Release Notes 21.3

For details, see:

• DA 921 Defect Fixes for Release 21.3.1
• DA 924 Defect Fixes for Release 21.3.2
• DA 932 Defect Fixes for Release 21.3.3
• DA 933 Defect Fixes for Release 21.3.4

Correct inventory indicator for returning failed air segments in the air price response.

Previously, Travelport Universal API customers may have received an error in an AirPrice response when a flight no longer had available inventory, but the response did not indicate which flight wasn’t available. Since the segment with no availability was not returned in the response, the design was challenging for customer workflows.

For this enhancement, when an AirPrice request includes ReturnFailedSegments="true" and InventoryRequestType="Seamless", or InventoryRequestType="DirectAccess", the response includes air segment details, along with an error response, when the price request fails due to inventory.

• For requests that include the attribute(s) ReturnFailedSegments=“true” and InventoryRequestType="Basic", or InventoryRequestType="", or InventoryRequestType="None", Universal API returns <faultstring> with no segments in the AirPrice response.

• For requests that include the attribute(s) ReturnFailedSegments=“false” and InventoryRequestType of Basic, DirectAccess or Seamless, Universal API returns <faultstring> with no segments in the AirPrice response.

For example:

<AirPriceReq>

<air:AirPricingModifiers PlatingCarrier="UA" ReturnFailedSegments="true" InventoryRequestType="DirectAccess"/>

<AirPriceRsp>

<air:AirSegmentError>

<air:AirSegment Key="pS4+DpPrGDKAe1jHAAAAAA==" Group="0" Carrier="UA" FlightNumber="0340" Origin="ATL" Destination="DEN" DepartureTime="2021-07-02T09:15:00.000-04:00" ClassOfService="Z" ChangeOfPlane="false" OptionalServicesIndicator="false"/>

<air:ErrorMessage>BOOKING CLASS/PREFERENCE NOT AVAIL CHECK AVAILABILITY</air:ErrorMessage>

</air:AirSegmentError>

See DA-909 for further details.

Ability to include driver's age in Vehicle Search Availability.

This enhancement provides the ability to include a driver's age in the VehicleSearchAvailability request. Universal API returns the applicable age-based surcharges in the response. This benefit allows customers the ability to send the driver's age in vehicle availability response to ensure that they receive back the age based surcharges from participating vendors, which allows them to provide their customers with true price details for the vehicle rental.

Vehicle Shopping

Support PayNow and PayLater for Vehicle Pre-pay rates in Book, Retrieve, and Rules

This enhancement provides the ability to access pre-pay rates, and see the complete price breakdown, including what amount will be charged at the time of the reservation, as well as the amount that will be charged when the car is returned.

Note: PayNow/PayLater was previously implemented for Worldspan (1P).

Vehicle Rules

Vehicle Booking

Support Email Address Delivery in vehicle non-loyalty customers for Worldspan

This enhancement supports contactless rental for non-loyalty customers to mitigate Covid19 Concerns for vehicle suppliers. This enhancement captures the car renter's email address in the VehicleSpecialRequest field (which is the SI or Supplemental Info field for Worldspan) and expands the character limitation to 138 characters.

Schema v51 is loaded with this release.

See the associated information here

Download the new schema WSDL/XSD here.

Download the difference file here.

Download the C# (C Sharp) Proxy classes here.

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

This enhancement allows passing agency form of payment when fulfilling ancillary options for carrier Indigo (6E) so that options are not limited to a single payment type (e.g., credit card).

Note: This functionality is limited release. Contact your Travelport representative for further information.

The following errors may return:

• If the carrier is not eligible, the following error returns: "Agency Form Of Payment is not supported for this carrier."

• If the switch turned off when other customers attempt to add the agency payment as FOP, the following error returns: “Agency Form Of Payment is not enabled. Please Contact Support.”