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Airline

This capability allows an Airline to provide information that the payment will be facilitated via redirection of the Payer: to the Airline payment page or Airline’s other information page containing instructions how payment can be finalizedthe Seller to request from an Airline a set of Offers based on Origins, Destinations, and defined dates. The Seller may provide additional qualifiers and context which the Airline may consider in the content of the resulting offer(s).

Seller

This capability allows the Seller to inform an airline of intent to pay using a payment method identified as requiring redirection for either of the following situations:

1. Pay for an existing unpaid Order or Order Items 

2. Pay for a selected Offer or Offer Items towards the creation of an Order or Order Items

Preconditions

The airline supports payment via a process “offline” to their distribution platform e.g. payment gateway or other means like a page showing the details for a bank transfer.
The airline can be informed that a payment is processed.
The Seller wishes to pay for an Item be it an OfferItem or an OrderItem;

Limitations

N/A

Process

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Seller is presented with instructions by the airline on how to execute the up-coming “offline” payment by the customer, providing the specific payment method, out of the airline’s previously-presented list of supported payment methods (payment method catalogue). The information provided includes:

1. PaymentMethod (‘paymenttypecode' and other information)

2. Payment Redirection Acceptance Indicator

And optionally

3. PaymentBrandCode

4. A return URI

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An airline responds with details relating to the payment transaction 

1. A Payment ID

2. A payment status of PENDING 

3. A redirection URI

And optionally

4. An updated payment time limit

The airline updates the order status when the payment is at a final state and informs the seller that the payment status is now:

1. SUCCESSFUL

OR

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Airline to give a set of offers based on Origins, Destinations, and defined dates. The airline will consider additional qualifiers and context in the process of calculating the resulting offers.

Preconditions

• None

Process

1. Seller sends a shopping request with the origin(s) and destination(s) and travel dates and, at a minimum, specifying the PTC for each passenger.

   1. Seller may optionally provide additional qualifiers and context for the airline to consider

      1. E.g., Corporate ID when shopping for corporate customers, passenger’s loyalty program account

2. Airline responds with list of Offers according to the origin/destination, dates and PTC criteria

   1. Airline may include, where possible, in each offer which additional qualifiers and context it considered

Post Condition

Success

• Seller

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Failure

Seller informed of payment failure
Services statuses unchanged
Payment time limits are retained

Relevant Messages

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• is in receipt of airline offers

Failure

• No offers are returned, resulting in an Error message.

• Some of the requested offers are returned, resulting in a Warning within the response.

Relevant Messages

• AirShoppingRQ/RS

Relevant Worked Examples

Shop and Order a Flight For a Single Passenger [EXM_SHP_001]