Product - Shopping Flashcards
Sold out vs empty cells
- Sold out: shows a price w/ fictitious RBD, not bookable
- Empty cells: doesn’t show any price
Non-combinable FF
Feature to show all FF in inbound even if not combinable with choice on outbound
QF implementation of Flex Premium
- [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
Shopping in DAPI goes to
SSP directly, not DIG
ATC Shopper and Pricing Gateway
ATC Shopper doesn’t call the Pricing Gateway (unlike ATC Pricing)
DEI 109
ATPCo element for meal codes
Limitations of AirShopping as an API for shopping
- Doesn’t support Premium
- Doesn’t return OfferIDs
Max number of segments for shopping
6
Shopping in cryptic
MP expert
Cryptic command for MP expert
FXD [Distribution]
Instant: tyical SLA
90% accuracy of cache (findability and bookability) compared to FP or MP: called “findability” fr cache
Instant: MCP and ?
And what do they do?
MCP Massive Computation Platform: computes prices
MSP Massive Search Platform: stores
How do we test the quality of Instant
Several products, comparing to FP or MP, etc.
Where are Flex modes configured
ACP (A Configuration Platform)
Who checks Flex modes to be used
DC does (from ACP) but SSP FE does it again and returns an error if not correct
Exact definition of Findability
90% findability = out of 50 cheapest expected, 45 are really cheapest, 5 might not be
Biggest airline in terms of shopping volume
BA by far, mostly NDC part
Max # of FF for Flex Premium
10
Use of mini rules
Display fare conditions in shoppig like exchange/refund
Where do we file CFF in ATPCo
Record S8
Look2book authorised in SQ NDC contract
400 Flex or 4000 Massive per booking
Cost of excess transactions for Shopping in SQ NDC contract
1ct for Flex, 1s for 20x Massive
