21.3 Release Notes

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Last updated: Jul 10, 2023 by Jakub Bielecki (Deactivated)
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Features

Waitlisting Support In Offers

EASD-038 | Implementation Guidance

The availability of seats is dynamic and at times, there are no seats available when a passenger makes a shopping request. As such the passenger is ‘rejected’ even if subsequently a seat becomes available. This is managed by the concept of Waitlisting where passengers can register their desire to travel on a particular flight even if at the point of request, no seats are available.

Netting Indicator for Voluntary Servicing

EASD-256 | Implementation Guidance

Netting aims at streamlining the exchange process in compensating amounts to be refunded with amounts to be collected. It is applicable to fare, taxes/fees and charges (TFCs) and/or reservation change fees or cancellation penalties.

Party Restructure

EASD-039 | Implementation Guidance

An item on the workplan for the past few years, the Offer & Order Group have created a new Party structure to better represent the various entities within the transaction. The structure is also extensible through the use of an ATSB Codeset giving more flexibility into the future.

Use Case Working Group Changes         

EASD-197 | Implementation Guidance

This Change Request contains many smaller items (defect fixes and minor changes) that have been spotted during the Use Case Working Group changes put forward over this year.

This include items such as the decommission of OrderCancelRQ/RS and the addition of DueToAirline and DueByAirline payment fields to name a few.

New Offer and Order Status        

EASD-227 | Implementation Guidance

An item which has aligned the Status of the Offer and Order, Items and Services into a complete set of status indicators that are attached to new ATSB Codesets that can be used and extended over time.

Airline Taxonomy

EASD-013 | Implementation Guidance

Small item to add the Airline Taxonomy structure to the ‘flight’ items, such as PaxSegment and DatedOperatingLeg.

Rich Media 

EAS-035 | Implementation Guidance

An older item from the work plan that has been approved to be implemented for 21.3 as a requirement with the Airline Taxonomy to allow the Airline to send rich media (via a resource path/URL) to the Seller for them to use if they wish. 

OrderReshop and OrderQuote  

EASD-217 | Implementation Guidance

In the first release this year (20.1) the Offer & Order Group released a new request message OrderQuoteRQ. This message has the same response as OrderReshopRS.

Order Quote was created to give the airline the ability to reprice an Offer in the scenario whereby a Seller has chosen new flights and wanted to add ancillaries to it (seats, bags etc) and for the airline to reprice or consolidate the offers into one. Like that of OfferPriceRQ and the ‘Shopping Basket’ concept.

Since its launch, in the Use Case Working Group, there has been a drive to reduce the number of technical ways to achieve the same outcome, to reduce technical variation and improve standardization

Commission for Clearance for Shop-Order.

As a carrier I shall be able to support the implementation of one’s own payment policy using the Enhanced and Simplified Distribution Standard. Sales using the New Distribution Capabilities rely on intermediary to execute the sale. Thus, the intermediary’s choice for payment and clearance methods have an impact on the carrier. Therefore, the carrier shall be able to support choices that are in line with its payment policy.

Baggage Cleanup

EASD-197 | Implementation Guidance

The use case working group reviewed the baggage structures to ensure all supported baggage scenarios work efficiently. The Use case working group have also drafted documentation which will be used to demonstrate the use of the baggage structures.