Direct Payment Carriers

Accessing and Managing Direct Payment Carriers

Access to availability and fares for Direct Payment Carriers, such as EasyJet, Ryanair, Tiger, and Air Asia, are supported through the Travelport Aggregated Shopping (TAS) database.

  • Confirm that TAS is activated for your PCC.
  • View a list of Direct Payment Carriers available for your PCC.
  • Include or exclude specific Direct Payment Carriers in Air Availability or Fare Shopping responses.

Activating Travelport Aggregated Shopping (TAS)

Fares and availability from Direct Payment Carriers are enabled through the Travelport Aggregated Shopping (TAS) database. Agencies are provisioned internally by Travelport to access a Direct Payment Carrier's content.

Activation for TAS is also required for access to NDC fares from the Flight Search plugin.

To confirm activation for TAS:

Enter ZPROV in the Terminal window.

  • If your PCC is not activated for TAS, an error is returned: CVAD0012E 14.54.57 ILLEGAL FUNCTION- NO LINKAGE FOUND

    Contact your Travelport representative to request activation.

  • If your PCC is activated for TAS, a list of Direct Payment Carriers and their availability status is displayed.

Enabling and Disabling Direct Payment Carriers

Access to Direct Payment Carriers is controlled via the ZPROV Table. Agents with Secondary Authorization Level can enable or disable any carrier that is provisioned for a specific PCC to include or exclude that carrier from the Air Availability or Fare Shopping results.

To enable a Direct Payment Carrier:

In the Terminal window, enter ZPROV/nn/ACT-N, where nn is the two-character carrier code.

To disable a Direct Payment Carrier:

In the Terminal window, enter ZPROV/nn/ACT-Y, where nn is the two-character carrier code.

When a carrier is disabled, flights for this carrier are returned in an Air Availability or Fare Shopping response. Direct Payment Airlines flights are returned in a Neutral Availability display however these flights are not available to sell.