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Definitions And Terminology Flashcards

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Adult

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A flight passenger who has reached his/her twelfth birthday by the day of departure (not including youth discounts).

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Accompanied child

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A child traveling together with an adult fare-paying passenger

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Airport

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A building used to process air passengers.

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Airport user fee

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A charge imposed on a passenger by an airport for the use of its facilities.

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Baggage allowance

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The limitations on baggage that an airline permits the carriage of by its passengers, included in the price of a ticket and without additional cost, and that is determined according to either the Piece Concept or the Weight Concept.

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Baggage claim area

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The part of the airport terminal used by a passenger for retrieval of checked baggage (generally a secured area, restricted to passengers and accessed before proceeding through customs on transborder/international flights).

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Baggage tag

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A receipt or claim ticket issued by a carrier for checked baggage

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Boarding pass

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A form given to a passenger that will indicate the number and row of the assigned seat.

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BSP

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Bank settlement plan

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Bulkhead seats

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Seats located at emergency exits or directly behind a cabin wall (for bassinets and extra leg room).

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Cabotage

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An international law that forbids a carrier of one country from transporting passengers between two airports within another country.

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Cancellation fee/penalty

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A fee charged to a passenger by an airline to cancel a reservation.

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Child (CH)

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A flight passenger between the ages of 2 and 12 inclusive.

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Circle trip

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A trip involving more than one destination and returning to the originating city by a different route.

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Client

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The customer who purchases a travel product (may or may not be the passenger).

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Commission

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A payment made by a wholesale travel supplier to a travel agent for selling of its products.

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Connection

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A flight that requires the passenger to change aircraft as part of the itinerary.

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Confirmed reservation

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A certification to a passenger by a carrier that the passenger holds a seat on an aircraft.

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Conjunction tickets

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A series of airline tickets for a journey of more than four legs.

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Consolidator

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A company that has a certain inventory of airline tickets to sell at special prices.

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Destination

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A place to which a passenger is traveling and where the journey ends.

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Direct flight

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A flight making a stop or stops between two cities that does not require a passenger to change flights.

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Discounted fare

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A fare sold at a price less than a normal fare (also SPECIAL FARE, EXCURSION FARE).

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Domestic travel

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Travel wholly within a country.

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Elapsed flying time

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Actual time spent in the air after time zones and stops have been deducted.

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Endorsement

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Special information relating to the use of a ticket, or particular coupons of a ticket, which is added to the appropriate box of an airline ticket for endorsements.

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Fare

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The price paid for a travel product, including air transportation.

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Fare rules

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The restrictions and conditions imposed on a fare type by an airline.

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Flight coupon

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A removable part of an airline ticket, setting out the flight reservations made for the passenger and used to identify the passenger at customs and at the departure gate.

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Flight number

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A minimum 3-digit number assigned by an airline to each flight itinerary.

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Gateway

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City serving as a major entry or departure point into or out of a foreign country.

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Inbound

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Travel from POT to destination.

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Infant

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A flight passenger who has not reached his/her 2nd birthday by the day of departure.

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Interline connection

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A journey involving a change of airline companies

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International travel

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Travel between Canada and all points that are neither domestic nor transborder.

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Itinerary

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Details of a passengers trip

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Joint fare

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A fare charged for a journey with an Interline connection

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Leg

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A portion of a ticketed journey

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Local fare

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The fare that applies to travel on a nonstop flight with one carrier.

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Locator number

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A computer reservation number given at the time of booking to enable quick access to file.

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Minimum connection time

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Minimum time legally needed to make a connection between two flights in a city.

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MCO

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Miscellaneous charge order

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No-show

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One who fails to cancel a ticket or use a reservation

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Online connection.

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A journey involving a change of aircraft of the same company.

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Open jaw

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Flying into one city and returning from a different city.

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Open ticket

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An airline ticket with unspecified travel dates

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Origin

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The places at which a journey commences

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Outbound

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Travel from origin to POT

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Overbooking

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Deliberate or unintentional reservation of more seats than are available

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OK

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An entry made on an airline ticket that indicates a confirmed seat in the status box

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Passenger

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On an aircraft, the air travellers or customers

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PC

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Place concept

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POT

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Point of turnaround

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Prepaid ticket advice

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An MCO that is issued at a city ticket office or airport to be exchanged for airline ticket(s)

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Request

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A ticket entry that indicates a wait list or request for a seat

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Round trip

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Travel from origin to POT and back again.

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Scheduled airline

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An airline flying a designated route in accordance with a published timetable

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Seasonality

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Refers to variations in fare levels according to time of year and passenger volume as determined by fare rules

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Segment

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A portion of a ticketed journey

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Skycot

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A bassinet provided on an aircraft for infants

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Standard administration forms

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Non-accountable documents without cash value used to process transactions

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Standard traffic documents

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Accountable documents with cash value, including airline tickets

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Standby

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A passenger who waits at the airport for a seat with no seat

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Status

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Refers to whether a reservation has been confirmed as to available space or is of some lesser standing

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Stopover

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A deliberate interruption of a journey

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Surface

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Means a ground segment in itinerary also known as ARNK

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Tax

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A government imposed charge or fee.

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Terminal

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A part of an airport used for embarking or disembarking

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Transborder travel

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Travel between Canada and the USA

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UM

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Unaccompanied minor

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Unaccompanied minor

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Child travelling by air without an adult.

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VIP

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Very important passenger/person

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Wait list

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Flight is sold out. Name is held by the airline pending a cancellation.

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Youth

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A passenger who has reached his/her 12th birthday but is not 21 years old.

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Apron

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The place on the Tarmac where the plane sits at the gate.

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Baggage room

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The area where the baggage is singled out into its respective destinations.

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Belts or carousel

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Circular conveyor on which the baggage is rotated for passenger to claim or the belt that takes the checked baggage into the baggage room.

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Bridge

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Direct connection from the terminal to the aircraft to load passengers.

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Gate

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Parking position where the plane gets service and passengers load and unload.

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Runway

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Where the plane takes off and lands.

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Terminal

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Building where all the passenger activity takes place.

Domestic Ticketing (10 decks)

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