Planned Functionality

All.xsd

• V54.0 of schema released.

• New password requirements.

• Chunked encoding is not supported by Universal API.

Vehicle.xsd

• Vehicle Availability Matrix returns Geo Location for one-way rentals.

• Vehicle Availability Matrix response returns lat/long, address, and hours.

• Vehicle Availability Matrix response returns baggage count and passenger count.

• Vehicle Availability Matrix response returns make and model of vehicle.

Air.xsd

• Provide the ability to obtain structured fare rules from a fare display response following an AirFareDisplayRuleKey request.

Universal.xsd, SharedBooking.xsd

• Enable unmasked CreditCard details for Non-Air Segments in the Booking response.

Universal.xsd

• Provide reason for frequent traveler data failure when adding at time of booking or modify.

Air.xsd, Universal.xsd, SharedBooking.xsd

• Return Routehappy content with Incidental stops in Air Booking and Universal Record Retrieve.
• Return Routehappy content in Universal Record Modify response.
• Determine city or airport automatically when sent in shop request.

Vehicle.xsd

• Integrate coordinate-based GeoSearch in Car Matrix

• Image URLs in the Car Matrix Response.

• Pickup and return time in the GeoSearch response.

Air.xsd

• Historical Fare Rules in FareRules response - Ticket Date.

• Routehappy amenity content is returned in schema version 53 of the Shop, Price, Book and Retrieve responses when requested.

Air.xsd

• Provide a breakdown of price for optional services in Seat Map and Air Merchandising Fulfillment responses.

• Ability to prohibit validating carrier in Shop.

• Support PTC types in document retrieve.

Universal.xsd

• Ability to price check seats at time of seat booking.

Universal

• Support CHR passenger types for Spanish Resident fares at ticketing.

• Travelport supports Ryanair UK Limited flights within the Ryanair API.

• PNR issued for ES resident fares when timeout to SARA occurs and updates the passenger information in the SARA database.

Universal

• Include approximate taxes for Air Create and UR response.

• Support connection indicators and group numbering in booking response.

Air

• Codeshare and Operating carrier info returns in FlightDetailsRsp for Air.xsd v49 and above.

Util

• Allow Non standard Credit Card on Issuance of Travel Agent Service (TASF)

ACH

• Ryanair displays last name and middle name differently than ACH request

• Return Unique ID for Indigo bookings.

Universal

• Return baggage information in the Universal Record Retrieve Response.
• Remove UniversalRecordHistorySearch from Universal API

Air

• Support mono coupon delivery for EMD in pre- and post-book Seat Map responses for all customers

ALL

• Updated and searchable samples.

• Updated Rules and Rule .XLS and .CSV spreadsheets.

Air

• Support Spanish Resident Fare for Child/Infant PTCs.

• Return applied residency type in booking and ticketing retrieve responses.

• Support mono coupon delivery for EMD in pre- and post-book Seat Map responses.

Universal

• Return applied residency type in booking and ticketing retrieve responses.

• Return unmasked DOB and MCO data in Universal Record Retrieve.

N/A - No new functionality implemented.

Air

• Show ticket retrieve error as warning at time of successful issuance.

Universal

• Retire Universal Policy and Customer Profile user interface

Hotel

• Send traveler and agency email address in a Hotel segment.

Universal

• Support nine-digit tax amount in Low Fare Shopping, Air Price, Booking, and UR Retrieve.

• Include CPTR SSR type when booking corporate/fixed fares on Indigo (6E).

Vehicle

• Support sellable rates only for vehicles on Galileo and Apollo.

• Return vendor surcharge in a standard car availability response.

Air:

• Return Passenger Health Data free format text as a flight comment in the flight service information display

Provider:

• Axess (1J) agreement expiration.

Vehicle:

• Contactless Vehicle Booking with Phone Number and Email for non-loyalty customers

Air:

• Content control for unsaleable ancillaries

Universal:

• Identify fare payment restrictions

Air:

• Enable Multi-FOP (non-standard card + cash) in Air Ticketing Request.

