Benefits and Need to Know

Benefits

• Increase productivity and profitability – Display an expanded number of low fares and flights in one entry to reduce multiple shopping transactions and decrease time spent searching for low fares. Promote flights that maximize revenue.

• Click on link for further information about Bargain Finder Max

Need to Know

• BFM benefits over ITA

  • Enhanced Air searches

  • Fare Accuracy, especially with Global points of sale

    • 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

  • Southwest - BFM live availability verse with ITA is a snapshot

    • Reduces the number of fare decrease or increase responses

Limitations

• The BFM request has tons of parameters and some of them don’t work together; it’s 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.

Sabre tasks

Ensure that 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 that will 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 web services log in credentials in the partner dashboard

• Enable MT option in the TJR for split ticketing support

  • Sabre format: W/MTKTP¥ON

Air Pricing

Complete the following steps under Agency Settings.  For further information please click on link - Agency Settings

• 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)

• 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

Negotiated Rates

Note: Before setting up agency-negotiated airline fares (called "rates" in this section), ensure ATPCO/SNAP code is loaded and pricing within Sabre PCC

• 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

  • Note: 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.

• 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 separated by a comma

    • Note: Enter all ATPCO/SNAP codes separated by a common, to insure as these are passed on for pricing

• Specify the locales associated with the ATPCO account codes:

  • Pseudo City Locale: 

    • Select Sales or Home

      • Sales is typically selected

  • IATA Locale:

    • Select Sales or Home

      • Sales is typically selected

Preferred Air

• It is important to set up your preferred vendors based on their contracts and location/locations.

• By setting preferred carriers within a market, you will improve the search experience for your client.  Such as British Airways from the United States to London. The search results will bring back much better search results for the client.  Including their flagship carriers.

• Click link for further details regarding Preferred Vendors

Steps to Configure

• It is important to set up your display configuration to enable Bargain Finder Max

• Click on Services

• Click on Display Configuration

• Click on Display Configuration List

• Click on each Display Configuration and complete the following steps

• Select a method for shopping airline itineraries

  • Select from list: User Superdomain setting

    • Note: If you do not have your Superdomain set up for BFM or you are not sure please refer to the next section

• Move to the bottom of the screen and click on Save

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

• Once you have confirmed all configurations, commit your changes

• Test!!

Steps to Configure

To set up your Method for shopping airline itineraries

• From the home page of the Deem Partner Dashboard click on Configuration

• Click on Manage Travel Configuration List

• Click on Add New Travel Configuration

• Enter Name

• Enable trip template: Select Yes

Note:  Under Display Configurations at a site level you will have the options of: Superdomain, Yes or No.  By selecting Superdomain you are selecting what you have programmed in this section.

• Low fare search method:  Select GDS Web Services

• Confirm price in GDS for non-US Trips:  Select Yes

• Enable GDS based schedule search: Select Yes

• Default search method for flights: 

  • Select by Price (Recommended)

  • Select by Schedule

• Expand flight results to include non-stops when available: Select Yes

• Enable flexible fare search: Select Yes

• Allow anytime search for flights: Select No

• Allow flight solutions that require more than one ticket: Select Yes

• Allow 'Morning, Afternoon and Evening' search for flights: Select No

• Default the flight result sorting view to: Select Policy/Preferred

• Price and store fare using GDS branded fare codes: Select Yes

• Location Search Body Copy: Leave blank

• Select a method for shopping hotel inventory: Select Both GDS and Ancillary

• Select the maximum number of guests allowed per hotel room booking: Select 1 - 4 based on your agency requirements

• Enable Trip Advisor Reviews: Select Yes or No based on you agency requirements

• Click on Save

• Go back to Configurations

• Click on Manage Travel Configuration Sets

• Click on Add A New Travel Configuration Set

• Enter Set Name

• Click on Add Travel Configuration

• Click on radio button to the left of the set you would like to add to the configuration

• Click on Add

• Click on Save

• Go back to Configurations

• Click on Apply Travel Configuration to Domain Groups

• Click on Configuration Set you just created

• Click on All Domains within box labeled Domain Groups Not Assigned

• Click on Add

  • All Domains will move over to box labeled Assigned Domain Groups

• Click Save

• Commit Changes