the search result prices do not reflect the waiver code. Instead, the waiver code is applied at the review and confirm page at this time.

• Multiple order divides are available for some airlines.

• Once flights are selected, the Fare Details section in the Review and confirm panel now displays both city names and airport codes, which is useful for cities having more than one airport.

• In the Flight search panel, the cabin class modifier has moved from the bottom of the panel to below the Airline field

Release 4.12: 29 August 2024

• Add priority boarding to an Iberia NDC offer prior to booking. When priority boarding is added, you must ticket (not available for book and hold). Important: Traveler details must be added using a terminal entry (N.) before searching for a flight in order to add priority boarding during booking

• Credit card security code is mandatory for Air France (AF), KLM (KL), and British Airways (BA) in graphical bookings. When the security code is not entered for those airlines that require it, you are prompted to enter it before ticketing.

• In the graphical booking file: 

  • When an NDC booking includes commission, the commission displays at the bottom of the Booking Information display.

  • For NDC bookings, select the ticket number link to display ticket details.

  • When creating a notepad remark, you can also enter qualifiers defined by your agency.

  • The customer ID number displays in the booking information details.

  • India Good and Services Tax (GST) SSRs (GSTN, GSTA, GSTP, GSTE) can be added and displayed in the graphical booking file.

• Class of service and fare basis displays when viewing brand details for NDC bookings.

• Agents can modify a SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK) booking after travel commencement.

• For SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK), avianca Airlines (AV), and Qatar Airways (QR) bookings, agents can manually reprice the offer to extend the fare guarantee period and keep the reserved inventory. The offer price may have changed from the original booking; therefore, the agent will need to accept any changes.

• NDC ancillaries

  • For British Airways (BA), bags can be added before end transact.

  • For Iberia (IB) NDC itineraries, bags and seats can be added before and after end transact.

  • Bags can be added for Qantas (QF) NDC itineraries before and after end transact.

Release 4.11: 01 August 2024

• NDC modify enhancements

  • Agents can now modify the Corporate ID and Membership number when modifying an itinerary.

  • An error displays when the fare rules do not allow the modification.

  • Agents can now modify EK and UA NDC itineraries after travel commencement

• For British Airways (BA) NDC itineraries, bags can be added pre-ET.

• Unassociated remarks can be edited and inserted from the Booking information section of the graphical booking file.

• The DV button retrieves a child or parent booking file from the interactive booking file in the terminal display

Malaysia Airlines (MH) NDC: 25 July 2024

Malaysia Airlines NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) in limited countries as outlined in NDC content by country. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC MH article.

avianca (AV) NDC: 15 July 2024

avianca NDC content is available through Travelport+ in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country. As a result, the following avianca subsidiaries are included: avianca Ecuador (2K), avianca Costa Rica (LR), avianca El Salvador and avianca Guatemala (TA).

Release 4.10: 11 July 2024

LHG NDC: 04 July 2024

Lufthansa Group NDC content is now available through Travelport+ in LHG home countries (Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland) as outlined in NDC content by country.

Emirates (EK) NDC: 25 June 2024

Emirates NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) in limited countries as outlined in NDC content by country. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC EK article.

SAS Scandinavian Air (SK) NDC: 13 June 2024

SAS NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) in limited countries as outlined in NDC content by country. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC SK article.

Release 4.9: 06 June 2024

Search:

• When a route includes a technical stop with the same flight number, the stop city displays in flight search results.

• Airlines can be excluded from results using a new flight search modifier.

Ancillaries:

• Ability to retry payment of ancillaries through Smartpoint Cloud, if ancillaries remained on hold.

• Agents are able to book seats and bags in the same request, where both ancillaries are supported by the NDC airline.

• Agent can now book and pay for bags on LHG ticketed bookings. Note: Bags cannot be booked on Air Dolomiti.

Air Dolomiti NDC content

Air Dolomiti (EN) NDC content is now available as part of the Lufthansa Group. See the NDC LHG knowledge article for additional information.

