Travelport+ and SOAP XML API
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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.
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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).
Schema Retirement
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Schema Version 42 (Release 17.3) through Schema Version 44 (Release 18.1) will be retired 23 Jan 2025.
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Schema Version 45 (Release 18.2) through Schema Version 48 (Release 19.1) will be retired 26 Jun 2025.
After the retirement date, transactions sent using retired schema versions will fail.
Releases
Release 24.4.1 was released on 07-Nov-2024
See the 24.4 Release Notes for details about the latest functionality and notes regarding the latest schema.
Latest Schema
Release 22.3 schema (Version 52.0) is the latest schema, released on 16-Jun-2022, and is available as a zip, along with the differences file.
- Schema versions 32 (released with 15.2), 33 (released with 15.3), 34 (released with 15.4), 35 (released with 15.5), were retired 24 June 2021.
- Schema versions 36 (released with 16.1), 37 (released with 16.2) and 38 (released with 16.3) were retired 02 September 2021.
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Schema Versions 42 (Release 17.3) through 48 (Release 19.1) will be retired 14 Nov 2024.
- After the retirement date, transactions that are sent using retired schema versions will fail.
Universal API Release Version Indicators
Version indicators in the help show which quarterly release version supports specific functionality:
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Functionality related to the current production release is identified by U for Very New.
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N indicates New for functionality related to the last release.
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Functionality related to a recent release is indicated by the release number (e.g., Release 20.2).
Air Bookability Best Practices
Customers can improve their bookability by following Travelport’s recommended Air Workflow Bookability best practices. These best practices provide a workflow that will assist you in realizing more successful bookings and fewer sell failures. For example, one Travelport customer went from an average sell failure rate of 13.43% in January to a sell failure rate of 0.55% in February, simply by modifying their API workflow.
Sessioning
The Travelport Universal API has a new section for sessioning, or shared booking. This allows the user to have a single session token to perform multiple transactions. See the Introduction to Sessioning topic to get started.
This functionality is only available for limited customer use at present. Please contact your Travelport customer representative to find out more information.
Release Naming Convention
Travelport releases are numbered with the two-digit year plus the quarter plus the release number for that year. For example, the first release of the second quarter in 2022 is numbered release 22.1.2. However, the Release Notes pages are separated by quarter. For example, the release for the second quarter of 2022 is Release Notes 22.2
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.
See Supported Schema Versions and Retirement Policy for a list.
Durable Keys
May 2013
The concept of "durable keys" was introduced In Release 5.0. Durable keys keep the Key attribute from changing when
Important! Durable keys must be Base 64-encoded UUIDs. Any Key values other than Base 64-encoded UUID are not supported and return an error in the response.
See Using Durable Keys for details.
Stand-Alone Air Merchandising
March 2013
New topics and new samples have been added to explain the Stand-Alone Air Merchandising process.
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