Once the shopping request is received, the Supplier will process and generate one or several Offers that meet the criteria included in the request as fully as possible.
Each of the Offer returned by the Supplier will include a set of acceptance rules that specify the combinability and retailing conditions of the Offer and each service part of the Offer will have a dedicated Settlement Value.
Each Offer returned by the Supplier includes:
A Unique identifier for the Offer (OfferID)
Additional IDs such as the OfferItemID(s) and ServiceID(s)
Service details such as flight details including timings, classes of service, baggage allowances and charges, and any other service information that the Supplier wishes to be provided to the Customer
Settlement values: including applicable currency, fare, surcharges, carrier-imposed fees (e.g. YQ/YR)
Settlement Conditions e.g. Immediate settlement or settlement performed after the delivery completion
Acceptance rules including:
Offer construction conditions on how the Offer should be used, processed, considered and integrated in the overall Offer proposed to the Customer. These conditions can include:
Combinability rules: describing how this offer should be further processed and combined with the Retailer Offer
Example
Through check-in conditions (IATCI) (optional)
Offer Retailing conditions on how the Offer should be retailed to the customer. These can include:
Price condition on how the offer is retailed
Example
price disclosure, price range, price tagOther Offer attributes, which can include the connection conditions, such as the minimum connection time (MCTs)
Disclosure requirements such as:
Operating carrier (if different from marketing)
Surcharges
Taxes
Carrier-imposed fees
Any other government-mandated or relevant disclosures