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1	What does the PenaltyList

block mean (AirShoppingRS)?

Fare penalties informarion block.

Penalties types

tag mean in response?

This is the list of fare penalties, which contains:

NO-SHOW (NS) —

a situation, when

if the passenger

fails

failed to show for the flight before the check-in closing and notify the carrier of cancelling the carriage

.

PRIOR DEPARTURE (PDE) —

penalties if

if the passenger want

before departure

to change the conditions of transportation on the previously purchased air

ticket.

ticket before departure
AFTER DEPARTURE (ADE)

— penalties if

— if the passenger want

after departure

to change the conditions of transportation on the previously purchased air

ticket.

ticket after departure

For a full rules of fare use findRules operation (documentation will be available soon)

You can see the full fare rules application by FareRulesRQ


2	What is the difference between LowFare and BrandedFares search

methods

types?

Low Fare search — search for offers with a minimal price. Solutions include information for a whole requested journey (no matter OW or RT).
Branded fares search — solutions include information only for requested slice of journey (only inbound or outbound itinerary). Pricing also divided by fare family and mostly includes 4 or 2 sub solutions (Basic Economy, Flex Economy, Basic Business, Flex Business) for each itinerary solution.

Check searchFlights operation overview for more details. Reference and samples are also available for both type of search

3

How to manage Travelers tag parameters in

the Travelers block in AirShoppingRQ

request?

You can add all obtainable types of passengers (adult, child, infant in a lap) in request and specify

there

their's quantity (from 0 to 9)
Code Block
language xml

themeConfluencetitleManage by quantitycollapsetrue

 <ns3:Travelers>
   <ns3:Traveler>
      <ns3:AnonymousTraveler>
         <ns3:PTC Quantity="1">ADT</ns3:PTC>
      </ns3:AnonymousTraveler>
   </ns3:Traveler>
      <ns3:Traveler>
      <ns3:AnonymousTraveler>
         <ns3:PTC Quantity="0">CHD</ns3:PTC>
      </ns3:AnonymousTraveler>
   </ns3:Traveler>
      <ns3:Traveler>
      <ns3:AnonymousTraveler>
         <ns3:PTC Quantity="0">INF</ns3:PTC>
      </ns3:AnonymousTraveler>
   </ns3:Traveler>
 </ns3:Travelers>

You can specify only the required types

Or you can add only several types of passengers with specified quantity
Code Block
language xml

themeConfluence

titleManage by PTCcollapsetrue

 <ns3:Travelers>
   <ns3:Traveler>
      <ns3:AnonymousTraveler>
         <ns3:PTC Quantity="1">ADT</ns3:PTC>
      </ns3:AnonymousTraveler>
   </ns3:Traveler>
 </ns3:Travelers>

4

Is it possible to search flights with

Where I can set the option +/- 1 day in request?

No.

It's not supported by API, but will be available soon
5	Is it possible to search for a complex route, or OW/RT only?	Yes

.

You can read about it here ( Oops! It will be a link to the documentation here as soon as possible!)

, Multi-City search with several stops between origin and destination is available for Branded fares type of search in searchFlights operation

Check searchFlights operation overview for more details. Reference and samples are also available for both type of search

6

How to search for partner flights (CodeShare or SPA)?

Explore user stories for CodeShare and SPA types of flights

6Is it possible to search for a partner flights (COdeShare/SPA)?

Yes.

You can read about it here Scenarios


7	Can I request only direct flights?	Yes.

It's necessary

For applying direct flight filter you have to specify the following parameter in search

parameter

request:

Code Block

language	xml

/Envelope /Body /AirShoppingRQ /Preferences /Preference /FlightPreferences /Characteristic /DirectPreferences="Preferred"

Code Block

language	xml

themeConfluencetitleDirect flight parametercollapsetruePreferences>

<Preferences>
   <Preference>
      <FlightPreferences>
         <Characteristic>       
		    <DirectPreferences>Preferred</DirectPreferences>
         </Characteristic>
      </FlightPreferences>
   </Preference>
</Preferences>

Check searchFlights operation overview for other search filters. Reference and samples are also available

8

Why

in the AirShoppingRS

we don't receive

the Ticket Designator

a ticket designator for CHD and INF

PTC

passenger types (CH25, IN00)

You can see this parameter in the ItinReshopRS.

You can see an example here OW + 2xADT 2xCHD 2xINF + Transfer + SPA | v0.35 | reprice operation

?	Ticket designator is sent by reprice operation. Explore the sample with request and response for all passenger types and try the full scenario. Reference for the operation is also available
9	Does

9Do

S7 have transit flights (

for example technical

flights with technical stops without

flight

flight number changing)?

Yes, but

you can see information about trasits only in

this flight legs details available only in searchFlights operation response. Check sample with a transit flight or try the full scenario

For the other operations, the level of a flight detalisation stops at segments level (transit info

AirShoppingRS. In other RQ/RS trasits information

isn't displayed

.

You can see an example here OW + 1xADT + Transit + S7 | v0.35 | searchFlights operation

)
10	I can't find a

10Is it possible to receive a

ticketing time limit in

AirShoppingRS?No. You can receive it only in OrderViewRS (RS to booking request).

search results, where is it?	Ticketing time limit is sent only by book operation. Explore samples and check reference for the operation
11	Will we

get in response flights that end

receive flights in search results, which arrives later than the specified slice date

specified

in

the search

request?

Yes, slice dates in request specify only solution's departure date, not arrival.

Dive deep into reference of searchFlights operation for details like this.

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