Expanded Fare Quote Best Buy (16 Segments)

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1 Expanded Fare Quote Best Buy (16 Segments) Version 1 Effective Date June 18, 2008 PA Number Impact to Galileo / Apollo Users Impact to Galileo / Apollo Suppliers Reason for Issue High Level Description Product Affected PA544 Action Required Galileo Users Information Only First Notification Enhance the request for Best Buy processing for itineraries containing up to 16 active flight segments on Galileo core systems, including new response messages for Best Buy processing on itineraries greater than 8 segments. Product Action No Action Required Required Terminal Emulation Galileo Desktop GWS (Galileo Web Services)** Galileo Structured Data Apollo Structured Data ML Select** Galileo Fares Interface (GFI)** Developer Advisory No Send 90 Day Advisory Yes Required **If action is required, a Developer Advisory will also be required.

2 Copyright 2008 Travelport. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of those agreements. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use without the written permission of Travelport. Trademarks Travelport may have patents or pending patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Travelport. All other companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Note about Examples All screen examples and other inserts associated with system output are provided for illustration purposes only. They are provided as illustrative examples of system functionality and are not meant to represent actual screen responses, fares or fare levels.

3 OVERVIEW Currently, Galileo system offers the ability to request a Best Buy quotation from a booked itinerary with up to 8 active flight segments in order to retrieve the lowest possible fare. As travel patterns and associated fare structures become increasingly complex, some itineraries now contain more than 8 active flights segments. This enhancement delivers the ability to request Best Buy processing for itineraries containing up to 16 active flight segments on Galileo. In some markets, a limited number of Galileo subscribers may already have their locations configured to process Best Buy transactions with up to 16 segments. KEY FEATURES All Best Buy transactions including Best Buy Compare (FQBBC) and Best Buy Regardless of Availability (FQBBA) are supported with this enhancement. Interactive link statusing will also be maintained in order to validate last seat availability in real-time using vendor links, where available and active for all carriers in the transaction. New screen responses apply for Best Buy transactions greater than 8 segments. DETAIL With this enhancement, Best Buy processing will now return fares for itineraries with up to 16 segments. Best Buy Processing: The Galileo Best Buy processing will be as follows: FQBB FQBA FQBC FQBK Quote Best Buy for up to 16 segments. Quote Best Buy irregardless of availability for up to 16 segments. Quote Best Buy calculate the saving between the fare for the itinerary as booked and the fare after the rebook for up to 16 segments. The Best Buy rebook will be increased to 16 segments. Performance: In order to shorten response times for larger itineraries and mitigate potential transaction timeout responses, Galileo system will limit both the number and types of pricing solutions that are generated from a Best Buy request. A ceiling of 1500 fare combinations will be interrogated for the entire itinerary, this limitation will not be invoked for requests involving 8 segments or less.

4 Revised Galileo response screens: The response will be the same as the current response for all Galileo itineraries when the Best Buy request is for 8 or less segments. Minor screen changes are associated to activation of this enhancement for itineraries greater than 8 segments. This provides for an increase volume of data to be displayed on the screen in order to accommodate additional segment information. When the Best Buy response is for greater than 8 segments, two lines will display for the rebook information. The first rebook line will display the rebook information for the first 8 segments. The second rebook line will display the rebook information for segments The system will rebook the itinerary when FQBBK is entered. Below is an example of the Galileo Best Buy rebook screen with greater than 8 segments. >FQBBS1-11 *** BEST BUY QUOTATION *** LOWEST FARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ITINERARY *** REBOOK BF SEGMENTS 1M/2M/3M/4M/5M/6M/7V/8M *** *** REBOOK BF SEGMENTS 9M/10M/11M *** PSGR QUOTE BASIS FARE TAES TOTAL PSG DES FQG 1 ME211QN0 GBP ADT GUARANTEED GRAND TOTAL INCLUDING TAES **** GBP ADT RATE USED IN EQU TOTAL IS BSR 1USD GBP ADT LAST DATE TO PURCHASE TICKET: 11AUG07 TO REBOOK ENTER >FQBBK When multiple passenger types are applicable for an FQBB (Quote Best Buy) request, and different booking codes are required to price each passenger type, currently the itinerary is not priced and the following message is returned. >FQBBP1.2*C5.3*INF/CVH BOOKING CLASS/BF MAY NEED DIVIDING-TRY SINGLE PASSENGER DESCRIPTION

5 With this enhancement, when a Best Buy request includes multiple passenger types and requires different booking codes to price each passenger, the following new screen is displayed. >FQBBP1.2*MIL *** BEST BUY QUOTATION *** LOWEST FARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ITINERARY DIVIDE BOOKING FILE TO REBOOK. TICKET SEPARATELY *** REBOOK BF SEGMENTS 1H/2H/3L/4G/5N/6N/7L/8H/9H *** PSGR QUOTE BASIS FARE TAES TOTAL PSG DES FQG 1 H2 GBP ADT GUARANTEED *** REBOOK BF SEGMENTS 1H/2H/3L/4G/7L/8H/9H *** FQG 2 H2 GBP ADT GUARANTEED GRAND TOTAL INCLUDING TAES **** GBP The rebook information is displayed for each passenger. Error Messages: The number in the current error response will be changed from 8 to 16 for BB, BBC, and BBA. >FQBB MAIMUM OF 16 SEGMENTS ALLOWED FOR BEST BUY ENTRY

