Search Control Console (SCC)

Your agency may use Travelport’s Search Control Console (SSC) to create business rules to refine search results. The Search Control Console enables agencies to customize air shopping search responses according to individual traveler or group needs.

Search Levels

The Search Control Console uses one of two levels to identify which rules to apply to a traveler or itinerary:

  • PCC
    Pseudo City Code, which contains three or four alphabetical or numeric characters.
  • Channel ID
    Channel IDs apply rules at a more customized level within a PCC. These IDs can be assigned to individual travelers, teams, divisions, corporations, or other groups within a PCC that are defined by your agency. For example:
  • Within a corporation that uses one PCC, each department can be assigned a different Channel ID that identifies specific travel rules for that department.
  • Channel IDs can be assigned with unique sets of rules for individual travelers at the same corporation.

Applying Channel IDs

A Channel ID identifies the specific set of rules that apply to a request. Channel IDs:

  • Are one to four alphabetical or numeric characters.
  • Can only be entered as one ID per request.
  • Cannot be combined with Search Control Console Override (NSCC).

Requesting Channel IDs

Depending on the type of transaction, Channel IDs provided by your agency can be added to search, pricing, and shopping requests using either cryptic entries or scripts.

Any follow-on entries that are applied after the search continue to support the Channel ID modifier.

Supported Cryptic Command

Modifier: CI-xxxx, where xxxx is the Channel ID.

Note: This modifier can be combined with other modifiers in the request. No specific order is required for the modifiers.

Transaction

 Worldspan Command Script

Low Fare Finder

4PLF, 4PLF@, 4PLFC, 4PLFZ, 4PLFQ, 4PLFB, 4PLFZB

  

Power Pricing

4PLI, 4PLIZ

The Channel ID text box in Fares section of Power Pricing in the ePricing script.

PowerShopper

$P

The Channel ID text box in Fares section ofPowerShopper in the ePricing script.

Flex Shopping

$P

The Channel ID text box in Fares section of Flex Shopping in the ePricing script.

Basic Price as Booked

4P

  

Create Ticket Record

4P*

  

Price with Fare Basis Code

4P*--

  

Fare Display

4F

  

User-Supplied Itinerary Pricing

$A (4PLFB without a PNR)

  

Store Fare

4PQ

  

Ticketing Entries at Price

EZ

  
 

Overriding SCC Rules (Type IDs)

Smartpoint Administrators or other users with authorized sign on credentials can override Search Control Console rules (Type IDs). The override command is available as a terminal format: NSCC.

Smartpoint Administrators: Please view the Search Control Console Help or contact your Travelport Account Manager for more information.