Fare shop without a booked itinerary

HELP FS or H/FS

Fare shop can be used when there is no booked itinerary. You must specify the travel details after the FS function identifier. Fare shop will look for lower options. Ideally, modifiers would need to be added.

Note: When a traveler name is in the booking file prior to entering a Fare Shop search and booking a pricing option, a filed fare is stored. If no traveler name is in the booking file prior to the Fare Shop booking, no filed fare is stored, so pricing entries should be done after adding names.

The basic entry starts with routing and dates, but optional entries can be added to tailor the shop request to your customers’ requirements.

Note: A number of modifiers can be used in the Fare Shopping entry to limit the results to your preferences. Type H/FS to learn about them or refer to interactive fare shop modifiers.

Example: FSMAD15NOVDOH30NOVMAD

Note: When this entry is run, the left panel displays the Flight Search template for a graphical mode search. See the Storefront module for details.

Components of the results are explained below:

Component	Description
TTL OF 18  PRICING OPTIONS AND 102  ITINERARY OPTIONS RETURNED	Total number of pricing options and itinerary options.
PRICING OPTION 1	Option 1 and following options are from lowest price to highest, regardless of the airline.
TOTAL AMOUNT     340.66EUR	The total amount for all passengers including tax
ADT	Passengers type
GRAND TOTAL      636.80USD	The total amount for all passengers including tax
1	1 segment number
PC 1100	Airline two-character code and flight number Note: @ indicates a codeshare.
Q	Class of service
15NOV	Date of departure
MAD SAW	Airport codes
1205  1915	Flight departure and arrival times (in local time for each city)
FR	Day of the week
321	Code for the type of aircraft (equipment)
ARTBYD1W	Fare basis
<<BOOK>>	Book pricing option 1
+TQ	Add pricing option to Trip Quote
D	Show fare details
R	Show fare rules
+3	Additional pricing options

Filter and sort results

By default, the results are sorted by direct flights. Select the sort icon () if you prefer to sort them by departure time or journey time.

You can filter fare shop results in the terminal view by selecting the filter icon ().

When selected, a filter panel opens on the left. Select which filters you want to apply to the fare shop results.

• If non-stop and connecting flights are in the results, select Show non-stop flights only to filter out connecting flights.

• If one of the cities has multiple airports, remove the check marks from the airports you want to filter out. In the following example, the city code NYC could return results from three airports. Deselect which airports you do not want to display in the results.

  

• Use the departure and arrival time sliders to filter out certain times.

  

• Airlines that are available in the result display in the list of providers. Deselect which providers you want to filter out of the results.

• To remove all filters, select the Reset button at the bottom of the panel. Filters also clear when you enter an ignore format (IR or ER).

• When filters are applied to fare shop results, the Filter icon displays with a check mark in a red circle ().

Additional itinerary options

A “Pricing Option” is a unique fare and itinerary option. The same fare and routing may have more than one itinerary option. This is indicated at the bottom of a pricing option More* followed by option number. Indicates that there is an additional itinerary option on the same fare and routing.

Press +3to view other itinerary options.

Example screen response:

Note: To display more options, use the scroll bar.

Brand options

To display the brands offered by the carrier for a pricing option, select the interactive price. The brand options for that carrier display with the options included for each brand. To select a different brand, select the price button beneath the brand name. You can select a brand with the Book button or Cancel to check a different price option.

Note: When shopping for multiple legs, if you select different brands for each leg, you may get a warning that mixed brands may not be combinable, or you may get an error that the chosen brands cannot be combined.

Seat map preview

To get a preview of the seat map from the fare shopping results with or without a booking file, select the aircraft code in blue.

As it is a preview, there is no option to book any seat from this fare shopping environment.

The “Go back” button will return to the terminal window with the interactive fare shopping response.

Note: If the airline does not offer seat map, an error response will be displayed.

Fare rules (Notes)

The rules are available for each pricing option.

Select R to open the rules options.

If there is more than one component per flight option, view each set of rules individually by selecting each component.

Example screen response:

Select the quote fare number to display the summary form. Repeat the process for each fare component.

Note: Select Go backto return to the previous screen.

D - Fare shop details

For any of the shop option, by selecting the D link the Fare Shop Details will be displayed.

These details include:

• Travel time per leg

• If penalty applies

• If the fare is refundable

• Last day of ticketing

• Plating carrier

• Fare calculation

By selecting the D again, the section is collapsed

+TQ - Add a Fare Shop Option to the Trip Quote Basket

To add pricing options from the results of a Fare Shopping to Trip Quote, press +TQ on the prices you are interested in.

In the example below, we will select option 1, 3 and 4.

A message appears to confirm the shop options has been added to the Trip Quote Basket, and the counter in the side bar is increased by 3.

From the Trip Quote icon in the sidebar, access to the Trip Quote Basket to check the shop options added. In the right panel are the details of the listed options. You can now copy and email this information to your customer, or save it as a PDF. If applicable, uncheck the offers you need to discard.

Note: This functionality is also available for Fare Shopping with booked flights.

Save quotes from the Trip Quote basket

Items in the Trip Quote basket can be saved under a reference number so that they can be retrieved.

1. Access to the Trip Quote Basket from the Smartpoint Cloud side bar icon.

2. Check if there are quotes in the Trip Quote Basket. If not, add either Flight or Hotel Quotes.

3. Select the quotes to save and click on the Save button.

   

4. Once saved, a green message shows the Reference number, which can be copied.

   

Retrieve saved quotes from the Search menu

Press the Search icon and select Quote search in the drop-down menu.

Enter the quote Reference Number and press Search.

A new tab appears in the Trip Quote Basket labeled with the Reference Number. The Reference Number is also displayed in the preview panel.

Retrieve saved quotes from Trip Quote

Once the quote is saved, retrieve it by clicking on the Reference Number link of the confirmation message.

Book

The BOOK link allows you to book the pricing option suggested by the Fare shop. The sale is made for the exact flights shown in the option.

We recommend adding the name field before booking.

Select BOOK to reserve the pricing option.

Example screen response:

Note: If there is no name field yet, the flight segments are booked but the fare is not filed. Price commands must be run to save the fare.

Optional entries without a booked itinerary

Format	Explanation
FSLAX11JUNLON19JUNLAX++//*A	Star Alliance
FSLON10JANDXB--AUH20JANLON	Surface sector
FS2FRA10JUNLON20JUNFRA	2 passengers
FSFRA10JUNLON17JUNFRA+-ACCT	Airline private fares with account code
FSSYD11JUNTYO/QF19JUNHKG/CX	Preferred carriers
FSCHI10JULLON--PAR20JULCHI//+AA	Surface sector
FSLAX11JUNLON19JUNLAX++.D	Direct
FSSIN11JUNHKG-BUSNS 10JUNPAR-FIRST	Business class outbound first inbound
FS2FRA10JUNLON20JUNFRA +P1.2*C07	Adult and child
FSPAR5JUNFRA9JUNPAR+FXD	Exclude unbundled flight options
FSJFK18JANLON24JANJFK+BAG	At least one free bag

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