Very easy steps to create a PNR Step 1. Check availability Step 2. Seat sell Step 3. Input Names Step 4. Input Agency Profile Step 5. Input Phone No Step 6. Input Ticketing Time Limit Step 7. Input Received from(Save) Step 8. End & Retrieve Step 9. Refresh Step 10. Pricing Step 11. Pricing Save

GUIDE: Validating Carrier Overview -FV -Amadeus

 

Solution

The Validating Carrier Determination Logic is defined in IATA resolution 852. It determines the possible validating carrier(s) eligible for a journey. To be fully IATA compliant, an exception in the Amadeus validating carrier process must be removed.

The process described does not prevent you from selecting your preferred validating carriers by:

  • Adding an FV element in the PNR before pricing.
  • Pricing the segments with the validating carrier of your choice with the /R,VC-XX option (XX = validating carrier code).

Automatic selection of the validating carrier

If no FV element is present in the PNR and if you don't specify any validating carrier in your pricing entry, the validating carrier will be automatically determined by the system. The system ensures that the validating carrier is compliant with industry standards (IATA and ARC, for example) and with the Sales Restrictions conditions stipulated in the fare quote notes (FQD).

For the system to select the validating carrier according to IATA resolution 852, the validating carrier must:

  • Be a BSP member for the market (TGBD-ZA)
  • Be part of the itinerary or be a General Sales Agent (GSA) for one carrier present in the itinerary
  • Have an interline agreement with each carrier participating in the itinerary (TGAD)
  • Be part of the Electronic Ticketing Country table (TGETD-ZA)

ATPCO validating carrier logic

  • The entire journey is in the same country: The carrier on the first segment is the validating carrier.
  • The entire journey is within the same IATA Sub-area: The carrier on the first international sector of the journey is the validating carrier.
  • The entire journey is within the same TC area: The carrier on the first segment which crosses IATA sub-area is the validating carrier.
  • The itinerary encompasses two TC areas: The carrier on the segment which crosses TC areas is the validating carrier.
  • The itinerary encompasses three TC areas, considered as a Round The World travel, then:
    • If two crossings of TC areas are between TC3 and TC2 or between TC2 and TC1, the selected validating carrier is the carrier from the first sector that crosses between TC2 and TC1.
    • If two crossings of TC areas are not between TC3 and TC2 or between TC2 and TC1, then the selected validating carrier is the carrier from the first sector that crosses a TC area.

Fare Rules Restrictions


The validating carrier restrictions coded within the (Category 15) Sales Restriction in the Fare Quote Note of a fare or a Category 35 fare rule is also processed. The Sales Restriction filed allows the carriers to separate sales requirement from validating requirements. Essentially what this means is that the airlines can specify in ATPCO a second validating carrier which is different to the one publishing the fare and therefore not restrict the sale anymore to one airline only.

Display of the fare conditions with Sales Restrictions

Example of Sales Restrictions

Important: Sales restrictions filed under a Note- in the fare conditions, cannot be processed by the system, as Notes- are considered as free flow text. If you have a doubt about the validating carrier, check the fare conditions.

Example of Sales Restrictions filed as a free flow text:

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