Air Pricing by Ticket Type

Air Pricing by Ticket Type allows either Paper or Electronic (E-ticket) ticket types to be indicated in a request or response.

Schema

Located in Air.xsd:

How To

  1. Include the required information for AirPriceReq.

  2. In AirPriceReq/AirPricingModifiers @Eticketability, specify the ticket type. Ticketing preferences can be applied only for the entire journey; different preferences cannot be specified for separate segments in the same journey.

    @Eticketingability values include:

    • Yes returns itineraries that can be E-ticketed in addition to other itineraries.

    • No returns only itineraries that have a Paper tickets.

    • Required returns only itineraries that can be E-ticketed.

    • Ticketless indicates that ticketing does not apply for this carrier/solution.

      Ticketless carriers are airlines that settle with travel agencies outside of the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC) or the Bank Settlement Plan (BSP). These airlines work in an environment without paper or electronic tickets. Airlines who settle with agencies outside of ARC or BSP require payment to confirm the booking. Airlines have various options for obtaining payment outside of BSP/ARC. Ticketless payment refers to the process in which the agent sends the airline credit card payment via a remark or SSR, instead of as the structured form of payment used by ticketed carriers.

  3. A standard Air Pricing response is returned, with the addition of an Eticketability attribute in the AirPricingInfo of each Air Pricing Solution (AirPriceRsp/AirPriceResult/AirPricingSolution/AirPricingInfo).

    For each Air Pricing Solution, the values allowed are:

    • Yes indicates that the itinerary can be E-ticketed.

    • No indicates that the itinerary cannot be E-ticketed.

    • Required indicates that the itinerary must be E-ticketed and cannot be Paper ticketed.

    • Ticketless indicates that ticketing does not apply for this carrier/solution.

    Note: Ticketless functionality is not yet supported; currently, an error is returned.

    If no results that permit E-ticketing are returned, the results are not filtered and a warning is returned: No applicable Eticketable Flights