Benefits and Need to Know

Benefits

• Configure Airline Private rates based

• customer negotiations..

Need to Know

• Airline Private rates clone over from your template, as you create the

• site.

• You may need to make minor changes, such as changing to the

• client’s discount.

• If availability is in question

• : This area may be configured incorrectly, or the rate may not have been filed correctly. Please make sure that the rate has also been filed with ITA. 

Note: You can contact Deem and enter a support case for help — see Opening a Deem Support Case for instructions.

Process and Hints

Where to Configure Airline Private Rates

• On the Services tab

• , select Private Rates.

• Select Airline Rates.

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• To update existing airline rates.

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• To configure a new airline rates, select Add A New Airline Private Rates

• .

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Update Existing Airline Private Rate

• Select Airline Private Rate you would like to update.

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• Make applicable changes

• and select Save.

Adding New Airline Private Rate

• Select Add A New Airline Private

• Rate.

• To activate private rate, select box to the left of Activate this private rate.

• Enter Private Rate Name:

• Example: United Private Rate.

• Enter the effective date range for this rate record: Not necessary to enter unless you have a specific start and end date you would like to have the rate start and end. Otherwise, you can leave blank and have the rate active until you manually remove it.

• Apply this private rate on discounted itineraries: Check if you are allowed to apply to already discounted itineraries.

• Select an airline to apply this private rate: Select Carrier from Drop-down menu, which the rate applies to.

• Select one or more airlines whose fares are combinable with this discount

• : To select more than one carrier, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select each carrier from the list.

• Select one or more airlines whose fares are not-combinable with this discount

• : You can leave this box alone.

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• Origin, Destination and Connection Parameters

• : You can

• bypass this entire section, as Deem detect if the rate can be applied

• to each parameter and will apply appropriately.

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• Schedule Parameters

• : You can

• bypass this entire section, as Deem detect if the rate can be applied in each parameter and will apply appropriately.

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• Flight Number and Operational Parameters

• : You can

• bypass this entire section, as Deem detect if the rate can be applied in each parameter and will apply appropriately.

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• Other Parameters

• : You can

• bypass this entire section, as Deem detect if the rate can be applied in each parameter and will apply appropriately.

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• Private Rate Contract Value

• : You can

• bypass this entire section, as Deem detect if the rate can be applied in each parameter and will apply appropriately.

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Private Rate Booking and Ticketing Parameters:

• Enter GDS negotiated rate code:

• • Select box to the left of Use this rate code instead of the rate code in agency configuration

• • : This code overrides the rate code in the agency configuration. For details on the agency configuration for negotiated airline fares, see "Travel Settings and Negotiated Rates" in Agency Settings

  • Rate code: Enter

• • negotiated private rate..

• Enter GDS passenger type:

  • Passenger type: You can leave blank as ADT is assumed.

• Select Save.

Adding or Updating Airline Private Rate Set

• On the Services tab

• , select Private Rates.

• Select Airline Rate Sets.

To configure a new set:

• Select Add A New Airline Rate.

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• Enter Private Rate Set Name:

• Example

• , VIP Air Private Rates.

• Select Add Rates.

• Select the radio button to the left of the rate you would like to add to the set.

• Select Ok & Add Another

• and repeat until you have added all rates.

• Once all rates

• have been added, select Done.

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• Select Save.

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Update Existing Set:

• Access Airline private rate sets as shown above and select set name.

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• Make needed updates and select Save.

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• The final step is to

• ensure that you have updated

• Service Rules.

Update Service Rules

• Ensure you have applied

• Air Private Rate Sets to

• the appropriate

• Service Rules.

  • Click link for more information around

• • Service Rules.

Test

• Test to insure rates are

• applied properly for each group.