Module 7: Price an Itinerary Galileo 360o Fares provides quick and accurate pricing for air segments within the United States or between the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Apollo® updates fares several times a day to ensure accurate fare quotes. Note: This module covers pricing for North American itineraries. For an overview of international pricing, see Appendix C. Module Objectives Upon completion of this module you will be able to: • Identify Apollo pricing assumptions. • Identify pricing options. • Price an itinerary using pricing modifiers. Apollo Pricing Assumptions Apollo makes several assumptions when you price a North American itinerary. When you price an itinerary, Apollo: • Quotes fares for all passengers and displays price per person. • Quotes up to sixteen flight segments. • Assumes the passenger is an adult. • Prices all air segments except waitlist, ARNK, and auxiliary segments. • Prices all segments at the lowest fare for the class of service booked. • Considers flights with layovers of less than four hours as connections. • Considers flight layovers of four hours or more as stopovers. Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 7.1 Module 7: Price an Itinerary Pricing Options HELP PRICING CANADA: HELP $ After you sell the flights, you need to price the itinerary. The function identifier to price an itinerary is: $ The following table lists the most frequently used pricing options. This option: Prices itinerary at: $B Lowest fare for class of service sold. For example, if you sell segments in Y class, Apollo quotes lowest available Y fare. $BB Best buy available. $BB0 Best buy and, if necessary, automatically rebooks flights. $BBQ Best buy and quotes up to six alternate itineraries with their corresponding fares, if a lower fare is found. FS Lowest fare available and searches schedules and ATPCO-filed fares to find lowest priced alternate itineraries. This section describes each of the above pricing options. Price as Booked ($B) HELP $B After selling the flights, you want to price the itinerary to quote the total fare to your customer. The function identifier to price an itinerary is: $B Here is a sample itinerary. To price this itinerary as booked, enter $ followed by the letter B. Example $B 7.2 Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 Module 7: Price an Itinerary The $B fare quote screen appears. The following table lists the key components of the $B response. Component Description $B-*B7M Fare quote format used and pseudo city. *FARE GUARANTEED AT TICKET Agent alert. ISSUANCE* LAST DATE TO PURCHASE Latest date to purchase ticket for this TICKET: 06DEC05 fare. $B Fare quote format. -1 Number in party. C Computer generated price. 05DEC05 Date of fare quote. WAS US PDX 882.79Y8P UA WAS Linear fare construction and segment 882.79YUA USD 1765.58END ZP fee. IADPDX FARE USD 1765.58 TAX 5.00AY TAX Base fare, taxes, and total fare. 132.42US TAX 9.00XF TAX 6.40ZP TOT USD 1918.40 US PFC: XF IAD4.5 PDX4.5 Passenger facility charges BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE: 2PC Baggage allowance Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 7.3 Module 7: Price an Itinerary Here is the same $B response showing US EQU CAD total including taxes in CAD. Best Buy ($BB) HELP $BB The $BB format prices an itinerary at the best buy available for the itinerary as booked. To price the best buy for this itinerary, enter $ followed by the letters BB (best buy). Example $BB The $BB fare quote screens appear. 7.4 Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 Module 7: Price an Itinerary The following table lists the key components of the $BB response. Component Description $BB-*1B1B Fare quote format and pseudo city. REBOOK PNR SEGMENTS 1H/2Q Agent alert to rebook segments. (cid:190)X1+2/01H+2Q Tab stop to rebook same flights in correct class of service for lowest available fare. Here is the same $BB response for Canadian subscribers. Fare Rules HELP PRICING-RULES CANADA: HELP RULES Displaying rules for fare quote ($B/$BB) is similar to displaying rules from a tariff display ($D) and the information is the same. After pricing an itinerary, you can access Apollo for detailed fare information. Automated fare rules display subjects, such as the type of penalty that may apply or advance purchase requirements. You can see a rule summary or a rule category on a specific subject. You can display fare rules if you’ve priced the itinerary using $B or $BB. The fare rules screen identifies the types of rules and restrictions that govern the fare, such as penalties that may apply, advance purchase requirements, and blackout dates. From this screen, you can display the rule category that provides more detail about that particular rule. Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 7.5 Module 7: Price an Itinerary Note: Apollo displays the rule for the most restrictive fare used in the itinerary. The function identifier to display rules for a booked itinerary is: $V: The following screen displays the rule categories that apply to the return fare which is the most restrictive for a YUL/YVR round trip itinerary. Rule category To request a rule category after pricing an itinerary, enter $V: followed by a slash (/), and the category number. Example $V:/19 The rule category text appears. Rule summary To request a rule summary after pricing an itinerary, enter $V: followed by a slash (/), and the letter S (summary). Example $V:/S 7.6 Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 Module 7: Price an Itinerary A rule text summary for the booked itinerary appears. Rule subject To display a rule subject from the rule summary, enter $V: followed by a slash (/), and the rule category abbreviation. Example $V:/ADV Details for rule category ADV (advance reservation/ticketing requirements) appear. Note: To view the rule menu and all subjects, enter $V:/ALL Best Buy automatic rebook ($BB0) The $BB0 format prices an itinerary at the lowest available fare. If a lower fare does exist, it automatically cancels the flight segments and resells them at the lower fare. Note: Redisplay the PNR after you rebook segments to allow Apollo to renumber the itinerary. To price this itinerary at the best buy and rebook the flights, enter $ followed by BB, and the sell identifier (0). Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 7.7 Module 7: Price an Itinerary Example $BB0 Apollo automatically rebooks the itinerary in the lowest available fare. The following table lists the key components of the $BB0 response. Component Description (cid:190)$BB0 Pricing format. REBOOK Agent alert indicating automatic rebook status. SUCCESSFULLY Note: If lowest fare already booked, NO COMPLETED REBOOK REQUIRED alert appears. Here is the same $BB0 response for Canadian subscribers. Best Buy Quote ($BBQ) HELP $BBQ Best Buy QuoteTM ($BBQ) prices the current itinerary for all passengers at the lowest available fare and quotes up to six alternate itineraries with lower fares. Note: Best Buy QuoteTM is a cost product. Check with your agency manager to see if you have access. 7.8 Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 Module 7: Price an Itinerary To price this itinerary at Best Buy and quote alternate itineraries, enter $ followed by BBQ (Best Buy Quote). Example $BBQ Note: $BBQ quotes the fare for all passengers in the PNR. The Best Buy Quote screen appears and you see the first two options. You can continue to move down to view all options. Here is the last screen showing option 7 with additional prompts. The following table lists the key components of the Best Buy Quote response. Component Description (cid:190)$BBQ-1B1B. Pricing format and pseudo city. OPTION 1 – BOOKED ITIN First option is existing itinerary. LOWER FARE AVAILABLE Agent alert advising lower fare available TOTAL AMOUNT 779.39 USD for existing itinerary. (cid:190)$BBQ01. Prompt to sell option 1. (cid:190)$BBQ*1. Prompt to display option 1 fare details. (cid:190)FQN1. Prompt to view option 1rules. Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006 7.9 Module 7: Price an Itinerary Component Description OPTION 7 Option 7 for alternate itinerary. Fare lower than first option if passenger changes flights and class of service. (cid:190)$BBQ07. Prompt to sell option 7. (cid:190)$BBQ*7. Prompt to display option 7 fare details. (cid:190)FQN7. Prompt to view option 7 rules. TAB AND ENTER OPTION Prompt instructions. NUMBER (cid:190)$BBQ0. (REBOOK OPTION) Prompt to rebook an option. Type option number and press Enter (cid:190)$BBQ*. (FARE DETAIL Prompt to view fare detail for an option. DISPLAY) Type option number and press Enter. (cid:190)FQN. (VIEW RULES DISPLAY) Prompt to view rules for an option. Type option number and press Enter. You can also use availability and pricing modifiers with $BBQ. For a list of these modifiers see: HELP $BBQ Here is the same $BBQ response for Canadian subscribers. 7.10 Apollo® for Travel Professionals Course Book, April 2006