Training Guide

Price Quote Record Tables

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Table of Contents

Price Quote Expiration Table

Display the Price Quote Record Expiration Table................................................................................................ 5

Add an item to the Price Quote Record Expiration Table

Add the System Default Item ................................................................................................................... 6

Additional example entries: ............................................................................................................ 6
Add All Other Expiration Items ................................................................................................................. 7
Entry variation examples: ............................................................................................................... 9
Insert an item into the Price Quote Record Expiration Table ............................................................................. 10
Delete an item from the Price Quote Record Expiration Table .......................................................................... 11
Entry variation examples: ............................................................................................................. 11

Booking Code Upgrade Table

Display the Booking Code Upgrade Table ......................................................................................................... 12

Add an Item Type “I” to Booking Code Upgrade Table ...................................................................................... 13
Add an Item Type “U” to Booking Code Upgrade Table .................................................................................... 14
Delete Items from the Booking Code Upgrade Table ........................................................................................ 15

Quick Reference of Entries

Quick Reference ................................................................................................................................................ 16

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Objectives

Item Description

Objectives By the end of the module, you will be able to:

• Display and edit the Price Quote Record Expiration Table
• Display and edit the Booking Code Upgrade Table

EPR Duty code: A duty code of 8 is required for edit and delete entries only.

Keyword: A keyword of CENCRC is required for edit and delete entries only.

AAA City: Must be CRC (AAACRC) in order to make changes to both tables

UAT Keyword: No specific keyword required

Preparation To prepare for teaching this module:

If a carrier does not have a Booking Code Upgrade Table, a basic one may need to be
created in order to demonstrate the Display option.

Reference For additional format information, refer to FOCUS (F*REM)

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Price Quote Expiration Table

Display the Price Quote Record Expiration Table

This entry is used to display the Price Quote Record Expiration Table.

PQET*

Example response:
PQET*«
QUAL1 QTYPE1 APPLY QUAL2 QTYPE2 DYS HRS MIN PQ
1 SFO CTY BTWN JFK CTY 5 SAR
2 300 FLT RANGE 399 FLT 330 SR
3 212 FLT FLT 2 3 15 SAR
4 SYSTEM 60 A
Notes

• The Price Quote Record Time Limit is determined by the length of time entered in the Price
Quote Record Expiration Table.
• This time limit is created at the time of PNR End Transaction and is not changeable.
• Price Quote Record Status will be changed to Expired (X) when it no longer meets requirements
for ticketing.
• The Expired Price Quote Record is retained for informational purposes only.
• If there are no items in the PQ Expiration Table, all of your airline’s PQ records will expire at end
transaction. You must add at least a SYSTEM default to prevent this situation.

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Add an item to the Price Quote Record
Expiration Table

Add the System Default Item

Use this format to add a system default item to the Price Quote Expiration Table. The system applies
the system default if no other PQ expiration in the table applies.
It is extremely important to add a system default to the PQET table. If you do not, any PQ records
that do not up match up to an existing expiration will expire at end transaction.

Example entry:
PQETA/SYSTEM/////3

Entry: Explanation

PQ Primary Action Code

ET Table Identifier

A A = Add

/SYSTEM Indicator for system default

///// Number of slashes (five) when you are adding a number of days as
the expiration.

3 Number of days after which the PQ record will expire.

Additional example entries:

• PQ records to expire after three days. Requires five slashes:

PQETA/SYSTEM/////3

• PQ records to expire after 12 hours. Requires six slashes:

PQETA/SYSTEM//////12

• PQ records to expire after 30 minutes. Requires seven slashes:

PQETA/SYSTEM///////30

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Add All Other Expiration Items

Use this format to add expiration information between two cities to the Price Quote Record
Expiration Table.

Example entry:
PQETA/SFO/CTY/BTWN/DFW/CTY/3/12//SAR

Entry: Explanation

PQ Primary Action Code

ET Table Identifier

A A = Add

/SFO Slash separator and first Qualifier

/CTY Slash separator and Qualifier type code for first Qualifier

/BTWN Slash separator and Apply code

/DFW Slash separator and second Qualifier

/CTY Slash separator and Qualifier type code for second Qualifier

/3 Slash separator and number of Days

12/ Slash separator and number of Hours

/ Slash separator with no minutes listed. You use slashes in place of

missing elements if later data elements are to be populated.

/SA Slash separator and PQ type

(see the Element chart on the following page)

Example response, upon redisplay of the Price Quote Record Expiration Table:
PQET*«
QUAL1 QTYPE1 APPLY QUAL2 QTYPE2 DYS HRS MIN PQ
1 SFO CTY BTWN JFK CTY 5 SAR
2 300 FLT RANGE 399 FLT 330 SR
3 212 FLT FLT 2 3 15 SAR
4 SFO CTY BTWN DFW CTY 3 12 SA
5 SYSTEM 60 SAR

There are additional format examples and explanations on the following pages.

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The following chart is a list of elements to be used in entries for adding or inserting information in the
Price Quote Record Expiration Table:

Element Details

QUAL1 The qualifier can be a flight number or geographic location including

system (generic for all locations), city, state, or country code.
Maximum of 6 alpha-numeric characters (required).

QTYPE1 QTYPE describes the preceding qualifier. Options include:

CTY - City
FLT - Flight
CNTRY - Country
ST - State
AREA - Area
CLS - Class of Service
Maximum of 5 alpha characters (optional for system qualifier only).

APPLY This describes the application of QUAL1 with QUAL2.

TO - to
FLT - flight
RANGE - range
BTWN - between
Maximum of 5 alpha characters (optional for system qualifier only).

