Cars

Displaying Car Rental Locations (Car Index)

A Car Index is a list of car rental locations in a requested area, regardless of availability.

Tip! If you want to search for rental locations based on availability, see Car Availability Search.

Car Index may be used if a traveler wants:

  • To know if a rental location exists in a certain city.
  • A list of locations and vendors in a particular city or airport location.

Request

In Smartpoint, Car Index is available only through terminal entries.

The same basic terminal formats are used for both Travelport+ (1G) and Apollo (1V).

Car Index Request Example Format Description

Help for Car Index Formats

  

Travelport+ (1G): H/CAI

Apollo (1V): HELP CAI

By City/Airport Code

CAISYD

Car locations in SYD. Defaults to the current date.

By City Name

CAIFRANKFURT

Car locations in the city of Frankfurt.

By City/Airport Code and Date

CAI25OCTRIO

Car locations in Rio for a October 25.

By Reference Point

CAICOLISEUM

Car locations in proximity to the Coliseum.

If there is more than reference point with the same name, a list of similar names is displayed.

 

By City/Airport Code, Date, and Supplier

CAI11SEPGVA/TR+ZE

A list of for suppliers TR and ZE in Geneva for September 12.

By Location Type

CAINCE/L–R

Resort (R) locations in Nice.

By Distance

CAIPAR/D–5K

Locations within 5 kilometers of Paris city center.

Display

The Car Index display returns the a list rental locations, regardless of rental availability.

For example, the following response displays car rental locations for Brussels for the city/airport code: CAIBRU.

The display items are the same for both Travelport+ (1G) and Apollo (1V). The following table describes the header information and first line of locations.

Response Description

BRU

Location (city/airport code).

TH

The applicable day of the week (Thursday).

11Jan

The applicable date. Defaults to the current date if no date is included in the request.

KM

Distance unit.

KM = kilometers

MI = miles

DIR

Direction column.

AREA A -- BRU AIRPORT MAIN LOCATIONS

Locations are divided into areas. Scroll down to see additional areas.

1

Line number.

+

Indicates Inside Availability from the supplier.

AL

2-letter supplier code.

To decode the supplier name.

  • In Smartpoint 8.1 and earlier, enter
  • In Smartpoint 8.2 and later, click the blue code text.

BRUT72

The unique location code.

BRUSSELS AIRPORT ENTERPRIS

The location address.

To display the Car Rental Company Descriptions and Policies (CAD):

  • In Smartpoint 8.1 and earlier, enter CAD1, where 1 is the line number.
  • In Smartpoint 8.2 and later, click the green location text.

0

Mileage and Direction Indicator

The distance and direction from the search location.

0 indicates a rental location directly at the search location. For this search, the search location is the Brussels National Airport.

A location of 3SW indicates a rental location 3 miles southwest of the search location.

The default search radius is 30 miles/50km.

<<More Cars>>

If present at the bottom of the list, click to view additional rental locations.

The terminal equivalent is CAI*PD.

Follow-On Entries

From the Car Index display, several types of follow-on entries can be made.

Tip! In Smartpoint 8.2 and later, interactive entries are available in green text.

Follow-On Request Example Format Description

Redisplay

CAI*R

Redisplay the last index accessed.

Follow-up Availability Request

CAL4/ARR–1500/DT–0900

Request a low-to-high availability search from line 4 of the index response with a 1500 pick-up time and a 0900 drop-off time.

Car Rental Company Descriptions and Policies

CAD1

Display the Car Rental Company Descriptions and Policies (CAD) screen for Line 1 of the Car Index (CAI) display.

Keyword Description

CAD1/AGE

Age Requirement description for the location in Car Index (CAI) Line 1.

Tip! In Smartpoint 8.2 and later, click the green keyword code to display the keyword description.

Multiple Keyword Descriptions by Code

CAD1/AGE+CDW+HOURS

For Line 1 in the Car Index (CAI), display the location's:

  • Age Requirement
  • Collateral Damage Waiver
  • Hours of Operation

A maximum of three location descriptions are supported.

Multiple Keyword Descriptions by Code Number

CADx/4+6+9

For Line 1 in the Car Index (CAI), display the location's:

  • Drop-Off/One-Way Policies
  • Refueling Policy
  • Personal Accident Insurance

A maximum of three location descriptions are supported.

Keyword Menu

CAD*MENU

From the Location Description (CAD), provides a keyword menu.

CAD*PD = page down in the menu

CAD*UP= page up in the menu

Known Issue for Apollo

If a CAD link is embedded in the location description, the link may not work for either the CAI or CAL results screens.