Release 4.8: 09 May 2024

NDC carrier updates include:

• Modify after travel commencement supported by Lufthansa (LH) and Qatar (QR)

• Agency with Spanish PCCs can now book Spanish residency fares on Iberia (IB)

• British Airways (BA) private fares are now available to search

Ancillaries:

• Agents can add bags to NDC bookings Pre-ET and Post-ET for Singapore Airlines (SQ) and Air France/KLM (AF/KL)

• Agents can add seats to NDC bookings Pre-ET and Post-ET for Singapore Airlines (SQ) and British Airways (BA)

• Agents can add free seats to NDC bookings Post-ET for avianca (AV)

Updates that apply to all NDC carriers include:

• An NDC label displays beneath the price options in flight search results so you can easily distinguish between traditional and NDC options

• Airport and city destinations more easily identified in flight search.

• Review and Confirm screen has been rearranged to streamline the booking process.

avianca seats: 25 April 2024

avianca now support free seats post booking for both held and ticketed booking via the seat map.

Release 4.7: 11 April 2024

• NDC carrier updates include:

  • avianca NDC content is now available in limited countries. For more information about avianca NDC, refer to the knowledge base article.

  • Seats for Lufthansa Group NDC bookings can be added after book and hold or after book and ticket.

  • Seats for Air France and KLM NDC bookings can be added before booking (either book and hold or book and ticket).

  • Air France, KLM, and Singapore Airlines NDC bookings can be modified after travel has commenced.

  • Sub-agents can modify American Airline NDC ticketed bookings and put on hold.

• Updates that apply to all NDC carriers include:

  • When major schedule changes are made by the airline for NDC flights, agents have the option to accept and reissue tickets or decline, which allows the agent to modify the flights and use a waiver code.

  • Airlines may offer a price guarantee until a future date for special events, which may be beyond the usual void period (midnight the current day). In these special instances, TST expiry date and payment time limit information is provided. When an agent retrieves the booking and selects Issue ticket, an option for Reprice fare displays if the price has changed between booking and retrieval. When Reprice fare is selected, a popup displays with the new price and the option to accept and issue tickets or accept but not issue tickets

  • When an unused ticket is used as a secondary form of payment (when the traveler has to pay an additional amount), the confirmation screen shows both forms of payment. An unused ticket cannot be used as form of payment for booking with multiple passengers.

  • When modifying a booked NDC offer, you can select a fare type modifier and enter private fare codes that may be different than the modifiers in the original booking.

Lufthansa Group (LHG) NDC countries: 9 April 2024

Lufthansa Group NDC content is available through Travelport+ in additional countries (Americas and EMEA) as outlined in NDC content by country. The following Lufthansa Group carriers are included: Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and Swiss.

Qatar (QR) NDC countries: 19 March 2024

Qatar NDC content is available through Travelport+ in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country.

Release 4.6: 14 March 2024

• Preview seat map in flight search to view available seats.

• Notepad remarks can be deleted through the graphical booking file.

• When issuing tickets, you can add or edit ticketing details, which includes commission, endorsements, IT/BT type or tour codes

Iberia (IB) NDC: 12 March 2024

Iberia NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC IB article.

Additional NDC countries: 05 March 2024

AF/KL, BA, and LHG NDC content is now available through Travelport+ in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country.

Qatar (QR) NDC: 21 February 2024

Qatar NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) in limited countries as outlined in NDC content by country. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC QR article.

Release 4.5: 15 February 2024

• Paid and free seats can be added to AF/KL and LHG NDC bookings.

• Agent can reissue tickets or modify and use waivers for involuntary changes made by Qantas.

Iberia (IB) NDC: 23 January 2024

Iberia NDC content is now available through Travelport+ (1G) in Portugal as outlined in NDC content by country. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC IB article.

Release 4.4: 18 January 2024

• A Price details and Fare rules link is available on the confirmation page. Select the link to view a price breakdown for each passenger type.

• Tickets can be voided from the options () icon in the Tickets card of the graphical booking file.

• Notepad and unassociated remarks can be added in the graphical booking file. Remarks can only be updated or deleted in the terminal.

• When searching for flights, if the fare type includes Private Fares, you can select a private fare qualifier, which will request private fares for the selected PTC, irrespective of the PTC selected for the travelers.

British Airways (BA) NDC: 11 January 2024

BA NDC content is now available through Travelport+ in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country.

