Glossary
| Term |
Description |
| EPR |
Acronym for Employee Profile Record. Each user of PSS is provided with a unique ID that, when combined with a user-defined password, grants access to the system. The EPR also includes security access indicators, including cities permitted for sign in, duty codes, and application keywords. |
| PNR |
Acronym for Passenger Name Record. A file record in TPF used to store passenger-specific information related to travel itinerary, payment, and other related information. The fundamental record in a reservation system containing the information. |
| PSS |
Acronym for Passenger Service System. This is the part of Sabre that handles Sabre Subscriber creation of PNRs, allows the booking of airline flights, car rentals and hotel nights, as well as providing airline prices and tickets, and other travel retail related products. |
| SSCI |
Acronym for SabreSonic Check-In |
| XML |
Acronym for Extensible Markup Language. A specification developed by the W3C. XML is a pared-down version of SGML, designed specifically for Web documents. |
| WSDL |
Acronym for Web Services Definition. WSDL uses a common format to describe and publish the formats, operations, and protocols of a Web service. WSDL elements describe data using one or more XML schemas. These schemas are passed to the Web service. The description of the data tells the receiver how to process the data, and the binding to a protocol or transport instructs the sender how to send the data. Both parties must have access to the same XML schema. WSDL is usually used with SOAP |
Security edit codes
The following sections list the security edit codes supported by this API.
Passenger Travel Documentation
| Code |
Data Required |
| DOCA |
Passenger's Resident address and/or Destination address |
| DOCO |
Passenger’s VISA information, place of visa issuance and passenger’s place of birth |
| DOCS |
Passport and secondary document data, not including Visa |
| DOCV |
Travel Verification |
| PCTC |
Passenger Contact Information |
Security Ad hoc Vetting Request
| Code |
Data Required |
| APP |
Advance Passenger Processing. APP messages interactively collect and convey passenger information to several governments (Australia, Bahrain, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) to obtain advice on the eligibility of passengers traveling to the country. |
| DHS |
US Department of Homeland Security. DHS messages provide customer and flight information to the DHS for security screening purposes for US domestic flights, international to international flights on a US flag carrier, and flights crossing the US border. |
| GOV |
Korean Interactive Advance Passenger Processing Ad hoc vetting request. The GOV messages provide customer and flight information to the Korean Immigration Services (KIS) for security screening purposes for flights departing Korea. |
| STO |
Allow to send an override request when the original iAPP ad hoc request returned an Error, or a “Not Cleared” status. |
| TIM |
Timatic messages interactively indicate whether the passenger’s travel documents met minimal travel document requirements based on itinerary and nationality. |
Travel Documents
These are only a sample of accepted types of travel documents, additional types also exist.
| Type |
Definition |
| PASSPORT |
Passport |
| ALIEN CARD |
Alien Resident Card |
| PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD |
Permanent Resident Card |
| FACILITATION DOC |
Facilitation document |
| MILITARY ID |
Military ID |
| NATURALIZATION DOC |
US Naturalization Certificate |
| RE-ENTRY PERMIT |
Refugee Travel Document or Re-entry Permit |
| BORDER CROSSING CARD |
Border Crossing Card |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
Date of Birth |
| NATIONAL ID |
National ID |
| NEXUS CARD |
Nexus Card |
Timatic Document Types
| Number |
Document Description |
| 1 |
PASSPORT NORMAL |
| 2 |
ALIENS PASSPORT |
| 3 |
