Vehicle Search by Merchant Rates

Vehicle Search Availability supports multiple Merchant Rates. A Merchant Rate is the ability to request multiple vendor/ multiple specific-pickup-locations in a single request.

Previously, Universal API VehicleSearchAvailability supported one pickup and return location, and one Corporate Discount number, Loyalty number, Tour Code number, and Coupon number. Vehicle v.31.0 search functionality for Merchant Rates allows users search multiple vendor and pickup locations and associate up to five search parameters per vendor code/pickup location, with a maximum of ten vendors.

Search Parameters per vendor/pickup occurrence are:

Request

Universal API determines whether a request in a "Merchant Rate" request when VehicleDateLocation/VendorLocation attributes are used to request. These parameters are:

Response

Valid return locations are:

Note: When more than one VehicleDateLocation/VendorLocation/ @Type=”Pickup” are present, the user must associate all RateModifers and Loyalty Cards to the requested Pickup and Return Locations by using the following attributes:

Errors