Product - Shopping

Question 1

Sold out vs empty cells

Answer 1

• Sold out: shows a price w/ fictitious RBD, not bookable
• Empty cells: doesn’t show any price

Question 2

Non-combinable FF

Answer 2

Feature to show all FF in inbound even if not combinable with choice on outbound

Question 3

QF implementation of Flex Premium

Answer 3

• [BoundCalculation] First call to get outbound fares
• [BoundUpdate] When they are displayed and before the customer clicks on any of them, second request for inbound fares using the cheapest fare for the first outbound flight

Question 4

Shopping in DAPI goes to

Answer 4

SSP directly, not DIG

Question 5

ATC Shopper and Pricing Gateway

Answer 5

ATC Shopper doesn’t call the Pricing Gateway (unlike ATC Pricing)

Question 6

DEI 109

Answer 6

ATPCo element for meal codes

Question 7

Limitations of AirShopping as an API for shopping

Answer 7

• Doesn’t support Premium
• Doesn’t return OfferIDs

Question 8

Max number of segments for shopping

Answer 8

6

Question 9

Shopping in cryptic

Answer 9

MP expert

Question 10

Cryptic command for MP expert

Answer 10

FXD [Distribution]

Question 11

Instant: tyical SLA

Answer 11

90% accuracy of cache (findability and bookability) compared to FP or MP: called “findability” fr cache

Question 12

Instant: MCP and ?
And what do they do?

Answer 12

MCP Massive Computation Platform: computes prices
MSP Massive Search Platform: stores

Question 13

How do we test the quality of Instant

Answer 13

Several products, comparing to FP or MP, etc.

Question 14

Where are Flex modes configured

Answer 14

ACP (A Configuration Platform)

Question 15

Who checks Flex modes to be used

Answer 15

DC does (from ACP) but SSP FE does it again and returns an error if not correct

Question 16

Exact definition of Findability

Answer 16

90% findability = out of 50 cheapest expected, 45 are really cheapest, 5 might not be

Question 17

Biggest airline in terms of shopping volume

Answer 17

BA by far, mostly NDC part

Question 18

Max # of FF for Flex Premium

Answer 18

10

Question 19

Use of mini rules

Answer 19

Display fare conditions in shoppig like exchange/refund

Question 20

Where do we file CFF in ATPCo

Answer 20

Record S8

Question 21

Look2book authorised in SQ NDC contract

Answer 21

400 Flex or 4000 Massive per booking

Question 22

Cost of excess transactions for Shopping in SQ NDC contract

Answer 22

1ct for Flex, 1s for 20x Massive