Booking Access Configuration

Booking access is carried out by booking access rules implementation. The booking access rules are defined by the following parameters:

• The parameters defining a inventory of a carrier for which access and a period of access are determined (the Where parameter set):
  • Sales area
  • Flights
  • Origin
  • Destination
  • List of booking classes for which access is allowed and restricted
  • Departure period and frequency
  • Access period
  • Depth of sale as a difference (number of days) between a departure date and a date of access (booking).
• The parameters defining for which units the Whom parameters are determined (the Whom parameter set):
  • Units with open access
  • Units with closed access.

Objects of the following types are used in the Whom parameter set as units with open or closed access:

• booking system
• language
• currency
• country
• location (city or airport)
• agency type
• agency code
• IATA agency code / ERSP/1H agency code/ POS
• Inhouse ID
• CLID
• Terminal ID
• Agent duty code or agent ID
• combination of several units
• all units.

Within one rule, it is acceptable to combine both one-type and different-type units.

Intersection of access rules by any parameters is also allowed.

Rule weight gradation is presented in the System.

Weight of the Where parameter set

Parameter	Weight
Direction (point of origin and/or point of destination)	1
Flight	2
Booking class	4

Weight of the Whom parameter set

Unit type	Weight
ALL	0
System	1
Language	2
Currency	4
Country	8
Location	16
Agency type	32
IATA ID Group (for booking from GDS Amber)	64
IATA ID / ERSP / 1H agency ID (Agency IATA code/ ERSP/Code of the Agency 1H/Point of Sale (POS))	128
Inhouse ID / 1H point	256
ERSP user ID / CLID	512
Terminal	1024
Agent duty / ID (Agent authorities code or agent ID)	2048
Combine	Sum of unit weigts

Rule weight for the Whom parameter set is calculated for each particular booking by the following algorithm:

1. Weight of the Whom parameter set is defined as the maximum weight of an object corresponding to particular booking parameters.
2. If several rules of the same weight (the Whom parameter set) correspond to particular booking parameters then a priority rule is the rule whose object, which has defined the weight of the Whom parameter set, belongs to the parameters restricting access.

If no access rule of the Where parameter set corresponds to particular booking parameters then booking from free sales area is allowed and booking from special areas is restricted.

If several access rules of the Where parameter set correspond to particular booking parameters then an access rule with the higher weight, which is defined by sum of weights of individual parameters, is applied.

If several access rules of the same weight (the Whom parameter set) correspond to particular booking parameters then an access rule with the higher weight of the Whom parameter set is applied.

Examples of the Whom parameter set using

Open access	Close access	Comment	Weight
ALL	ALL	Invalid combination	—
ALL	—	Access is open for all units	0
—	ALL	Access is closed for all units	0
ALL	System XX	Access is open for all systems except for XX system	1 — for booking through 1Н system 0 — for booking through other systems
System XX	ALL	Access is open only for XX system	1 — for booking through XX system 0 — for booking through other systems
ALL	Agency 01ABC, 02ABC	Access is open for all agencies except for 01АВС and 02АВС agencies	2 — for booking 01АВС and 02АВС agencies 0 — for booking all other agencies
Point BSP01ABC	ALL	Access is open only for BSP01ABC POS	4 — for booking through BSP01ABC POS 0 — for booking through other POS
Agency 01ABC Combine XX+02ABC	ALL	Access is open only for 01АВС and 02АВС agencies when booking through XX system	2 — for booking 01АВС agency 3 — for booking 02АВС agency through XX system 0 — for all other types of booking
System XX Point TCH01ABC	Agency 01ABC	Access is open for booking: through system XX except for 01АВС agency through TCH01ABC POS when booking through any system	4 — for booking through TCH01ABC POS 2 — for booking through 01АВС agency 1 — for booking through XX system

The work of access settings is defined by the following options: If there is no rules, then free sale is opened for all and SSP sale is closed for all by default. For the same rules (one denies, one grants), the denying rule is applied. System account all specified rules that correspond by full criteria set (left and right parts of rule parameters).

Sorting the riles table is possible. By default, the rules are sorted by weight in the descending order.

Displaying lists of objects in the Open access and Close access fields is carried out in accordance with weight of object types (in ascending order).

Spam booking in free space and/or wholesale spaces are blocked and booking access right are automatically withdrawn from agencies (points of sale) from which such bookings were made. Bookings are considered as spam if 20 or more bookings of a single segment for same passenger are detected. The access right are withdrawn by a blocking rule which denies access to a flight for a specific point of sale. At that a message SpamBooking is sent to the 38 queue.

Next:

• Searching and Viewing Booking Access Rules
• Creating Access Rule
• Test Access

Other carrier settings:

• General Carrier Settings
• PNL Settings
• Service List Configuration
• APIS Configuration
• PAL/CAL: Lists of Passengers with Reduced Mobility
• Special Services Settings
• Minimum Connection Time