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A fare basis code (often just referred to as a fare basis) is an alphabetic or alpha-numeric code used by airlines to identify a fare type and allow airline staff and travel agents to find the rules applicable to that fare. Although airlines now set their own fare basis codes, there are some patterns that have evolved over the years and may ...
The Airline Tariff Publishing Company (commonly known as ATPCO) is a privately held corporation that engages in the collection and distribution of fare and fare-related data for the airline and travel industry. ATPCO currently works with more than 440 airlines worldwide, and it supplies more than 99% of the industry’s intermediated fare data ...
The Fares data store contains fare tariffs, rule sets, routing maps, class of service tables, and some tax information that construct the price – "the fare". Rules like booking conditions (e.g. minimum stay, advance purchase, etc.) are tailored differently between different city pairs or zones, and assigned a class of service corresponding to ...
A fare basis code (often just referred to as a fare basis) can be 1-8 alphanumeric characters and is used to determine the price and restrictions on a ticket. Fare basis codes start with a letter called a fare code which almost always matches the booking class in which the reservation is booked. Example: Fare basis code WH7LNR tells us the ...
A ticket number, including the airline's three-digit code [2] at the start of the number; The cities between which the ticket is valid for travel; Flight for which the ticket is valid (unless the ticket is "open") Baggage allowance. (Not always visible on a printout but recorded electronically for the airline) Fare.
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The neutral unit of construction or neutral unit of currency (code: NUC) is a private currency used by the airline industry, [1] to record fare calculation information. [2] A set of exchange rates is issued by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) every month. [3]
United Airlines and Trans World Airlines followed in 1971 with the Apollo Reservation System and Programmed Airline Reservation System (PARS), respectively. Soon, travel agents began pushing for a system that could automate their side of the process by accessing the various ARSes directly to make reservations.