Singapore Airlines (SQ) NDC: January 2024

For Singapore Airlines NDC bookings only, some Order Change Notifications (OCNs) are placed on specific queues and also generate DI line messages.

Lufthansa Group (LHG) NDC: 9 January 2024

LHG NDC content is now available through Travelport+ in additional countries as outlined in NDC content by country. The following Lufthansa Group carriers are included: Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and Swiss. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC LHG article.

Release 4.3: December 14, 2023

No changes affect functionality.

Release 4.2: November 30, 2023

• Singapore Airlines (SQ) now supports the division of an NDC booking for passengers permitted to travel alone.

• When modifying an NDC booking,

  • cabin preference can be specified when searching for alternate flights.

  • a spinner displays indicating the change booking process is underway.

Release 4.1: November 9, 2023

• Modify is available from free to paid, paid to paid, and paid to free seats for held and ticketed bookings through the GUI seat map for NDC carriers UA, AA, and QF on Travelport+ only.

Release 4.0: October 31, 2023

• The graphical booking file has been redesigned to provide easier access to information and actions.

  • For each traveler, you can view name, gender, date of birth, membership number, and security documents. Some of this information can also be edited.

  • More information is provided for each reservation, as well as associated and unassociated remarks.

  • Booking information (such as ticketing arrangement, email and delivery addresses, corporate ID numbers, and phone numbers) is easier to access.

  • You can view DI remarks and notepad remarks from the Document invoicing section.

  • When seats are added or modified after booking, the "due price" displays the seats section.

• Expanded fare details are available in the booking file, offer details, and review and confirm screen.

• Beginning November 3, 2023, Travelport+ NDC agencies can be configured to have NDC orders include a filed fare along with airline ticket number. NDC tickets for original book and modify/exchanges are also updated in the agency's Ticket and Invoicing number system (TINS). These updates occur in conjunction with the DI line updates.

  A new NDC identifier was also introduced in the filed fare, MIR, and agency TINS to distinguish NDC order from traditional.

View releases prior to 4.0

United Airlines NDC on Apollo and Worldspan: October 18, 2023

United Airlines NDC content is available for Apollo and Worldspan customers through their existing host using Smartpoint Desktop or Smartpoint NDC web plugin. Please refer to the NDC country list for information on where UA NDC content is available. Additional countries to be launched subsequently. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC UA article.

Release 3.13: October 4, 2023

For NDC, paid seats can be added to held and ticketing bookings. When paid seats are selected for a held or ticketed booking, the review and confirm screen displays so that you can choose a form of payment.

Air France / KLM additional countries: September 25, 2023

Air France/KLM NDC content is now available in additional countries, as outlined in NDC content by country.

Lufthansa Group (LHG) NDC: September 14, 2023

Selected customers in Austria, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are the first to get access to LHG NDC content through Travelport+. That includes the following carriers of Lufthansa Group: Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and Swiss. Additional countries and customers to be launched subsequently. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC LHG article.

British Airways additional countries: September 7, 2023

British Airways NDC content is now available in additional countries, as outlined in NDC content by country.

Release 3.12: August 31, 2023

• Singapore Airlines allows modify and hold for ticketed NDC bookings.

United Airlines (UA) NDC: August 23, 2023

United Airlines NDC content is now available on Travelport+ (1G). Please refer to the NDC country list for information on where UA NDC content is available. Additional countries to be launched subsequently. Features and known issues are detailed in the NDC UA article.

Release 3.11: August 5, 2023

• In NDC modify flow, flight options for the new search criteria display the amount owed. The Get Price button has changed to Select button.

British Airways (BA) NDC August 3, 2023

British Airways NDC content is now available for United Kingdom and Ireland. British Airways requires registration to gain access to the NDC content. Additional countries to be launched subsequently.

Release 3.10: June 24, 2023

• Selecting seats is easier. You do not need to add the passenger information to the booking file before launching the search in order to choose free seats before book.

• EMD number(s) and status display in seat card.

Release 3.9: May 20, 2023

• When an agent retrieves a booking, fare rules are visible.

• For NDC ticketed bookings, the EMD number now displays at the bottom of the Seat card.

