Connections / Transit Points
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Bargain Finder Max will only return the options sorted by fare in low to high order. However, you can specify the maximum number of connections in the request.
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Bargain Finder Max does not support this functionality at this time.
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Use the following XML request snippet. This example requests DXB as a forced airport connection. All options returned in the response will have a connection in DXB.
<OriginDestinationInformation RPH="1"> <DepartureDateTime>2008-09-01T11:00:00</DepartureDateTime> <OriginLocation LocationCode="BOM"/> <DestinationLocation LocationCode= "DXB"/> <TPA_Extensions> <SegmentType Code="X"/> </TPA_Extensions> </OriginDestinationInformation> <OriginDestinationInformation RPH="2"> <DepartureDateTime>2008-09-01T11:00:00</DepartureDateTime> <OriginLocation LocationCode="DXB"/> <DestinationLocation LocationCode= "LON"/> </TPA_Extensions> <SegmentType Code="O"/> </TPA_Extensions> </OriginDestinationInformation>
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You can specify that flight stops be treated as connecting flights by setting the FlightStopsAsConnections Ind attribute to true. Use the following XML snippets:
Request Snippet Example 1
<TravelPreferences>
<FlightTypePref MaxConnections="1"/>
<TPA_Extensions>
<FlightStopsAsConnections Ind="false"/>
</TPA_Extensions>
</TravelPreferences>
Response Snippet Example 1
<PricedItinerary SequenceNumber="17">
FlightSegment DepartureDateTime="2011-01-02T10:05:00" ArrivalDateTime="2011-01-
02T17:35:00" StopQuantity="1" FlightNumber="6057" ResBookDesigCode="Y"
ElapsedTime="930">
<DepartureAirport LocationCode="LHR"/>
<ArrivalAirport LocationCode'"SEA"/>
OperatingAirline Code="K0" FlightNumber'"929"/>
<Equipment AirEquipType="763"/>
<MarketingAirline Code="U0"/>
<MarriageGrp>O</MarriageGrp>
<StopAirports>
<StopAirport LocationCode="ORD" ArrivalDateTime="2011-01-02T13:21:00"
DepartureDateTime="2011-01-02T15:00:00" ElapsedTime="556" Duration="99" GMTOffset="-6"/>
</StopAirports>
Request Snippet Example 2
<TravelPreferences>
<FlightTypePref MaxConnections="1"/>
<TPA_Extensions>
<FlightStopsAsConnections Ind="true"/>
</TPA_Extensions>
</TravelPreferences>
Request Snippet Example 2
<PricedItinerary SequenceNumber="17">
<AirItinerary DirectionInd="OneWay">
<OriginDestinationOptions>
<OriginDestinationOption>
<FlightSegment DepartureDateTime="2011-01-01T12:20:00" ArrivalDateTime="2011-01-
01T15:15:00" StopQuantity="0"