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BFM benefits over ITA

• Enhanced Air searches.

• Fare accuracy, especially with global points of sale. This is significantly more accurate than ITA.

• Private fares are inherited by the GDS based on the initial filing by the airline.

• More non-stop flights returned.

• For Southwest airlines, BFM provides live availability versus an ITA snapshot. This reduces the number of fare decrease or increase responses.

Limitations

The BFM request has a lot of parameters and some of them don’t work together. This complexity is only partially documented by Sabre. One of the main problems is an inability to request flights in nearby airports when flexible fares are also requested.

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Ensure all booking PCCs are configured with the following criteria:

• Have Sabre activate BFM with these options:

  • Anchored search (Needed for Split Ticketing)

  • 200 Tier option (To allow for up to 200 options to be returned)

  • Alternate Airports

  • MBF - Multiple Branded Fares

• The EPR (Employee Profile Records) that log into web services must have the SUBAAA keyword.

• Bridge all booking PCCs (with B and C) to the iPCC established for web services.
  Note: All booking PCCs must have access to iPCC.

• Input the web services log in the credentials into the partner dashboard.

• Enable MT option in the Travel Journal Record (TJR) for split ticketing support.

  • Sabre format: W/MTKTP¥ON

Air Pricing

Complete the following steps under Agency Settings.  For further information click Agency Settings.

1. Enter the customer code that is used to query for airline negotiated rates in the GDS:

   • Customer Code. If you don't enter a code, the default is ADT (Adult)

2. Price and store fare using GDS branded fare codes

   • Select from drop-down (Recommended) - Yes

     • Use superdomain settings

       • Check superdomain settings if your Superdomain is configured with Yes. This would have been set during your initial set up with Deem.

     • No

     • Yes

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1. Enter the customer code that is used to query for airline negotiated rates in the GDS: (Optional)

   • The value in this field is applied when pricing the Selected flights.

   • Enter only one customer code into the Customer Code field. Subsequent customer codes must be added to an airline private rate. See Airline Private Rates for instructions.

2. Enter the ATPCO account codes that are used to query for airline negotiated rates from ITA:

   • While the field only states ITA, this field is also used for BFM

   • Enter ATPCO/ATPCO’s values separated by a comma.
     Note: Enter all ATPCO/SNAP codes separated by a common, to insure ensure as these are passed on for pricing.

3. Specify the locales associated with the ATPCO account codes:

   1. Pseudo City Locale: 

      • Select Sales or Home
        Sales is typically selected

   2. IATA Locale:

      • Select Sales or Home
        Sales is typically selected

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1. Select the Services tab.

2. Select Display Configuration.

   

3. Select Display Configuration List.

   

4. Click each Display Configuration and complete the following steps:

   

   1. Select a method for shopping airline itineraries.

   2. Select from list: User Superdomain setting
      Note: If you do not have your Superdomain set up for BFM, or you are not sure, refer to the next section.

      

   3. Navigate to the bottom of the screen and click Save.

      1. If you are not sure if your Superdomain has been set up, please verify your status prior to committing your changes.

      2. Once you have confirmed all configurations, commit your changes.

      3. Test your changes.

Configure Superdomain Configurations

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To set up your Method for shopping airline itineraries:

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