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The below guidance demonstrates how this is achieved today.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"text":"Baggage Concepts","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"At time of shopping, included baggage can be appear in two forms:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"as allowance information disclosed at the Offer level and/or","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"as actual Services within any of the OfferItems","type":"text"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"There are 3 main restrictions to cover to represent a Bag: Weight, Dimension, Pieces. Each item is optional, but if populated, represents a restriction. (Though it might be a rare case that piece, and dimension exist as a standalone dimension except when for a case where the number of pieces is zero)","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Weight","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Ability to support baggage expressed in weight , weight can be a range with Min and Max weight, and in Pounds or Kilograms. The Airline can return either Pounds or Kilograms, or both if they prefer. The Airline Has to specify a Max Weight, but no Min weight is required.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"xml"},"content":[{"text":"\n2\n23 Kgs Checked Baggage Allowance\nChecked\n\n\t\t23\n\t\t0.5\n\t\t23\n\t\tKGM\n\t\n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Piece and Weight","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Ability to support baggage expressed in pieces with associated weight, in this example, a simple integer is used to express the number of bags are allowed at this weight.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"markup"},"content":[{"text":"\n\t2\n\t1 x 23 Kgs Checked Baggage Allowance\n\t\n\t\t1\n\t\n\tChecked\n\t\n\t\t23\n\t\t0.5\n\t\t23\n\t\tKGM\n\t\n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Piece, Weight and Dimensions","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Ability to support baggage expressed in pieces, weight, with associated Dimensions. The Airline can return the min, max, and linear representation of the dimensions in centimeters or inches, or both.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"markup"},"content":[{"text":"\n\t\t3 \n\t\t1 x 50Lbs (Size Restricted) Checked Baggage Allowance\n\t\tChecked\n\t\t\n\t\t\t60\n\t\t\t50\n\t\t\tCMT\n\t\t\t150\n\t\t\t40\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t10\n\t\t\t10\n\t\t\tCMT\n\t\t\t30\n\t\t\t10\n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t1\n\t\t \n\t\tChecked\n\t\t\n\t \t\t23\n\t\t\t0.5\n\t\t\t23\n\t\t\tKGM\n\t\n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"No Baggage Allowance","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Ability to explicitly mention that there is no baggage allowance included. The Airline will simply return a Baggage Allowance with 0 pieces to remove the ambiguity of absence of an allowance.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"markup"},"content":[{"text":"\n\t1\n\tNo Included Checked Baggage\n\t\n\t\t0\n\t\n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Baggage Pooling","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Ability for the baggage allowances to be pooled within the Order is supported through the Baggage Associations Type.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":4},"content":[{"text":"Pooled Example:","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"In the below example, each passenger will have 2 bags at 23Kgs Weight Allowance, but as they are both within the Baggage Association, they can pool their baggage allowance.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"markup"},"content":[{"text":"\n\t1\n\tPax-1\n\tPax-2\n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":4},"content":[{"text":"Non-Pooled Example:","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"In the below example, as each passenger has their own baggage association of 2 bags and 23Kgs weight allowance, they cannot pool their bags, so each passenger will get 23 kgs and a max of 2 bags.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"markup"},"content":[{"text":"\n\t\t1\n\t\tPax-1\n\t\n\t\n\t\t2\n\t\tPax-2\n\t","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Baggage Allowance for the above examples:","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"markup"},"content":[{"text":"\n\t1\n\t23 Kgs Checked Baggage Allowance\n\t\n\t\t2\n\t\n\tChecked\n\t\n\t\t23\n\t\t0.5\n\t\t46\n\t\tKGM\n\t\n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Extra Baggage Allowance","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"To add a nominal additional weight (for example, 5kgs) on top of an existing baggage allowance the airline can offer a 5kg bag in ServiceList for the Seller to choose a Qty of 1 or a 1 Kg bag for the seller to choose a Qty of 5. 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