OB Fees (Carrier Ticketing Fees)

Synonyms

Also known as:

Carrier Ticketing Fees
Off Ticket Fees
Other Booking Fees

Description

OB Fees are defined by IATA as the industry standard for ticketing and for the application of form of payment fees, including credit card fees. "O" indicates fees "Off Ticket" fees, which are not shown on the ticket. The OB Fee is reported as tax code OB by IATA assignment.

OB Fees are used by airlines to instruct pricing systems how to collect fees on an airline's behalf when they are the validating/plating carrier. OB Fees can only be imposed and/or collected by this carrier. These fees are used by the airline to cover the costs of accepting payment by credit card or other form of payment.

There are two types of OB Fees:

OB-T: Ticketing Fees.
OB-F: FOP (Form of Payment) Fees. Also known as Credit Card Fees.

See KB0024108 in the Travelport Knowledge Base for more information.

Displaying Fares with OB Fees

By default, all OB Fees are returned if they are applicable to the fare or were not excluded in the request. To return OB Fees, Smartpoint must have access to:

A Form of Payment (FOP). The FOP can be added to either:
The PNR/Booking File using F. or the Payment tab of the Customer Information window.
The fare quote or fare shopping request using FP and the first 6 digits of the credit/debit card number. For example a Fare Shopping request with an FOP: FSMCI22JANATL28JANMCI+FP123456.

Note: Currently, only credit cards and debit cards return in OB Fee information.

Error Messages

If OB Fees are filed for the fare, but no Form of Payment (FOP) is present, TKT FEES and CC FEES in the fare details display: FEE MAY APPLY BASED ON FORM OF PAYMENT.

If the FOP was entered incorrectly, an error is returned: FORM OF PAYMENT IS INVALID.

The plating carrier for the ticket.

Error Message

If a plating carrier cannot be determined during pricing, a message is displayed in the response.

PRICE EXCLUDES OB FEES

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MUST INPUT PLATING CARRIER

If applicable to the agency and fare, OB Fees are returned in the results for several transactions on Galileo.

Supported Transactions

Transaction	Worldspan Format	Fill-In Format or Display Item	OB Fees Display
Fare Shopping	$P	Flight Shopping	For Network (GDS) Carriers, applicable OB Fees are displayed in the Fare Details in the Fare Shopping results. These additional fees are added to the fare total. OB-F Fees are displayed in CC FEES-XX, where XX is the code of the plating carrier. OB-T Fees are displayed in OTHER FEES-XX, where XX is the code of the plating carrier. For Direct Payment Carriers, both OB Fees and non-OB Fees are displayed as additional fees and a disclaimer is displayed: ADDITIONAL FEES MAY APPLY. These fees are not included in the fare total.
Branded Fares			If present, OB Fees are displayed as a separate subtotal item in the Branded Fares screen for Fare Shopping.
Fare Pricing	4P, 4P*		Fare Pricing responses display OB Fees as a line item: **FEE TOTAL. These fees are included in the grand total.

Transaction

Worldspan Format

Fill-In Format or Display Item

OB Fees Display

Fare Shopping

Flight Shopping

For Network (GDS) Carriers, applicable OB Fees are displayed in the Fare Details in the Fare Shopping results. These additional fees are added to the fare total.
OB-F Fees are displayed in CC FEES-XX, where XX is the code of the plating carrier.
OB-T Fees are displayed in OTHER FEES-XX, where XX is the code of the plating carrier.

For Direct Payment Carriers, both OB Fees and non-OB Fees are displayed as additional fees and a disclaimer is displayed: ADDITIONAL FEES MAY APPLY. These fees are not included in the fare total.

Branded Fares

If present, OB Fees are displayed as a separate subtotal item in the Branded Fares screen for Fare Shopping.

Fare Pricing

4P, 4P*

Fare Pricing responses display OB Fees as a line item: **FEE TOTAL. These fees are included in the grand total.

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