What is it?
The Exchange Booking API is used to update the itinerary and create a Price Quote Reissue Record for a ticket exchange in a single API call.
Why use it?
You can use this API to:
- Updates the itinerary and creates a Price Quote Reissue Record for a ticket exchange in a single API call
- Specifies a price tolerance threshold for the Automated Exchanges Comparison response
- Returns details of the generated Price Quote Reissue record
- Manages sessions on behalf of the client application
- Successfully issues a PQR via error handling
How it works
The Exchange Booking API performs several steps to issue a PQR:
- Performs an “ignore transaction” to ensure that the work area is clear
- Retrieves the existing reservation using a record locator provided within the payload
- Cancels specified PNR air segments and books new segments
- Performs automated exchange comparison and confirmation calls
- Commits the newly generated PQR into the PNR and depending on user input, API can retrieve PQR details and/or retrieve full reservation details
How to use
How to generate a Price Quote Reissue Record using Exchange Booking API
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A single PQR is generated by sending a single instance of
/ExchangeBookingRQ/AutomatedExchanges. -
Depending on the user's choices, the API will:
- Cancel specific air segments (
/ExchangeBookingRQ/Cancel) - Add new segments to the reservation (
/ExchangeBookingRQ/AirBook) - Keep specific segments unchanged (
/ExchangeBookingRQ/Itinerary/SegmentPricing)
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The API then automatically selects segments to pass onto the Automated Exchanges comparison step. The service response will contain the generated PQR number as a default: (
/ExchangeBookingRS/ExchangeConfirmation/@PQR_Number) -
Depending on the user choice, the service response may include full PQR details: (
/ExchangeBookingRQ/PostProcessing/@returnPQRInfo=”true”) or full reservation details (/ExchangeBookingRQ/PostProcessing/@redisplayReservation=”true”)