Price Classes

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Last updated: Jul 11, 2023 by Jakub Bielecki (Deactivated)
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Overview

A Price Class is a retailing element that showcases a branding or commercial naming of the overall level of service  of an Offer, PaxJourney or FareComponent. It is a simplified description of the benefits (or specificities, including lack of benefits) meant to be shown to the traveller to improve transparency and ease disclosure of the product properties.

Notice however that the Price Class is not a commitment nor a guarantee on the level of service finally delivered to the passenger. Two examples:

  1. If an Offer is associated to a Price Class that is described as entailing a business cabin, this does not necessarily mean that all flights of the itinerary will be flown in business cabin (e.g., because that cabin may not exist on some flights of the itinerary).

  2. If the Price Class states that the Offer is refundable, actual refundability conditions must be checked as part of the offer change & cancel restrictions (where all the conditions are precisely described).

Price Classes can be used to convey branding related to e.g, Branded Fares / Fare Families.

Description of a Price Class

A Price Class is typically described by:

  • a name

  • and optionally:

    • a textual description of its properties

    • rich media illustrating the benefits

    • association to one or more cabins

Usage of Price Classes

Associated to a Fare Component

This usage mimics the former concept of Fare Families/ Branded Fares. Each Fare Component can be associated to a Price Class (via FareComponentType/PriceClassRefID) describing some high-level characteristics of the Fare Component.

Associated to an Offer or PaxJourney(s)

This usage allows the airline to associate a Price Class to an Offer (via JourneyOverviewType/PriceClassRefID) or to a PaxJourney/list of multiple PaxJourneys (via JourneyOverviewType/JourneyPriceClassType/PriceClassRefID). This usage can only happen for offers containing flights (AirShoppingRS, OfferPriceRS, OrderReshopRS).

Note:
Price classes should be associated to either Fare Component Level or Offer/Pax Journey level but should not be combined in order to avoid confusion which one should be returned to the traveller.

As eligibility condition for A La Carte Offer Items

A La Carte Offer Items can have a specific Price Class as eligibility condition (EligibilityType/ PriceClassRefID), meaning that the item is only available if associated to an Offer in that Price Class. Just like Price Class, eligibility Price Class is provided for information purposes as the ultimate eligibility check will be done by the airline and may not exactly match what provided in terms of eligibility information.