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User Guidance - Service Input Parameters
Input Parameters	Type	Optional/Mandatory
Request Object	SeatAvailabilityRQ	M

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<SeatAvailabilityRQ>

XML Example for the following elements

Code Block

language	xml

<SeatAvailabilityRQ Version="17.2" xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/EDIST">

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Code Block
Version (Attribute)

Specify NDC schema message version. Always pass 17.2

Info
Note: This is a mandatory attribute in NDC schema. The service will not validate what is being passed in this attribute

M

<Document>

XML Example for the following elements

Code Block

language	xml

<Document>
        <Name>NDC</Name>
        <ReferenceVersion>17.2</ReferenceVersion>
</Document>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Document

NDC Message Document information

M

Name

Document name will be always NDC

O

ReferenceVersion

Will It will be NDC version.

O

<PointOfSale>

XML Example for the following elements

Code Block

language	xml

<ns:PointOfSale>
    <ns:Location>
        <ns:CountryCode>IT</ns:CountryCode>
        <ns:CityCode>ROM</ns:CityCode>
    </ns:Location>
    <ns:RequestTime Zone = "CET">2019-01-28T07:01:00</ns:RequestTime>
</ns:PointOfSale>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

PointOfSale

Point of Sale information.

M

Location

Point of sale location information.

O

CountryCode

Country Code

M

CityCode

Airport or City Code

M

RequestTime

Point Of Sale Timestamp value

Example: 2017-01-13T13:59:38Z

MO

Zone (Attribute)

Point of Sale timezone

Example : UTC, CET

MO

<Party>

XML Example for the following elements

Normal bookings/B2C bookings

Code Block

language	xml

<ns:Party>
    <ns:Sender>
        <ns:AgentUserSender>
            <ns:Name>CHANNEL NAME</ns:Name>
            <ns:AgentUserID>CHANNEL CODE</ns:AgentUserID>
        </ns:AgentUserSender>
    </ns:Sender>
    <ns:Recipient>
        <ns:ORA_Recipient>
            <ns:AirlineID>AIRLINE CODE</ns:AirlineID>
            <ns:Name>AIRLINE NAME</ns:Name>
        </ns:ORA_Recipient>
    </ns:Recipient>
</ns:Party>

B2B login/travel agent login

Code Block

language	xml

<edis:Party>
    <edis:Sender>
        <edis:AgentUserSender>
            <edis:OtherIDs>
                <edis:OtherID Description = "Booking Channel ID">CHANNEL CODE given by IBS</edis:OtherID>
            </edis:OtherIDs>
            <edis:AgentUserID Owner = "Agency code">Agent id</edis:AgentUserID>
        </edis:AgentUserSender>
    </edis:Sender>
    <edis:Recipient>
        <edis:ORA_Recipient>
            <edis:AirlineID>AIRLINE CODE</edis:AirlineID>
            <edis:Name>AIRLINE NAME</edis:Name>
        </edis:ORA_Recipient>
    </edis:Recipient>
</edis:Party>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Party

Party & Sender Definition

M

Sender

Message Sender information.

M

AgentUserSender

Agent User Sender Details

M

Name

Agency Seller Name

M

AgentUserID

User ID of the Agent

Info

AgentUserID

In case of B2C bookings, AgentUserID holds the channel code.

Example:

Code Block
<ns:AgentUserID>CHANNELXXX</ns:AgentUserID>

M

Owner (Attribute)

Airline designator or CRS code of the owner/ assigner of the Offer ID, typically used for offer ordering purposes.

Info

Owner (Attribute)

In case of a Travel Agent booking, Owner value will be the Agency Code.

Example:

Code Block
<edis:AgentUserID Owner = "TravelDestiny">TravelAgent1</edis:AgentUserID>

O

OtherIDs

Additional Agency (Seller) identification

O

OtherID

Other Identifier

M

Description (Attribute)

Other identification description.

Info

Description (Attribute)

In case of a Travel Agent Booking, Description value will be “Booking Channel ID”

M

Recipient

Named Message Recipient.

M

ORA_Recipient

SUPPLIER: ORA (Offer Originating Airline)

Recipient.

