What is it?
The Exchange Booking API is used to update the itinerary and create a Price Quote Reissue (PQR) 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 (PQR) Record for a ticket exchange in a single API call.
- Specifies a price tolerance threshold for the Automated Exchanges Comparison response.
- Return details of the generated PQR record.
- Manages sessions on behalf of the client's application.
- Successfully issues a PQR via error handling.
How it works
The Exchange Booking API performs several steps to issue a Price Quote Reissue Record (PQR):
- Performs an “ignore transaction” call 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. Depending on the input, the 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 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 choice, the service response may include full PQR details: (
/ExchangeBookingRQ/PostProcessing/@returnPQRInfo=”true”) or full reservation details (/ExchangeBookingRQ/PostProcessing/@redisplayReservation=”true”)