Travelport Universal API

Schema Retirement

Important!

Schema Retirement of Releases 17.3 through 18.1 will be retired 23 Jan 2025.

Schema versions 42 (released with 17.3), 43 (released with 17.4), and 44 (released with 18.1) will be retired 23 Jan 2025.
Schema versions 45 (released with 18.2), 46 (released with 18.3), 47 (released with 18.4), and 48 (released with 19.1) will be retired 26 Jun 2025.

After the retirement date, transactions that are sent using retired schema versions will fail and will no longer be supported.

What's New

New samples are available for the most common transactions.

See the What's New page for more information about new features in Universal API.

Introduction

Travelport Universal API offers an array of travel content for air, hotel, car, and rail, including ancillaries (optional services). It also provides functionality to build complete traveler, agency, branch, and account profiles.

Notes:

Travelport Universal API is referred to as SOAP XML API across Travelport development pages and announcements. Universal API and SOAP XML API are synonymous and is referred to as Universal API in this help system.
Travelport+ is the new name, and reference, to Galileo (1G). However, in this help system, Travelport+, as a GDS / CRS, is referred to as Galileo (1G).

When you are ready to start building your application with Universal API, the following sections of the help will provide background information, let you download the latest version of the Universal API WSDLs, show you how to set up your first request, and determine the end point(s) you need to use in your transactions.

Releases and Release Notes	Universal API has a new release approximately five times per year. At that time, updated WSDLs that contain new functionality and improvements to existing functionality are provided. Release Notes for each release provide a brief explanation of new functionality and, depending on the amount of detail, may contain a link to a specific topic or topics that provides further information.
Download WSDLs and Schema	Download of the latest WSDL and schema versions, and a downloadable list of schema differences.
Getting Started	High-level instructions to get connected, basic workflows for Air, Hotel, and Vehicle processes, as well as information about sending requests, a comparison of Classic Travelport APIs versus Universal API, and sample transactions. Also provides information about content providers and suppliers, how Universal API works with Passenger Name Records (PNRs), how you can use Universal API with Travelport legacy APIs, and provides application design requirements and considerations.
End Points for Universal API Services	Provides SOAP end points for Universal API services by region. Services are divided into Production or Copy environments.
Signing Up for Notifications	Provides instructions to sign up for Developer Advisory notifications that keep you informed of enhancements, outages, and more.

Schema Support and Retirement

Travelport recommends updating to the latest version of the schema at least once per year to ensure you are not required to make a three-year schema jump when a schema version is retired.

Important! Universal API provides support for schema versions for up to three years. After the retirement date, transactions that are sent using retired schema versions may fail.

For details, see Universal API Schema Support and Retirement Policy.

Tell Me More

Universal API uses Web Services technologies to support data transfer between client travel applications and a variety of providers and suppliers. This help system supports the Universal API product to assist developers with designing and implementing client applications for the Universal API.

The following sections in the help contain in-depth information about the functionality that is available through Universal API.