Vehicle: Corporate Discounts

RateModifiers @DiscountNumber
VehicleRate @CorporateRate
SupplierRate @DiscountAmount

Corporate Discounts (CDs) are rate modifiers that can be added to a Vehicle Search request to return negotiated rates between a supplier and a corporation or other organization. If a corporate rate is selected, the Corporate Discount must be included in subsequent Vehicle Rules or Vehicle Booking requests.

This topic supports the use of corporate discounts for Vehicle segments only.

Implementation by Provider

See Implemented Transactions for provider functionality specific to each transaction.

Provider	Implementation
Galileo (1G)	Supported by Galileo.
Apollo (1V)	Supported by Galileo.
Worldspan (1P)	Supported by Worldspan.

Schema

Request

To make a vehicle request with a Promotional Code or Coupon:

1. In RateModifiers @VendorCode, send the supplier associated with the PromotionalCode.
2. In RateModifiers @DiscountNumber, send the Corporate Discount code issued by the supplier.

Note: Some suppliers also require a DiscountNumber value for Promotional Codes.

Response

In the response, Corporate Discount rates are returned in SupplierRate, and include standard response data such as @RateForPeriod, @EstimatedTotalAmount, and @ExtraMileageCharge.

The requested Corporate Discount may not be applicable to all rates returned in SupplierRate; therefore, a response may return a combination of discounted and non-discounted rates. A Boolean Corporate Rate Indicator (VehicleRate @CorporateRate) was added to Vehicle Search and Vehicle Rules responses:

• If @CorporateRate="true", requested the rate returned is based on a requested Corporate Discount.
• If @CorporateRate="false", requested the rate returned is not based on a requested Corporate Discount.

Use of the Corporate Rate Indicator varies by provider, see Associated Transactions for details.

Associated Transactions