#QuestionAnswer
1

What does the PenaltyList block mean (AirShoppingRS)?

Fare penalties informarion block.

(lightbulb)Penalties types:

NO-SHOW (NS) — a situation, when the passenger fails to show for the flight before the check-in closing and notify the carrier of cancelling the carriage.

PRIOR DEPARTURE (PDE) —  penalties if the passenger want before departure to change the conditions of transportation on the previously purchased air ticket.

AFTER DEPARTURE (ADE)  — penalties if the passenger want after departure to change the conditions of transportation on the previously purchased air ticket.

(lightbulb)You can see the full fare rules application by FareRulesRQ

2What is the difference between LowFare and BrandedFares search methods?
  1. Low Fare search — search for offers with a minimal price. Solutions include information for a whole requested journey (no matter OW or RT).
  2. 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.
3How to manage parameters in the Travelers block in AirShoppingRQ?

  1. You can add all types of passengers and specify there quantity (from 0 to 9)

     <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>


  2. You can specify only the required types

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


4Is it possible to search flights with the option +- 1 day?No.
5Is it possible to search for a complex route, or OW/RT only?

Yes.

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

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

Yes.

(lightbulb)You can read about it here Scenarios

7Can I request only direct flights?

Yes. It's necessary to specify the following search parameter:

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

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


8Why in the AirShoppingRS we don't receive the Ticket Designator for CHD and INF PTC (CH25, IN00)

You can see this parameter in the ItinReshopRS.

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

9Do S7 have transit flights (for example technical stops without flight number changing)?

Yes, but you can see information about trasits only in AirShoppingRS. In other RQ/RS trasits information isn't displayed.

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

10Is it possible to receive a ticketing time limit in AirShoppingRS?No. You can receive it only in OrderViewRS (RS to booking request).
11Will we get in response flights that end later than the date specified in the search?Yes.