Fares Manager

Flight reservation system and flight booking software is a another module which helps in travel and Tourism business

Enable your product development team and data-loading staff to load complex negotiated fare contracts that meet today’s industry demands. The “Fares Manager Module” supports multiple currencies, and integrates seamlessly with any GDS or airline system to allow you to make availability checks and/or get published fares. Coupled with “Mark-Up Manager”, you can instantly monitor and amend prices for all distribution channels.
This highly functional, comprehensive negotiated fares database enables your product development team and data-loading staff to load complex negotiated fare contracts, including:

Multi-airline contracts featuring code-sharing or add-on agreements.

Multi-sector, one-way, backtracked, surface-sector, single / double open-jaw fare types, minimum / maximum stays, route restrictions, flight restrictions, date restrictions, etc.

Chartered and / or scheduled airline contracts.

Combined contracts or contract rules.

Minimum permitted mileage.

“Fares Manager” seamlessly integrates with CRSs or airlines’ systems to allow you to make availability checks and / or obtain published fares, as required. Coupled with “Mark-Up Manager”, you can instantly monitor and amend prices for all distribution channels, validating them to remove the errors normally associated with many reservation centres.

General featres of the Flight reservation system and flight booking software

Is a Web service in its own right.

Features a Windows look and feel interface for easy navigation / loading / interfacing functionalities.

Provides a platform to enter static information for “Rules Sheets” that are accessible via both the call centres and online.

Is fully transparent to CRSs and / or directly to airlines’ systems.

Quotes and books online.

Supports multiple currencies.

Supports BSP automatic payment(s).

Deals with code-share contracts.

Defines countries / regions / cities / airports / airport groups for easy loading.

Offers CRS Hints when availability for a complete route is not forthcoming.

Features a user-friendly fare-entering panel with different calculation mechanisms and a copy-paste facility.

Deals with Minimum Selling Prices (MSPs).

Features a user-friendly graphic for entering date bands for seasons.

Features a configurable airline preference when searching.

Can set preferred carriers.

Features pre-loaded country / city / region / state / airport information from IATA.

Loads and saves offline; data saved can then be transferred online.

Duplicates entire contract(s) or rule(s) that can be “edited as new”.

Supports flight allocation and charter flights through the Flight Allocation Module.

Handles published fares.

Automatically activates / deactivates contracts, as required.

Sells multiple brands using a single load of a contract supported by the Mark-Up Manager Module, allowing distribution through various channels and / or client types; presents fares to users in price order / group price order / preferred carrier(s), or customizes to individual requirements.

Sets up for corporate clients with minor customisation.

Searches for fares with / without availability.

Handles override commissions via supplier payment(s).

Defines contract IDs based the alphabet / numbers / both; can be automated to produce unique identities.

Sets prices via Mark-Up Manager as either percentages or net amounts.
Applies multiple discount schemes using Mark-Up Manager.

Sets ticketing deadlines per season, including high-season restrictions.

Contracts rules of the Flight reservation system and flight booking software

Contracts Rules

Loads multiple fare types (Standard, Senior Citizen, Student) for single / groups.
Loads flight-only and IT contracts.

Loads regional add-ons with multiple airlines / classes, which can be prioritised and connected to a route’s starting point, as well as an airport en route.

Defines class-mapping restrictions when combining add-on sectors / long-haul.

Defines route / leg / sector restrictions by flight number / airline class / date / days of travel.

Allows multiple booking classes within the same contract group.

Allows mixed-class combinations / different calculation models.

Defines selling / departure date ranges.

Defines restrictions for earliest booking dates / last return dates.

Defines minimum / maximum stay restrictions with several different calculation methods (e.g. from departure, first-stop or destination).

Automatically calculates discounts for children and infants when entering an adult fare.

Automatically calculates one-way fares.

Discounts by amount or percentage.

Defines combination restrictions (e.g. only 2 children and 1 infant permitted per adult).

Defines daily surcharges / restriction days for departures / returns that are not confined to weekends.

Sets supplements / discounts by season.

Features a separate mark-up option for supplements.

Defines surface sectors and calculation models for surface sector routes that can be based on arrival city or both cities.

Defines backtracking restrictions with options to specify cities / regions where backtracking is permitted / not allowed.

Specifies whether open tickets are permitted.

Defines single and double open-jaw rules using various calculation methods.

Defines stopovers using logical groupings, e.g. maximum number / maximum in / maximum out / maximum free / minimum duration / permitted date range / exceptions, etc.

Permits the use (or not) of highest intermediate fare(s) on multi-sector routes; can exclude HIP on set departure points.

Defines simple stopover representations (e.g. \US means a stopover anywhere in the US is permitted).

Sets up a ticketing deadline covering every rule available (e.g. Apex, Instant Purchase, etc.).

Defines amendment / cancellation charges.

Specifies conditions for static information that is used at all distribution channels.

Sets different mark-ups for different distribution channels / brands / locations.

Defines route groups, enabling some rules to be applied for the same seasons but in different date bands.

Restricts outbound / inbound dates by destination / entire contract.

Defines direct / via restrictions on routes.

Defines flight number restrictions for inbound / outbound legs, allowing multiple fares to be loaded for a single route using different flight numbers.

Features the ability to change the global direction of a route using imposed via point for availability.

Defines intelligent turnaround point calculation for multi-sector routes.
Defines age limits.