M

AirlineID

Airline ID

M

Name

Airline Name

M

Owner (Attribute)

Agency Code in Case of B2B

M

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<Query>

XML Example for Query Object

SeatAvailability request for selected flights in the Selected Offer

Code Block

language	xml

<ns:Query>
      <ns:Offer OfferID="OF1-eJx9zkEKwjAUBNATWfKn-cnPMtYWXNhijWBWc-9bmCBSdeEsB.Yx4kUQJQ7inTCVPG.JojGYKVwLH1di8EznJXO6b5zGdVkvhT2CRuMtsy4YtOtxkA8uslrpdGycBYXtnAAs4yy-niE0rxDsTTv35RkrVh..PKvNfs-5f17CG6R7AvtjPfI_" Owner="AIRLINE CODE" ResponseID="tx-08-201-f7e19798-c640-48e4">
       	  <ns:SegmentID>V1_SEG.1</ns:SegmentID>
          <ns:SegmentID>V1_SEG.2</ns:SegmentID>
      </ns:Offer>
</ns:Query>

SeatAvailability request for all flights in the Selected Offer

Code Block

language	xml

<ns:Query>
      <ns:Offer OfferID="OF1-eJx9zkEKwjAUBNATWfKn-cnPMtYWXNhijWBWc-9bmCBSdeEsB.Yx4kUQJQ7inTCVPG.JojGYKVwLH1di8EznJXO6b5zGdVkvhT2CRuMtsy4YtOtxkA8uslrpdGycBYXtnAAs4yy-niE0rxDsTTv35RkrVh..PKvNfs-5f17CG6R7AvtjPfI_" Owner="AIRLINE CODE" ResponseID="tx-08-201-f7e19798-c640-48e4">
      </ns:Offer>
</ns:Query>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

<Query>Query

Core Query for SeatAvailabilty

M

<Offer>Offer

To get a Seat Info using shortsell, the client should use this tag to provide details.

M

OfferID (Attribute)

This is the OfferID returned in AirShoppingRS for the Selected offer the customer wishes to book the flight.

Tip

Mapping Logic: From the selected Offer of AirShoppingRS

Xpath:/AirShoppingRS/OffersGroup/AirlineOffers/Offer/OfferID (Attribute)

M

ResponseID (Attribute)

ResponseID value

This is the ResponseID returned in AirShoppingRS

Info

This response ID will be available in AirShoppingRS in future release.

Now dummy response value can be set in this attribute field.

Example: "tx-08-201-f7e19798-c640-48e4"

M

Owner (Attribute)

Should be always set to Airline Code

M

<SegmentID>SegmentID

Reference to the segment for which seat maps are required.
The segmentID SegmentID can be obtained from the previous service.
The absence of this element is equivalent to an all-segments request.

Info

This SegmentID information is given to filter the segment wise Seat Map offers from a multiple segment itinerary.

SegmentID can be obtained from the AirShoppingRS in case of OrderCreation Flow.

Note

General Recommendation is to trigger SeatAvailabilityRQ with single segment.

Requested flight segment

needs to

Should be part of the OfferId.

Tip

Mapping Logic: Segment details of selected Offer from AirShoppingRS.

Xpath:/AirShoppingRS/DataLists/FlightSegmentList/FlightSegment/SegmentKey (Attribute)

O

<DataLists>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

<PassengerList>PassengerList

Passenger data list definition/details.

M

Code Block

language	xml

<ns:DataLists>
    <ns:PassengerList>
        <ns:Passenger PassengerID = "V1_PAX.1">
            <ns:PTC>ADT</ns:PTC>
        </ns:Passenger>
        <ns:Passenger PassengerID = "V1_PAX.2">
            <ns:PTC>CHD</ns:PTC>
        </ns:Passenger>
    </ns:PassengerList>
</ns:DataLists>

Passenger

Any person except members of the crew carried or to be carried with the consent of the carrier, on board of any transport vehicle such as aircraft, train, bus, ship.

M

PassengerID (Attribute)

Uniquely identifies a Passenger within the context of one message.

Example: V1_PAX.1, V1_PAX.2 ,V1_PAX.3

M

PTC

Type code applying to the Passenger which typically drives pricing (e.g. .

Example: ADT, CHD, etc).INF

OM

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User Guidance - Service Input Parameters

<SeatAvailabilityRQ>

XML Example for the following elements

<Document>

XML Example for the following elements

<PointOfSale>

XML Example for the following elements

<Party>

XML Example for the following elements

<Query>

XML Example for Query Object

<DataLists>