Air Shopping and Booking: Associated Topics

Secondary Types are subcategories of an Optional Service that provide further definition of the service.

This topic allows for the return of additional results if available.

Agencies charge Travel Agency Service Fees (TASF) through BSP or ARC. These fees are collected as payment for the professional services the agents provide to their customers.

The Availability Source attribute of Air Segment indicates the source by which a provider obtains specific air availability data.

This provides a table containing the different Air Status Codes and descriptions.

The Connection indicator must be used when Pricing and Booking to ensure the flights are sold correctly and a sell failure does not occur.

An ARNK (Arrival Unknown) segment is usually added to an itinerary to signify that a lack of continuity between the arrival of one segment and the departure of the next segment is known and accepted.

This topic covers the different currency definitions that are applied to currency usage.

A Fare Basis is a unique identifiers within an airline for the fare used to issue the ticket. They can be used to create a specific fare to price.

There are several types of simple and complex itineraries that can be booked using Universal API.

Manual fares can be created as a new fare or to override automatic fares.

The fare can be increased or decreased either by percentage or flat amount. The user can increase or decrease either the base amount or total.

Basic Miscellaneous Change Order (MCO) information is associated with a ticket number or the PNR and includes: MCO number, MCO Status, MCO Type Passenger Name, and Booking Traveler Reference

Other Service Information requests are messages sent directly to the supplier to communicate traveler preferences or requirements.

A Special Service Request (SSR) is a message sent directly to suppliers to communicate traveler preferences, special services needed by a traveler, or of a procedural requirement necessary of the carrier.

Spain offers fare discounts for residents of the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and Ceuta.

Passenger types can indicated age, companion status, organizational affiliation, and need for special assistance, among others.

True Last Date to Ticket is the last available date that a fare can be ticketed, as indicated in the fare rules for a specific a fare. This date is merely the last date to purchase a ticket based on the carrier’s fare rules at the time the itinerary was quoted and stored.