AUTHORIZATION FOR PAROLE OF AN ALIEN INTO THE UNITED STATES |
| 4 |
BIRTH CERTIFICATE |
| 5 |
BRITISH CITIZEN PASSPORT |
| 6 |
BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT |
| 7 |
BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN PASSPORT |
| 8 |
BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CITIZEN PASSPORT |
| 9 |
BRITISH PROTECTED PERSON PASSPORT |
| 10 |
BRITISH SUBJECT PASSPORT |
| 11 |
CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TRAVEL CERTIFICATE |
| 12 |
CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP |
| 13 |
CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY |
| 14 |
CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION |
| 15 |
CN EXIT AND ENTRY PERMIT |
| 16 |
CN TRAVEL PERMIT TO HK AND MO (ONE-WAY PERMIT) |
| 17 |
CREW GENERAL DECLARATION FORM |
| 18 |
CREW MEMBER CERTIFICATE |
| 19 |
CREW MEMBER ID CARD |
| 20 |
CREW MEMBER LICENCE |
| 21 |
DOCUMENT OF IDENTITY |
| 22 |
EMERGENCY PASSPORT |
| 23 |
HELLENIC POLICE ID CARD |
| 24 |
HUI XIANG ZHENG |
| 25 |
INTERPOL ID CARD |
| 26 |
INTERPOL PASSPORT |
| 27 |
KINDERAUSWEIS WITH PHOTOGRAPH |
| 28 |
KINDERAUSWEIS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPH |
| 29 |
LAISSEZ-PASSER |
| 30 |
LAISSEZ-PASSER ISSUED BY THE UNITED NATIONS |
| 31 |
LU BAO ZHENG |
| 32 |
LU XING ZHENG |
| 33 |
MILITARY ID CARD |
| 34 |
MILITARY IDENTITY DOCUMENT |
| 35 |
NATIONAL ID CARD |
| 36 |
NEXUS CARD |
| 37 |
NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT OF CITIZENSHIP |
| 38 |
OAS OFFICIAL TRAVEL DOCUMENT |
| 39 |
OFFICIAL PHOTO ID |
| 40 |
PASSPORT CARD |
| 41 |
PASSPORT CONSULAR |
| 42 |
PASSPORT DIPLOMATIC |
| 43 |
PASSPORT HONG KONG (SAR CHINA) |
| 44 |
PASSPORT MACAO (SAR CHINA) |
| 45 |
PASSPORT OFFICIAL |
| 46 |
PASSPORT SERVICE |
| 47 |
PASSPORT SPECIAL |
| 48 |
PERMIT TO RE-ENTER THE USA |
| 49 |
PUBLIC AFFAIRS HK AND MO TRAVEL PERMIT |
| 50 |
SEAMAN BOOK |
| 51 |
TAI BAO ZHENG |
| 52 |
TEMPORARY PASSPORT |
| 53 |
TEMPORARY TRAVEL DOCUMENT |
| 54 |
TITRE DE VOYAGE |
| 55 |
TRANSPORTATION LETTER |
| 56 |
TRAVEL CERTIFICATE |
| 57 |
TRAVEL DOCUMENT CONVENTION 1951 |
| 58 |
TRAVEL DOCUMENT CONVENTION 1954 |
| 59 |
TRAVEL DOCUMENT PALESTINIAN REFUGEES |
| 60 |
TRAVEL DOCUMENT RED CROSS |
| 61 |
TRAVEL PERMIT |
| 62 |
TRAVEL PERMIT TO FROM HK AND MO |
| 63 |
UNMIK TRAVEL DOCUMENT |
| 64 |
US REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENT |
| 65 |
VISIT PERMIT FOR RESIDENTS OF MACAO TO HKSAR |
| 66 |
VOTERS REGISTRATION CARD |
Timatic Resident Document Types
| Number |
Document Description |
| 1 |
ALIENS PASSPORT |
| 2 |
RE ENTRY PERMIT |
| 3 |
RESIDENCE PERMIT ALIENS PASSPORT |
| 4 |
PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN CARD FORM I 551 |
Document Data Restrictions (DOCS)
M – Mandatory
O – Optional
NA – Not Applicable
|
Issuing country |
Document number |
Nationality |
Date of birth |
Gender |
Document Expiration Date |
Last Name |
First Name |
Middle Name |
Multiple Passport Holder |
Swipe Indicator |
| PASSPORT ( P ) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
O |
O |
| ALIEN CARD ( A ) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD ( C ) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| MILITARY ID ( M ) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| NATURALIZATION DOC (N) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| RE-ENTRY PERMIT ( T ) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| BORDER CROSSING CARD ( V ) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| NATIONAL ID ( I ) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| NEXUS CARD ( IN ) |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| DATE OF BIRTH (DB) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
M |
M |
NA |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
| FACILITATION DOC ( F )* |
O |
O |
M |
M |
M |
O |
M |
M |
O |
NA |
NA |
- For a few routes, F type document restrictions can vary depending on the route.