Digital Connect Check-In baggage services support the following calculation concepts:

• Piece
• Total weight
• Piece/weight

Piece Concept

This option allows an Airline to determine free baggage allowance for each Passenger by:

• Number of bags
• Maximum weight of each bag

Examples of free baggage allowance in the Piece concept:

• Two (2) bags up to 23 kg each
• One (1) bag up to 32 kg
• Zero (0) bags (no allowance at all)

Each bag is treated separately, and the calculator makes the decision about each bag regardless of the other bags.

Therefore, some bag can be either 'within piece allowance' or charged because of exceeding piece allowance.

The /dcci/baggage/price response contains separate information for each bag whether the allowance is exceeded or not, and whether any charge should be applied (new required charge or already created pre-paid).

Total Weight Concept

In the Total Weight concept an Airline determines free baggage allowance for each Passenger by maximum weight of all bags.

Examples of free baggage allowance in the Total Weight concept:

• Up to 32 kg
• Up to 23 kg
• Zero (0) kg (no allowance at all)

In this system all Passenger's bags are 'within total weight allowance' or would be charged by exceeding total weight. It is not possible to say which bag exceeds allowance because all bags are calculated together, and the calculator's decision applies to all bags.

The /dcci/baggage/price response contains the information whether all bags are in allowance or not. Whenever any baggage charges would be applied for the Passenger, those charges would be assigned to one of the Passenger's bags (if there is more than one bag). Such response does not mean that other bags are within total weight allowance. It means all bags together are charged with this charge.

Note  The Weight concept support is available starting from 2.x version with the following configuration key: s4ci.feature.pricingConfiguration.weightConceptEnabled

Piece/Weight Concept

In the Piece/Weight concept an Airline determines free baggage allowance for each Passenger by:

• Number of bags
• Maximum weight of each bag
• Maximum weight of all bags

Examples of free baggage allowance in the Piece/Weight concept:

• Two (2) bags up to 23 kg each, but total weight up to 40 kg
• Three (3) bags up to 32 kg each, but total weight up to 90 kg

This concept works like the combination of two previous concepts. Each bag is calculated separately against free baggage allowance, but additionally total weight of all bags is also validated.

The /dcci/baggage/price response contains a separate information for each bag whether the piece allowance has been exceeded or not. Additionally, one of the Passenger's bags gets assigned total weight charge if needed.