6 Appendix A Pricing Modifiers (Galileo) All applicable Best Buy modifiers will continue to be allowed for itineraries greater than 8 segments. Modifiers Format Expected Results Name Select FQBBPn FQBBPn.n Best Buy for a specific passenger Best Buy for multiple passengers Passenger Description FQBB*ptc FQBBPn.n*ptc Best Buy for all psgrs using the specified PTC Best Buy for specific psgrs using the specified PTC For the above entries, if no PTC fare is found or a lower non PTC fare is available, quote the non-ptc fare and display the message BEST FARE FOR THIS PASSENGER Personal Geography FQBBPn**ptc FQBB*ptcLcty code FQBB*ptcLncnty code Best Buy only a PTC fare. If no PTC fare is found the quote fails. Best Buy for all passengers using the specified PTC and personal city geography Best Buy for all passengers using the specified PTC and personal country geography For the above entries, if no PTC fare is found or a lower non PTC fare is available, QRCF the non-ptc fare and display the message BEST FARE FOR THIS PASSENGER Segment Select FQBBSn FQBBSn-n Best Buy for the specific segment Best Buy for a range of segments Penalty Modifier FQBB/Penn Best Buy a fare that has no penalty greater than nn Minimum / Maximum stay restriction FQBB:NM FQBB:MM FQBB:N FQBB:AP percent Best Buy a fare that has no minimum stay restriction Best Buy a fare that has no minimum or maximum stay req. Best Buy a fare that has no maximum stay restriction Best Buy a fare with no advance purchase restriction Advance Purchase restriction No restrictions FQBB:NR Best Buy fares with no restrictions Future Ticketing date FQBB.Tddmmm Quote best available fare for a future ticketing date Quotes but does not file the fare. The display has the message UNABLE TO FILE - TICKETING DATE SPECIFIED Selling / Ticketing City override Tax exempt FQBB.LHRPAR FQBBTE FQBBTE-tax code FQBB:CAD Best Buy using LHR as the selling city PAR is ticketing city. Best Buy a fare with all taxes exempt that can be exempt. Best Buy a fare exempting a specific tax code. Equivalent fare in Best Buy a fare with an equivalent fare in CAD specific currency Search for fares filed in FQBB::USD Best Buy fares filed in the currency specified specified currency Override booking date FQBBT Best Buy a fare priced as if booked today (not G status) Connection modifier FQBBn Best Buy a fare with a connection at specific segment Best Buy a fare with connections at multiple

7 Modifiers Format Expected Results FQBBn.n segments Stopover modifier FQBBOn Best Buy a fare with a stopover at specific a segment Best Buy a fare with a stopover at specific segments FQBBOn.n Only Break FQBBOBn FQBBOBn.n Best Buy a fare with a breaks only at specific a segment Best Buy a fare with a breaks only at multiple segments May Break FQBBMBn Best Buy a fare that must have a break at a specific segment No Break FQBBNBn Best Buy a fare with no break at a specific segment Private Fares only FQBB:P Best Buy a private fare only Public Fares only FQBB:N Best Buy a public fare only Airline Private Fares only Agency Private Fares only Private Fares Account Code Private Fares with specified account code only Private Fares pseudo city Private Fares account code and specific rule ID FQBB:A FQBB:G FQBB-acct FQBB-: acct FQBB-acct*pcc FQBB-acct@@ruleid Best Buy an airline private fare only Best Buy an agency private fare only Best Buy and consider fares filed with the account code specified Best Buy only a fare filed with the account code specified Best Buy a Private fares and account code from a specific pseudo city Best Buy Private fares, account code and rule id (APF only) Plating Carrier FQBBCcc Best Buy using the specified plating carrier Electronic Ticket FQBBET Best Buy a fare that is valid for electronic ticketing Paper Ticket FQBBPT Best Buy a fare that is valid for paper ticketing Ticketing agency override FQBBTAxxxx All follow-on entries applicable to Galileo FQBB will be available: Best Buy a fare applying Plating carrier logic based on Ticketing Agency PCC specified. (xxxx = PCC of ticketing agency) FQN - Display Fare Components (assumes first quote) FQNn - Display Fare Components for a specific quote (n equals quote # ) FQN then FN# - Display Rule categories for a specific component FQN then FN#/ALL - Display all rule text for a specific component FQN then FN#/P# - Display rule text for a specific component and category FQN then FN#/P#.# - Display rule text for a component and multiple categories FQN then FN#/P#-# - Display rule text for a component and a range of categories FQN then FN#/S - Display Rule summary for a fare component FQN then FR# - Display Routings for a specific component FNSn - Display rules for a NA quote (n equals segment #) FRSn - Route Follow-on for NA quote (n equals segment #) FQL - Display vertical fare ladder FQLn - Display vertical fare ladder for a specific quote (n equals quote #) F*Q - Display linear FI - Ignore fare quote

8 IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE June 18, 2008 ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS N/A