rev Fare Rules
IATA PADIS Codeset 9910 - Fare qualifier
BA accepts the following codes from codeset 9910 (754, 759, 758, 70G and 70J) where
754 means Flexible fare (cheapest flexible Fare of published or negotiated fares)
736 means Refundable fare
759 means Lowest fare (cheapest restricted fares of published and negotiated fares)
758 means Negotiated (Private) fare
70G means corporate fare although must be submitted with a corporate identifier also in the corporate sender section
70J means Non-Negotiated (Public) fare
758 with preference type is considered as Leisure fare
The Leisure fare should be specified as an attribute for the <Type> element.
The list of Leisure Fares are
- Tour Operator Deferred
- Tour Operator Semi-Deferred
- Contract Bulk
- Private Fare Adult
- Marine (currently disabled)
- Humanitarian
This is an XML example for the use of this attribute:
<Type PreferencesContext= "Inclusive Tour" > 758 </Type> |
British Airways offers two separate Tour Operator products:
- Tour Operator Deferred – Longer Ticketing Time Limit
- Tour Operator Semi Deferred – Shorter Ticketing Time Limit
The earlier-ticketing, Semi-Deferred fares are differentiated only by their name from the Deferred Fares in NDC. In line with the existing process, agents who wish to book a British Airways Leisure fare product must specify the name as part of the AirShopping request. To book one of these products agents must use either “Tour Operator Deferred” or “Tour Operator Semi Deferred” in the Fare Preference section of the API.
Here is an XML sample for the two products:
<Type PreferencesContext= "Tour Operator Deferred" > 758 </Type>
<Type PreferencesContext= "Tour Operator Semi Deferred" > 758 </Type> |
The Leisure Fare is assigned to the 'PreferencesContext' attribute within the 'Type' element.
As part of ‘Shop by Fare Type’ feature enhancement, agents will be able to search the flight offers by fare type (Negotiated, Non-Negotiated or Cheapest fare products).
The agent can pass the desired fare type (70J or 758) along with the fare flexibility type (754, 759).
The agent can:
- request for Non-Negotiated fares and receives Non-Negotiated fare offers
- request for Negotiated fares and receives Negotiated fare offers
- request for Non-Negotiated and Negotiated fares and receives the list of offers and every offer should be either Negotiated fare offer or Non-Negotiated fare offer
- receive Cheapest fare offers if no fare type (Negotiated or Non-Negotiated) is provided
Note
- Only agents with Amadeus account code are eligible to receive Negotiated fare offers.
- If agent requests both Negotiated/Non-Negotiated fare type along with Leisure fare type, Leisure fare takes the precedence and returns leisure fare offers.
- If the agent did not specify the fare flexibility (restricted-759 or flexible-754), the system considers restricted fare type (759) by default
Fare Rules
To obtain fare rules in the response include a additional <Type> declaration and pass <Type>722</Type> in your request.
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