SeatAvailabilityRQ - ShortSell

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Last updated: Dec 23, 2020
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User Guidance - Service Input Parameters

Input Parameters

Type

Optional/Mandatory

Request Object

SeatAvailabilityRQ

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  • <SeatAvailabilityRQ>

  • <Document>

  • <Party>

  • <Query>

  • <DataLists>

 

<SeatAvailabilityRQ>

XML Example for the following elements

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

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Version (Attribute)

Specify NDC schema message version. Always pass 17.2

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

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<Document>

<Document>

XML Example for the following elements

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

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Document

NDC Message Document information

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Name

Document name will be always NDC

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ReferenceVersion

It will be NDC version.

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<PointOfSale>

<PointOfSale>

XML Example for the following elements

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

PointOfSale

Point of Sale information.

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Location

Point of sale location information.

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CountryCode

Country Code

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CityCode

Airport or City Code

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RequestTime

Point Of Sale Timestamp value

 Example: 2017-01-13T13:59:38Z

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Zone (Attribute)

Point of Sale timezone

 Example : UTC, CET

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<Party>

XML Example for the following elements

Normal bookings/B2C bookings

B2B login/travel agent login

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Party

Party & Sender Definition

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Sender

Message Sender information.

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AgentUserSender

Agent User Sender Details

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Name

Agency Seller Name

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AgentUserID

User ID of the Agent

AgentUserID

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

Example:

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Owner (Attribute)

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

Owner (Attribute)

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

Example:

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OtherIDs

Additional Agency (Seller) identification

O

OtherID

Other Identifier

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Description (Attribute)

Other identification description.

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Recipient

Named Message Recipient.

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ORA_Recipient

SUPPLIER: ORA (Offer Originating Airline)

Recipient.

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AirlineID

Airline ID

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Name

Airline Name

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Owner (Attribute)

Agency Code in Case of B2B

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<Query>

<Query>

XML Example for Query Object

SeatAvailability request for selected flights in the Selected Offer

SeatAvailability request for all flights in the Selected Offer

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Query

Core Query for SeatAvailabilty

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Offer

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

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OfferID (Attribute)

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

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ResponseID (Attribute)

ResponseID value

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Owner (Attribute)

Should be always set to Airline Code

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SegmentID

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

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<DataLists>

<DataLists>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

PassengerList

Passenger data list definition/details.

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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.

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PassengerID (Attribute)

Uniquely identifies a Passenger within the context of one message.

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

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PTC

Type code applying to the Passenger which typically drives pricing.

Example: ADT, CHD, INF

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