Universal:

• Support Agency Payment as Form Of Payment for post book ancillaries for Indigo/6E

Air:

• The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) informational message is changing from “TSA SECURED FLIGHT” to “ADDITIONAL PASSENGER DATA REQUIRED”.

• Support C type baggage data for Air Price, Air Booking, and Air Merchandising Fulfillment (AMF).

Air:

• Prevent non-bookable ancillaries from displaying in AMOA response.

• Add multiple booking elements in a single call to reduce significant latency

• Ensure customers are provided an accurate last time to ticket details for Booking and Post-Booking transactions, including Shared Session Booking

Universal

• Allow spaces in name field in Galileo

Sessions

• Add multiple booking elements in a single call to reduce significant latency

Universal

• Return credit card info for document (e.g ticket and EMD) issuance retrieve.

• Support of UR Import and Retrieve for group bookings.

Air:

• ARC/BSP form of payment allowed when booking or displaying carrier IndiGo reservations

• Advance Purchase Cat 005 returns Last Date/Time to ticket for Upsell Fares

• Price and store fares with modifiers during sessioned pricing

• Change how SSR data is handled for SARA resident fares with carrier NT

• CAT16 Most Restrictive improvements in Shop and Price

• Support of Bank Identification Number expansion for Shop and Price on Galileo

Sessioned Booking:

• Price and store fares with modifiers during sessioned pricing

Air:

• Segment Association in shop for IN Tax for Air Price Points and Air Pricing Solution.
• LFS and Price adds ticketing code information to apply commission.
• Ability to send sell city and/or ticketing city at time of Shop, Price and Book, and UR Modify.
• Branded Fares: Support tax data for UPSELL fares in air price response
• Return unmasked credit card information if configured.
• Support baggage details on upsell fares during Air Price processing.
• Support Fare Rules in a structured format for categories 5,6,7,8, and 16.
• Automatically append mandatory SSR for ancillaries at time of booking and fulfillment.
• Private fares response improves for Shop and Fare Rules.

Vehicle:

• Request source currency for Vehicle Search Availability.

Air:

• Return structured baggage information in Air Merchandising responses (AMF and AMOA).
• AirPrice and LowFareShop responses for UPSELL fares return more detailed information.
• Baggage allowance and fees returned in price response.
• AirPrice limits brand details for Farefamily display.
• Automatically append mandatory SSR for ancillaries at time of booking and fulfillment.

Queues

• Remove a PNR from a queue on Galileo (1G).

Universal

• Allow spaces in name field in Galileo
• Override pricing record when the itinerary has changed when adding a car or hotel segment to an existing air booking
• Limit Universal Record Search to avoid Long Running Searches

Air:

• Ability to return the lowest price for a booked itinerary
• Ability to support structured format for category 16 Most Restrictive Data in Air Shop and Price transactions.
• Segment association in shop for IN tax on Indigo
• Provide a seat map with accurate paid seat prices (relative to the branded fare selected) before committing to booking a flight.
• Return structured baggage information in Air Price response

Universal

• Branded Fares – Ability to retrieve historical brands in UR Retrieve and UR Import

Air:

• Segment association in shop for IN tax on Indigo
• Provide a seat map with accurate paid seat prices (relative to the branded fare selected) before committing to booking a flight
• Identify the status and warranty of current schema
• Return upsell fare when a base fare is returned
• Display Warning for Seatmap v34 and earlier when ReturnSeatPricing Is requested

Universal:

• Display DI Lines in Retrieve.

Air:

• Add SVC segments to Air Exchange.
• Enable EMD-S for voluntary exchanges.
• Support fare rules in structure format for categories 31 and 33.
• Consume updated structured fare rules.
• Return the lowest price for a booked itinerary without checking availability
• Support seasonal indicator for fare display
• Include flight segment information when pricing error messages are returned at time of pricing specific flights.

