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.

• To update existing airline rates.

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

Update Existing Airline Private Rate

• Select Airline Private Rate you would like to update.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• Select Save.

Update Existing Set:

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

• Make needed updates and select Save.

• 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.