• Where supported by the NDC carrier, both free and paid seats can now be modified or canceled.

• The Traveler Information phone field now supports Email as a type. Prior to this release, if an email was in the phone field, the type in the graphical booking file was changed to Other. Email can be added to the host booking file using the terminal phone entry of type E*. When a reservation is created via the graphical booking file, at least one email needs to be entered in the Email Address section, even if the email is present on the phone field — otherwise, the reservation cannot be completed. Any information removed from the graphical booking file is also removed from the host booking file.

• Profile formats have been added that provide best practices for storing profile fields to ensure that the information populates correctly for NDC use.

Release 3.8.1: April 20, 2023

Seats are available for Apollo and Worldspan NDC customers.

Release 3.8: April 15, 2023

• Allow customers to modify a Singapore Airlines reservation prior to ticketing, or modify a post-ticket Singapore Airlines reservation and put it on hold.

• In case of involuntary changes, the waiver code is an optional field.

AA NDC for Apollo and Worldspan: March 2023

American Airlines NDC content is available for Apollo and Worldspan customers through their existing host using Smartpoint Desktop or Smartpoint Web NDC plugin. Customers can take advantage of NDC-only content, prices and offers. At this time, the following is supported: multiple PTCs, shop, price, book, ticket, remarks, cancel, and traveler update. For Apollo only, PNR sync and schedule changes are also supported. More functionality will be added in the coming weeks.

All North American Apollo and Worldspan customers have already been provisioned for the plugin and entitled for AA NDC content. 

• Getting started provides the high-level steps to make an NDC booking.

• Learning demonstrations show you how to search for NDC flights, book, ticket, add seats, modify, and cancel.

• NDC plugin for Apollo and Worldspan provides information on known issues and how to access the plugin, including which version of Smartpoint is supported.

• NDC for Apollo and Worldspan FAQs answers common questions about how NDC works for Apollo and Worldspan customers, including which features are supported.

• NDC bookings are created as passive (ZK) segments. DI lines (Travelport+), Ticketing Remark lines (1V), and Remark lines (1P) contain information about the booking, such as price, flight information, confirmation, ticketing time limits, fees, and form of payment.

  • Apollo Ticketing Remark line examples

  • For Worldspan, the DI.FT- prefix is replaced by 5.z as well as a – at the end, which is joined with the next line due to the number of characters. See Remark line examples for Worldspan.

• The Ticketing Remark lines (1V) and Remark lines (1P) topics contain some PNR and MIR/TAIR examples for book and ticket.

Release 3.7: March 11, 2023

• Add free and paid seats to Qantas bookings. Free seats can added before and after Book & Hold, Book & Ticket, and Book & Hold followed by Issue ticket. Paid seats can only be added before and after Book & Hold, and only before Book & Ticket.

• Modify free seats selection to other free seats, or cancel free seats, directly from the seat map post ticketing.

• Modify booking segments after travel has commenced.

Release 3.6: February 11, 2023

• Air France and KLM NDC content now available in additional countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, South Africa, Suriname.

• When paid seats are chosen prior to booking, the booking confirmation displays both the flight total and seat total.

Release 3.5: December 17, 2022

• Seats can be booked for all travelers on all segments without returning to the booking file between segments.

• Free seats can now be chosen after ticketing.

Air France and KLM NDC: December 1, 2022

• Air France and KLM NDC content is available. Contact your Travelport account manager with any questions regarding access to Air France / KLM NDC content.

• Refer to the NDC country list for availability and dates.

• Refer to NDC airline registration for a list of steps that must be completed in order to access AF/KL NDC content through Smartpoint Cloud.

• For a list of supported functionality and known limitations for Air France and KLM, refer to the knowledge article Air France / KLM general information.

Release 3.4: November 19, 2022

• Flight search

  • Choose to filter flight results by amenities in the flight search panel.

  • Sort flight results by price (default), journey time, or departure time.

  • Select the Price details link on the fare details card for non Rich Content and Branding carriers to display a price breakdown.

  • When a membership or AF/KL Abonnement number is successfully applied, a message displays on the Fare Details card. Note that membership numbers are currently only supported by QF.

