Overbooking

Overbooking level on cabins in terms of percentage of the aircraft capacity is defined by this rule.

The rule is not applied to the Codeshare Free Sale marketing flights.

In main menu select Business rules → Business rules → Inventory. As a result, a business rule selection form will appear. Select Overbooking rule. To view already created business rules of this type, enter the search parameters and click OK. Search results will be presented as a list of business rules.

To create a new business rule, press the Create button. As a result, a business rule creation form will appear.

The following criteria of the rule are mandatory:

• Carrier code
• Flight or group of flights
• Starting and ending dates of rule validity.

It is allowed to set the period that begins from yesterday. For the period editing, the System sets yesterday as the period beginning by default.

The following criteria of the rule are optional:

• Origin
• Destination
• Frequency
• Aircraft type.

Content of the rule (all the parameters are mandatory for filling)

Parameter	Description	Meaning
Cabin	Cabin to which overbooking is applied	Cabin code
Overbooking value	Assigned level of overbooking	Percentage or value from 0 to 99

To add a new business rule press the button Add rule. As a result, another business rule creation form will appear.

An example of filled in form is presented below.

Fill in the form and click Preview. Check all the parameters and changes which are going to be applied to flight configurations in case this rule is saved and applied. If everything is correct, click Save to proceed.

Note, that Inventory business rules will not be automatically applied to already configured flights. You can apply the Inventory group's business rule to operational flights using a mass operation or by selecting Actions → Apply BR on the inventory screen. Conditions of business rules that match the criteria, created in the system (flight number, route, period, etc.), will be applied to the flight.

See also:

• Status Publication
• AV Calculation
• Segment Limit Rule
• Nesting
• Booking Class Quota
• SSR & RFISC Quota
• Waitlist Rule
• Comments During Sale
• INV Internal comments
• Flight Close/Open
• Segment Close/Open
• Cabin Close/Open
• Class Close/Open

Other inventory management sections:

• Inventory Screen
• Seat Availability Parameters
• Operational Flight Inventory Management
• Mass Operations
• Special Spaces Management
• Flight Reports
• Ancillaries Settings
• Publishing Flight Inventory Data to External Systems
• PFS Data Management