Hotel

• Return local hotel time in Hotel Details and Hotel Super Shopper responses
• Return commission indicator for sold segments

Rail

• Added ability to pass multiple email addresses with associated type of email in a Create Rail Booking request.
• Support of regional trains schedules for SNCF in shop, price, book

Air:

• Create split bookings for roundtrip tickets
• Correctly return Upsell fare penalty and FareCalc information in Low Fare Search and Pricing responses.

Vehicle

• Return inclusions in vehicle search availability

Air:

• Store last date to ticket in stored fare / ticket record.
• Correctly return Upsell fare penalty and FareCalc information in Low Fare Search and Pricing responses.
• Return air fare rules in a structured format.
• Restrict Flexi Fares from being combined with other fare types in a Low Fare Shop response
• Send Cabin Preference at time of Price.

Vehicle:

• Vehicle Rules response delivery for both “Pretty Print” Enhanced English content and Localized / Foreign Language.

Universal Record:

• Account remark “AP” allowed.
• Multiple forms of payment are now returned in Air Retrieve Document and Booking Retrieve Document responses.
• Brand summary and details are returned in Air Booking, Universal Record Retrieve, and Universal Record Import responses.

Air:

• New fare rule values are supported for category codes in Low Fare Shopping.
• Air Create Reservation supports price checking logic.

Hotel:

• ‘Print Pretty Service’ can be turned on or off by target branch.

Travelport Universal Record:

• Support duplicate email values in multiple email types.

Air:

• Check if segments are bookable in a pricing request.
• Calculate ground time for incidental stops.
• Return the lowest fare within each branded fare in a fare family display.
• Return the account code for branded fares in a fare family display.
• Populate the most restrictive penalty information.

Hotel:

• Return all provider error messages in a hotel cancel response.

Travelport Universal Record:

• InvoluntaryChange element added as a placeholder for future functionality.
• Existing seats saved when adding new seats.

Air:

• SellCheck attribute available to provisioned customers.
• Brand tier information available.
• Brand name and Brand ID are returned in Exchange Quote responses.
• MaintainBrand attribute added to specify that a reprice request should remain in the ticketed brand.
• Split pricing can be requested in an Air Pricing request.
• ProhibitUnbundledFareTypes supported in Air Pricing and Air Create Reservation requests.
• Added InvoluntaryChange, SvcSegment, PenaltyApplies, and NoShow to the schema to support future functionality. BrandModifier element was also extended for future functionality.

Vehicle:

• Credit card CVV is supported for vehicle bookings in Travelport Worldspan.
• PayNow and PayLater added to support future functionality.

Universal Record:

• Private Fare indicator is returned in Air Pricing Info for Stored Fare Quote for Travelport Worldspan.

Air:

• The No Comparison Override of the Stored Fare Quote is supported at ticketing for Travelport Worldspan.
• Placeholders were added to schema to support additional branded fares functionality that will be released at a later date.
• The middle name is supported for Southwest.
• The Goods and Services Tax is supported for IndiGo.

Vehicle:

• Hotel and vehicle reservations that have the same date are sequenced in the itinerary in the order in which they were booked.

Universal Record:

• Plating carrier saved as part of a stored fare for Galileo bookings with a ZK segment.

Air and Rail:

• Check the eligibility status of a ticket.
• Fare indicator for Cat35 rules are returned in shopping responses.
• A list of optional services for branded fares can be requested.
• A modifier was added to request pricing by brand tier number.
• Exchange quote and exchange is supported by IndiGo.
• New FCPI codes returned in the Air Exchange.

Merchandising Optional Services:

• IndiGo ancillaries supported at price, book, Universal Record modify, Air Merchandising Offer Availability, seat map, and Air Merchandising Fulfillment.
• URLs returned in Air Merchandising Offer Availability response.
• Meal vouchers offered on EasyJet with flexible fares.

Vehicle:

• Prepayment supported as a guarantee type.

Rail:

• Multiple discounts per passenger.