• Date of Birth and Gender are optional, not required, in the booking flow.

• You can modify an NDC booking from either the Change Booking button or pencil icon.

Release 3.3.2: October 29, 2022

When modifying an existing NDC booking, you can filter results to within 2 hours of the time indicated.

Release 3.3: October 13, 2022

The plugin has a new shopping experience.

• See brands and brand attributes, when available, in NDC results in the flight search workflow.

• Cabin class can now be specified when modifying an NDC booking.

• Billing address can now be added in graphical user interface when using a credit/debit card.

• Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines support modifying a divided NDC booking.

• Ability to optionally select the Abonnement Number on Air France shop search.

Release 2.8: May 14, 2022

Agents booking NDC content via the NDC Web Plugin, for all carriers except Singapore Airlines (SQ), can now request special meals SSRs before or after booking. At this time, meals must be selected before ticketing.

Release 2.7.2: May 2, 2022

Agents booking NDC content can view, book, and fulfill Carbon Offset ancillary for American Airlines for bookings on hold.

Restrictions: 

• To book this ancillary, agents must retrieve the booking (previously put on hold but not ticketed) and scroll to Bags, meals, and more section.

• Applies to all passengers and all segments

• Requires a credit or debit card as form of payment

American Airlines works with third-party vendor to fulfill carbon offset. Therefore, no EMDs are issued.

Release 2.7.1: April 7, 2022

Agents booking NDC content via the NDC Web Plugin can now add a Corporate Agreement Number after the reservation was committed with the airline.

Currently American Airlines (AA) is the only carrier accepting addition of CLID / JBID after the booking is committed.

Release 2.7: March 31, 2022

Agents booking NDC content via the NDC Web Plugin can now:

• See associated booking files for a divided order.

• See itinerary details about agency commission and baggage on the Review and Confirm page.

Seats (American Airlines only)

Agents booking American Airlines NDC content via the NDC Web Plugin can book paid seats for bookings on hold.

Release 2.6: March 5, 2022

Agents booking American Airlines NDC content via the NDC Web Plugin can now see seats details on the confirmation page once the booking is put on hold or ticketed.

Release 2.5: February 12, 2022

Agents booking NDC content via the NDC Web Plugin, for all carriers except Singapore Airlines (SQ), now have new capabilities in servicing their NDC bookings including the ability to:

• Modify Traveler Data from the booking file. Agents can edit or add Email and Phone details.

• Add Special Assistance SSRs pre-book.

NDC Web Plugin Release 2.4 (December 18, 2021)

Agents booking NDC content, for all carriers, via the NDC Web Plugin now have several new capabilities when it comes to servicing their NDC bookings including the ability to:

• Divide their NDC PNRs and then subsequently retrieve the parent/child PNR.

• Modify Traveler Data from the booking file. Agents can edit or add Gender, DOB, Address, or Passport. If not added at shop, agents can add (not edit) Membership Number after booking.

• Add SSRs post-book for Special Assistance.

Seats (American Airlines only)

Agents booking American Airlines NDC content via the NDC Web Plugin now have enhanced abilities to add Free or Paid seats to their offer prior to making a booking.

PTCs

Depending on carrier support, agents can now book the following Passenger Type Codes (PTCs):

• OFW — Overseas Filipino Worker

• STU — Student

• LBR — Laborer / Worker

Release 2.3: November 30, 2021

This release for the Travelport Smartpoint NDC Web Plugin primarily updates underlying architecture, introducing only minor updates and defect fixes.

• Agents booking American Airlines NDC content can now access seat maps and select and book Free Seats for their single or multi-passenger bookings. The seats link is now present after an NDC booking has been ticketed using Cash or Credit Card as form of payment, where previously Cash was required.

Release 2.2: September 30, 2021

This release includes the following functionality subject to airline support:

• Agents booking American Airlines NDC content can now access seat maps and select and book Free Seats for their single or multi-passenger bookings paid with cash.

• Agents booking Qantas NDC content can now modify a ticketed booking and place it back on-hold for future ticketing. This allows agents (especially consolidators and sub-agents) booking Qantas NDC content much needed flexibility with their servicing capabilities.

