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NDC selling flow

Initial reservation diagram​

Identifiers​

The values used for identifiers like OfferID change throughout NDC flows as the state of a reservation is modified and then committed. Using values from previous steps can undo expected changes or cause errors.

OfferID: AirShopping​

Request​

No offer ID is used as an input for AirShopping in the initial sales flow. This is the beginning of the shopping flow.

Response​

Multiple offer IDs can be returned in a single AirShopping request. Multiple offers IDs can be returned for the same flight, such as different fare class products with different restrictions.

Sample OfferID returned by AirShopping 01773260170_id-481f7992-39cc-4e99-bf7e-8d47fa61e726-o-1

Multiple OfferID for same flight—different fare products and prices
            <PriceClassList>
                <PriceClass>
                    <Code>EZ</Code>
                    <Name>Flex</Name>
                    <PriceClassID>pc553723434</PriceClassID>
                </PriceClass>
                <PriceClass>
                    <Code>NO</Code>
                    <Name>No Flex</Name>
                    <PriceClassID>pc0564969502</PriceClassID>
                </PriceClass>
            </PriceClassList>
            <CarrierOffers>
                <Offer>
                    <JourneyOverview>
                        <JourneyPriceClass>
                            <PriceClassRefID>pc553723434</PriceClassRefID>
                    <OfferID>01773260170_id-4c779b03-4345-4296-aa53-65332815aee8-o-1</OfferID>
                        <OfferItemID>01773260170_id-4c779b03-4345-4296-aa53-65332815aee8-o-1-1</OfferItemID>
                        <Price>
                            <TotalAmount CurCode="USD">101.00</TotalAmount>
                        </Price>
                </Offer>
                <Offer>
                    <JourneyOverview>
                        <JourneyPriceClass>
                            <PriceClassRefID>pc0564969502</PriceClassRefID>
                    <OfferID>01773260170_id-4c779b03-4345-4296-aa53-65332815aee8-o-2</OfferID>
                        <OfferItemID>01773260170_id-4c779b03-4345-4296-aa53-65332815aee8-o-2-1</OfferItemID>
                        <Price>
                            <TotalAmount CurCode="USD">96.00</TotalAmount>
                        </Price>
                </Offer>

OfferID: OfferPrice​

Request One or many OfferID from AirShopping must be provided for an OfferPrice request. Attempting to price from two different offers will cause an error.

Response A single priced OfferID is returned by OfferPrice.

Sample OfferPrice OfferID sid-a661eaca-970d-4ab3-bc57-3ecf68e4a035

OfferID: ServiceList & SeatAvailability​

  • SeatAvailability request: sid-a661eaca-970d-4ab3-bc57-3ecf68e4a035
  • SeatAvailability response: id-fd62c0e1-b494-4a05-8526-2d4efd057414

OfferID: OrderReshop​

  • OrderReshop request: OfferID not used
  • OrderReshop response: id-RUNUNTNS-o-3