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After clicking the Services tab, clicking the Policy Display, you can then add or edit a display configuration. The Add or Edit page includes the Air Shopping Display Configuration. Enter or choose the following:


Configuring Search Results

  1. What mileage radius should the system use to offer alternate airports and cities when a user searches for a single airport or city? Enter the radius of miles to specify the area around the "target" or "parent" airport or city in which alternative airports will appear. Choose the unit of measure for the distance. We recommend using 60 – 75 miles.
  2. Select a method for shopping airline itineraries: Choose GDS, ITA, or Use super domain setting from the dropdown menu. We recommend using the super domain setting or ITA.
  3. Select a method for shopping airline itineraries with a non-US origin or destination: Choose With GDS price confirmation or Without GDS price confirmation (recommended) from the dropdown menu.
  4. Enabled schedule based shopping for airline itineraries: Choose Yes, No, or Use superdomain setting from the dropdown menu.
  5. Default search method: Choose By price, By schedule, or Use superdomain setting from the dropdown menu.
  6. Select the earliest limit of the time range that will be used to search all US domestic and Canadian airline availability based on the user’s requested time: Times range from 1 hour to 1 day, in hour increments. We recommend 2 hours.
  7. Select the latest limit of the time range that will be used to search all US domestic and Canadian airline availability based on the user’s requested time: Times range from 1 hour to 1 day, in hour increments. We recommend 2 hours.
  8. Select the earliest limit of the time range that will be used to search all non-US domestic and non-Canadian airline availability based on the user’s requested time:  Times range from 1 hour to 1 day, in hour increments. We recommend 4 or 5 hours due to fewer available flights.
  9. Select the latest limit of the time range that will be used to search all non-US domestic and non-Canadian airline availability based on the user’s requested time: Times range from 1 hour to 1 day, in hour increments. We recommend 4 or 5 hours due to fewer available flights.

Enabling Shopping and Fare Types

  1. Enable shopping for unrestricted fare type: Click the checkbox to display unrestricted fares.
  2. Enable shopping for refundable fare type: Click the checkbox to display refundable fares. 
  3. Select default fare type: Choose Lowest Available, Fares with no restrictions, or Fares that allow refunds. 
  4. Enable shopping for First Class Cabin: Click the Name checkbox if this class of service will appear. Choose "Use default" to use the default name ("First"), or "Use custom" and enter a custom name in the field.
  5. Enable shopping for Business Class Cabin: Click the Name checkbox if this class of service will appear. Choose "Use default" to use the default name ("Business"), or "Use custom" and enter a custom name in the field.
  6. Enable shopping for Coach Class Cabin: Click the Name checkbox if this class of service will appear. Choose "Use default" to use the default name ("Coach"), or "Use custom" and enter a custom name in the field.
  7. Enable shopping for Premium Coach Cabin: Click the Name checkbox if this class of service will appear. Choose "Use default" to use the default name ("Premium"), or "Use custom" and enter a custom name in the field. 
    Note: These options enable the display of the classes of service – they don't govern policy. See Adding or Editing a Travel Policy for details on travel policies.
  8. Select Premium Coach airlines: Click the first airline that can offer Premium Coach, and hold down Control (CTRL) to click other airlines in the selection box.
  9. Enable shopping for disabled cabin classes: Choose Yes to show disabled cabin classes, or No.

Expanding Flight Results

  1. Display Nearby Airports by default: Choose Yes to display nearby airports automatically, or No to not show them unless the user clicks the Nearby Airports checkbox while shopping for flights.
  2. Expand flight results to include non-stops when available: Choose Yes, No, or Use superdomain setting from the dropdown menu. We recommend choosing Yes or Use superdomain setting to allow search results to expand to show non-stops when the search criteria would otherwise not have returned them. Choosing No will not expand the search results.
  3. Enable flexible date and weekend search: Choose Yes, No, or Use superdomain setting from the dropdown menu. We recommend choosing Yes or Use superdomain setting to display a matrix of flights available over several days to allow selection of the best flight solution. Choosing No will not display the matrix.
  4. Default the flight results sorting view to: Choose Use superdomain setting, Policy/Preferred, Cost, Departure, Arrival, or Duration from the dropdown menu. 

Displaying Additional Seat Map Resources

Display Additional SeatMap resources: Choose Yes to display additional seat map information (such as recline angle or knee space) in addition to the general seat map for each type of plane. If you choose to display additional resources, enter one or more web sites and URLs for this information:

  • Seat Map Additional Site #1: Enter the name to display for this web site.
  • Seat Map Additional Site #1 URL:  Enter the URL for the seat map web site for #1.
  • Seat Map Additional Site #2:  Enter the name to display for this web site.
  • Seat Map Additional Site #2 URL:  Enter the URL for the seat map web site for #2.
  • Seat Map Additional Site #3:  Enter the name to display for this web site.
  • Seat Map Additional Site #3 URL:  Enter the URL for the seat map web site for #3.

Showing Other Information

  1. Enable display of personalized flight results? Choose Yes to show personalized flight results, or No.
  2. Use personalized flight results as default display? Choose Yes to show personalized flight results as the default, or No.
  3. Allow non-E-ticketable flight solutions? Choose Yes to allow flights without e-tickets, or No.
  4. Enable display of IATA (YY) fares on codeshare flights: Choose Yes to display fare solutions from ITA in which the plating carrier has fares filed but no permission to issue tickets. For example, in the LHRFRA market, UA has fares filed for LH codeshare flights, but an agency should not issue tickets on UA stock. Choose No to not display the ITA fares on codeshare flights.
  5. Enable airline web fare booking capabilities: Choose Yes to enable web fare booking. Web fares include VMI Baby, Ryan Air, and Easy Jet. Choose No to not allow web fare booking.
  6. Enable carbon calculator: Choose Yes to enable a calculation of the pounds of carbon dioxide used for the trip, or choose No to not include this calculation.
  7. Allow anytime search for flights: By default, the air search time is set to be Morning (6am – 12pm) for departures and Evening (6pm – 12am) for return flights. Choose Yes, No, or Use superdomain setting from the dropdown menu. We recommend choosing Yes or Use superdomain setting to expand the display of flight search results to all available flights for the day of travel. The user can always select specific times from a dropdown menu. Choosing No does not change the default display times.
  8. Allow Morning, Afternoon and Evening flight searches? Choose Yes, No, or Use superdomain setting from the dropdown menu. Choosing Yes or Use superdomain setting to displays options to search by morning, afternoon or evening. Choosing No will not display this option.

Allowing Out-Of-Policy Bookings

Allow out of policy trips to be bookable?

  • Choose Yes to allow users to book out-of-policy flights.
  • Choose No to not allow an out-of-policy flight. The Select button is not activated when such a flight is chosen.

Return to Adding or Editing a Display Configuration.




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