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Overview

Travelfusion is a low cost GDS and the pioneer of 'direct connect' content aggregation. Travelfusion enables Deem users to shop and book Low Cost Carriers, which may not be available in the GDS, or to book fares at a lower cost than the published GDS rates. 

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Need to

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Need to Know

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know

  • Important: Many fares with Travelfusion are non-cancelable/non-refundable. Insure when testing that you verify the fare is fully refundable before selecting purchase, or do not select purchase and only confirm the content is being displayed properly.

  • Deem currently does not support Travelfusion carriers

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  • that require TFPay. Deem is working on a future enhancement for those carriers which require TFPAY. 

    • No ETA at this time on the enhancement.

    • Please DO NOT configure the following carriers

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    • , which only support TFPay

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    • . Your users will not have the ability to complete their purchase and will receive an error. Deem is working to remove them. 

      • Avelo Airlines

      • Azul Airlines

      • Go First

      • IndiGo - unless they have B2B (Business to Business contract) set up

      • Norwegian

      • Wizz

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      • Air

  • There have been issues booking Allegiant Air through Travelfusion, you can configure Allegiant Air, but keep in mind you may have issues.
    Note: If Pre-Trip Approval is enabled, Travelfusion will be auto approved.

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  • Business to Business (B2B) can be set up with specific carriers.

Supported carriers

Travelfusion

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carriers

Aer Lingus

Air Canada

Air India

Allegiant Air - See note above

easyjet

Eastern Airways

Eurowings

Flair Airlines

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  • Eastern Airways

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  • Eurowings

Flybe

Jet2

Qantas

Regional Express

Ryanair

Scoot

Swoop

Transavia

TUIFly

VivaAerobus

Volaris

Travelfusion B2B carriers

  • Air Canada

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  • B2B

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  • IndiGo Air B2B

  • VivaAerobus B2B

  • Volaris B2B

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  • Air Canada B2B

Travelfusion Configuration

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Process/Hints

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Configurations Steps

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Travelfusion configuration

To configure Travelfusion, you must add an ancillary source and then enable web fares.

Add Travelfusion ancillary source

  1. From the partner dashboard home page, select the Settings link for the site you want to modify.

  2. From the top menu, select the Services tab.

  3. Select Travel Agency.

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  1. Select Agency Settings.

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  1. Select

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  1. configuration you would like to update.

  2. At the bottom of the Ancillary Sources table, select Add Ancillary Source.

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  • Source: Select Web: TRAVELfusion.

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Source Name:  Provided name that best defines ancillary, such as; TF - EasyJet.

  • This tells me the Ancillary fee is Travelfusion, and carrier is EasyJet

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Airline: Select carrier from list.

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Airline Private Rate Codes: (not required).

Source Override: Select one of the below options.

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Replace Primary Source Content:

Supplement Primary Source Content:

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  1. Enter a source name that describes the ancillary. For example, enter TF - easyJet to indicate that the ancillary fee is Travelfusion and the carrier is easyJet.

  2. In Source, select Web: TRAVELfusion.

  3. Select an airline from the list.

  4. Enter private rates codes if you have them for the selected airline.

  5. Select a Source Override option. If Supplement Primary Source Content is chosen, air search results will present both Travelfusion (

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  1. web fares) as well as GDS

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  1. , with the lowest fare

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Example: If the Web fare is offering a lower cost than the GDS, then the user will be presented with the web fare. Yet if the GDS fare is lower than the GDS rate will be present to the user.

  • Exclude Primary Source Content:

  1. presented to the customer (whether that be web fare or GDS fare).

  2. Select an option for Would you like the system to add ancillary passive segments to your primary GDS

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  1. .

    • The option Yes, system generated is recommended.

    • If you choose Yes, using Custom PNR

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    • if you need assistance

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Yes, system generated: (Recommended)

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  1. Select Save.

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  1. Repeat the

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  1. steps above for each

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  1. ancillary source you need

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  1. to add.

  2. Select Save on the Agency Settings page.

Enable web fares

Important: Web fares must be enabled.If you have more than one display setting you will need to update each one separately.

  1. Select the Services menu.

  2. Select Display Configuration.

Click link for further information around Display Configurations, field to update below.

  1. Select Display Configuration List.

  2. Choose the list you want to modify.

  3. For the Enable airline web fare booking capabilities

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  1. option,

    • Choose Yes to enable web fare booking. Web fares include VMI Baby, Ryan Air, and EasyJet, American Airlines B2B.

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    • Choose No to not allow web fare booking.

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  1. Scroll down and select Save

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  1. . For more information about this page, refer to Display Configurations.

  2. Commit your changes.

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Important: Many fares with Travelfusion are non-cancelable/non-refundable. Insure when testing that you verify the fare is fully refundable before selecting purchase, or do not select purchase and only confirm the content is being displayed properly.