• Passenger Type Code (PTC) handling has been enhanced to provide a hover-over tooltip when carriers convert unsupported PTCs during pricing, so agents have additional details when making booking decisions.

Release 2.1: August 24, 2021

Multi-carrier NDC shop is available. This release provides NDC Agents with the ability to compare offers for all applicable NDC carriers within a single, carrier agnostic shop. Prior to this release, NDC search required agents to choose a specific carrier. With this release, if your agency has access to multiple NDC airlines and no airline is selected in the NDC Search panel, results for all applicable NDC airlines are returned.

Notes:

• The carriers available in the display are determined by your Travelport Account Manager as part of the NDC carrier launch process for your country.

• Currently, only 100 results are supported. Therefore, some carriers may not be returned in the shop results even if fares are available. For the best result, use targeted searches when possible, such as selecting a desired cabin or selecting an airport rather than a city. Future releases will address this limitation to ensure all relevant results are returned.

Release 1.12: June 26, 2021

This release includes new functionality and fixes for existing known issues. Note: Plugin updates are pushed automatically. No version updates or download required.

Important: While new features are available through the plugin, some features are not supported by individual airlines. Refer to the airline-specific FAQs for support of a feature. Airline-specific FAQs are provided by your Travelport representative and please also refer to the MyTravelport Knowledge Base articles.

• The Travelport Smartpoint NDC Web Plugin 1.12 release provides all NDC Agents with the ability to shop, price, book, ticket and service bookings for multiple passengers.

• An updated shop form allows agents to add additional travelers and specify which passenger type codes (PTCs) to associate to each traveler.

  

  Please review the Multi-Passenger Servicing section in Known Issues for more detail on any current limitations with regard to this new capability.

• Minor screen changes and color updates to align with the Travelport’s rebranding.

Release 1.10: April 27, 2021

• The Travelport Smartpoint NDC Web Plugin 1.10 release provides Singapore Airlines NDC Agents a streamlined process for Repricing an expired fare via the NDC Web Plugin. Please see KB0033055 for details.

• Minor updates to the Tickets section in the Booking File and Ticketing Confirmation screen with improved arrangement of airline name, passenger name, ticket number, and passenger type.

  

• Addresses defect fixes for all NDC Web Plugin users.

Release 1.8: March 6, 2021

• The Travelport Smartpoint NDC Web Plugin 1.8 release provides agents a streamlined process to fully service their bookings after a schedule change via the NDC Web Plugin and addresses defect fixes for all NDC Web Plugin users.

• (Subject to airline support) Agents will have the ability to apply a waiver code to avoid any penalties or fees when the itinerary has changed due to an involuntary schedule change.

Release 1.6: December 12, 2020

• Provides agents visibility via a single PNR when a schedule change occurs so they can react accordingly and inform their customers. Following a schedule change, the passive segment is automatically synced with the NDC Booking File.

• (Subject to airline support) Provides credit card fees throughout the booking workflow allows the agent to see an accurate pricing breakdown and communicate exact pricing to customers prior to ticketing

• (Subject to airline support) Allows agents to utilize unused tickets that they have stored from a previous cancellation, thus ensuring the funds from an unused ticket can be securely used against a new itinerary.

Release 1.5: November 7, 2020

• (Subject to airline support) Display mileage accrual information at Shop Response (Status Tier, Status Credits, Earned Credit)​ to ensure agents can inform customers of mileage accrual prior to selecting the flight​

Release 1.3: August 29, 2020

• (Subject to airline support) Post-ticket modify (time, day, class, form of payment) is available through the plugin. To modify an existing NDC segment, retrieve the segment and select Modify Booking.

• Instant ticketing is available on the booking screen by selecting the Book and Ticket button.

• (Subject to airline support) When canceling an NDC booking, the refund value displays. The refund value may be available in two ways: refund to original form of payment or refund as credit with the airline. If the refund value is different between the two options, the refund value of each displays. Choose which refund option you prefer, select Continue, then confirm the cancellation by selecting Yes, cancel booking.

• (Subject to airline support) Refine your air search by selecting a cabin class. You can elect whether the cabin class is preferred, which means other cabin classes may be returned in the results, or if only the selected cabin class should be returned in search results.