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Product - Shopping Flashcards

1
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Search =

A

Customer asking for route+dates so includes:
- Inspiration so only Instant Search
- Request part of shopping

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Types of partners for qualified and unqualified traffics

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Qualified: TAs & TMCs
Unqualified: OTAs & Metas

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Steps of shopping

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  • Flight Exploration
  • Fare Exploration
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Steps of Fare Exploration

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  • Fare selection:
    Wich fares are in scope -> fare path graph
  • Fare path explorer
    Find the cheapest fares
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5
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Algorithm for non-exhaustive search

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Branch & Bound

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Flex ITI mode

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Calculates price only for full itinerary. No details at bound level

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Choice of Flex mode can be by

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Routes

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Flex ITI mode: what is the typical website flow

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1) Choose both dates from a calendar
2) Upsell FF at itinerary level
3) Choose exact flight on both dates

No price is ever shown by bound

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9
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Evolutions of Flex modes

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ITI -> OWD (to display bound split for info)
-> Premium (to fill the holes of OWD due to the limited number of recos)
-> OWC (for more user flexiblity)

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Flex OWD mode

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Calculates the price only for full itinerary. Splits per bound for display.
No information can be given until all bounds chosen. When a bound recommendation is selected, the other bound is refreshed.

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Flex OWD mode limitations

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Due to limited number of recommendations, not all bounds/FF prices are available so in upsell steps, some cells are empty

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Flex OWD mode: what is the typical website flow

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1) Choose both dates from a calendar
2) Upsell FF at bound level
3) Choose exact flight on first date
The prices of the return flights are updated by the UI without a new FP call

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Main difference between OWD and OWC

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In OWD, the prices of the return flights are updated when the outbound is selected

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Flex OWC mode

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Price of the 2 bounds are independent. This requires dedicated filing

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15
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Restriction of filing to use OWC

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Can use Cat 6 (Min stay) & Cat 7 (Max stay)
Cannot use Cat 10 (fare combinability - which links the fares of the 2 bounds)

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Flex OWC mode: what is the typical website flow

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1) Select outbound and see a price
2) Select inbound and see an independent price

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Flex Premium

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  • Outbound request: recommendations for outbound/FF only (as the cheapest whatever inbound/FF is)
  • Inbound request: recommendations for inbound/FF considering selected outbound/FF
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Main difference between OWD and Premium

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In Premium, the update of inbound after outbound selection is done with a Shopping call, not by the UI

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Flex Dual Mode

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UI display allowing calendar and upsell in the same screen (not a Flex feature)

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Easy Round Trip

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Increase the number of returned TS by removing the ones that can be deduced from others

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21
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Typical example of CFF

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CFF for Eco lists:
- Eco Special, Eco Basic
- Premium Eco
CFF for Business lists:
- Business Flex Plus

22
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Range of Flex Calendars depending on the modes

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  • ITI, OWD, Premium: +/- 3 extended to 7
  • OWC: +/- 7 extended to 15
    [C Calendar]
23
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Number of FF in Flex depending on the modes

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  • ITI, OWD: up to 6
  • OWC, Premium: up to 10

ITI doesn’t allow mix of FF

[sticks to chase hens]

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Number of travel solutions in Flex depending on the modes

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  • ITI, OWD: 20 (10 per bounds or 20 for one way ITI)
  • OWC: 20 per bound
  • Premium: 50 per bound

[poor shoes -> hives=plenty]

25
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CFF definition: where

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FareXpert or ATPCo Branded Fares

26
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Easy Round Trip vs

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All Recos

27
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Max output of Flex is defined by

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Message size (235kb) and settings (not the number of recos)

[enamel]

28
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Flex: Sold out

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Create sense of urgency with a strike through ficticious price

29
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Flex: Empty cells: reasons

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No flight found, No fare found, Sold out

30
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Configuration of AAS in Flex: where

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FareXpert or ATPCo Branded Fares

31
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AAS in Flex: 2 versions

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  • At FF level (“from”price and up to 20 svc)
  • At reco level (ATPCo price and up to 5 chargeable)
32
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Benefits of Branded Fares in ATPCo

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Aligns all channels

33
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Technical process with Branded Fares vs FareXpert

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If CFF not found in ATPCo, goes to FareXpert

34
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Flex Pricer for Complex Itinerary (multi-city): limitations (3)

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Same FF for the whole trip
6 segments
6 FF

35
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Flex: mixed cabins

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Possible per bound but needs to be requested by user in input

36
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Flex options to create a sense of urgency (3)

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Sold out, Last Seat Indicator, Popularity Message (based on static rules)

37
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Flex feature for stricken through old price: works with which features

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Fare by Rules, corporate code, AAM

38
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Mini rules

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Short and readable description of fare rules & restrictions

39
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Mini rules: how does it work

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Interpret some categories only (just a few)

40
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Flex stop over: customer input

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Place & number of nights at stop over for each bound

41
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How does Easy Round Trip work

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For a given FF and same price, if a group of bounds are combinables between one another, we group all recos into a few recos just so that each bound appears at least once

42
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Opposite of “Calendar”

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“Travel Board”

43
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Smart Switch

A

Orchestrator for MasterPricer to sometimes default to Instant for improved response time

44
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Additional benefit of OWC

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Better response time

45
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Typical markets for OWC

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Domestic markets

46
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Pricing after shopping

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Pricing by fare basis to ensure alignment

47
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Typical number of recos returned

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200

48
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Typical OWD response time

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2.5s [nails]

49
Q

MCP and MSP

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MCP (Massive Computation Platform) for computation offline
MSP (Massive Search Platform) for storage and search

50
Q

MetaConnect replaces

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Multiple FP calls but also MP calls (Kayak getting GoVoyages, etc.)

51
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Instant feature for marketing campaigns

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Can define a campaign in FareXpert which will increase the frequency of the cache refresh if scope<5% of data domain and refresh less the rest

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