QUAL2 The qualifier can be a flight number or geographic location including

system (generic to all locations), city, state, or country code.
Maximum of 6 alpha-numeric characters (required).
QTYPE2 QTYPE describes qualifier 2.
CTY - city
FLT - flight
CNTRY - country
ST - state
AREA - area
Maximum 5 alpha characters (optional for system qualifier only).

DYS DYS = days. This indicates the number of days before the Price
Quote expiration will occur at midnight TUL (Central U.S.) time.
0 - Today at midnight
1 - Tomorrow at midnight
Minimum and maximum days are 0-330 only.
Maximum 3 numeric characters (optional-default blank).
HRS HRS (Hours) describes the number of hours before a Price Quote
expiration will occur. This can be in addition to a value in DYS
and/or MIN fields.
Enter 0-99 only or leave blank, maximum 2 numeric characters
(optional field, the default is blank).
MIN MIN (Minutes) describes the number of minutes before a Price Quote
expiration will occur. This can be in addition to a value in DYS
and/or HRS field. A 0 in this field, with the DYS and HRS fields
blank, represents immediate expiration.
Enter 0-59 only, or leave blank. Maximum 2 numeric characters
(optional field, the default is blank)

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 Element Details

PQ The PQ field describes how the PQ was priced.

S - system priced
A - agent priced
R - reissue priced
If no characters are input, default SAR will be displayed in the table.
Maximum 3 alpha characters (optional-default all if blank).
Notes:

 The System default must be the first item added to the table. It will always move to the
bottom of the table as you add additional items.
 There is a maximum of 999 items you can add to this table.

Entry variation examples:

• Add an expiration of 330 days to a specific flight range for agent and reissue priced PNRs.
PQETA/400/FLT/RANGE/499/FLT/330///AR
Use slashes in place of missing elements if later data elements are to be populated.
In this example, the user excluded the HRS and MIN elements. Using the slashes in the entry
provides a blank space for these elements in order to specify the PQ type.
If the user did not want to specify PQ type, the entry would have looked like this:
PQETA/400/FLT/RANGE/499/FLT/330

• Add an expiration of 2 days to a specific flight number.

PQETA/210/FLT/FLT///2

• Add an expiration of 12 hours to the system for system and reissue priced PNRs only.
PQETA/SYSTEM//////12/30/SR

• Add a class of service:

PQETA/V/CLS/CLS///45///R

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Insert an item into the Price Quote Record Expiration Table

This entry is used to insert an item in the Price Quote Record Expiration Table.

Example entry:
PQETI2/LAS/CTY/BTWN/DFW/CTY//12

Entry: Explanation:

PQ Primary Action Code

ET Table Identifier

I I = Insert

2 Line number from the table display that the inserted line should be
added after.

/LAS Slash separator and first Qualifier

/CTY Slash separator and Qualifier type code for first Qualifier

/BTWN Slash separator and Apply code

/DFW Slash separator and second Qualifier

/CTY Slash separator and Qualifier type code for second Qualifier

/ Slash separator with no additional data for number of Days

/12 Slash separated and number of hours

The following is how the new information appears in the Price Quote Record Expiration Table:
PQET*«
QUAL1 QTYPE1 APPLY QUAL2 QTYPE2 DYS HRS MIN PQ
1 SFO CTY BTWN JFK CTY 5 SAR
2 300 FLT RANGE 399 FLT 330 SR
3 LAS CTY BTWN DFW CTY 12 SAR
4 SYSTEM 5 SAR

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Delete an item from the Price Quote Record Expiration Table

The purpose of this entry is to delete an item from the table.

Example Entry:
PQETD2

Entry: Explanation:

PQ Primary Action Code

ET Table Identifier

D D = Delete

2 Line number from the table display that is to be deleted

Entry variation examples:

• Delete a range of lines.

PQETD1-3

• Delete multiple non-consecutive lines.

PQETD1/4

• Delete all items from the table.

PQETD-ALL

Example response to deletion entry:

PQETD2«
DONE

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Booking Code Upgrade Table

Use the Booking Code Upgrade Table to retain activation for Price Quote Records impacted by
itinerary changes such as upgrades, schedule change, or staff activity.

Display the Booking Code Upgrade Table

Use this format to display the Booking Code Upgrade Table:

PQBT*

The response displays on screen, similar to the following example:

PQBT*«
BOOKING CODE TABLE

FROM TO ITEM EFFECTIVE DISCONTINUE

CLASS CLASS TYPE DATE DATE
1 B Y I 19JUL03 10OCT03
2 Y A U 01AUG04

Column Header: Explanation:

From Class of service originally booked

Class

To New class of service

Class

Item Type of reactivation

Type

Note that there are two Item Types:

• Type I is a combination of two booking codes that will not inactivate during a schedule change or
agent initiated changes to an itinerary.
• Type U is a combination of two booking codes that will not inactivate during an upgrade entry.

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Add an Item Type “I” to Booking Code Upgrade Table

Use this entry to add items to the Booking Code Upgrade Table which are not to be inactivated during
a schedule change or due to staff entry.

Example entry:
PQBTAB/Y/08AUG06/31DEC06
Entry: Explanation:

PQ Primary Action Code

BT Table Identifier

A A = Add

B The “From” class code, 2 alpha character maximum

Note: an * can replace a class code to represent all classes.

/Y Slash separator and the “To” class code,

2 alpha character maximum

/08AUG06 Slash separator and Effective date

/31DEC06 Slash separator and Discontinue date.

Default to infinity if not included in input entry.

Example response:
PQBTAB/Y/08AUG06/31DEC06«
DONE

Redisplay the Booking Code Upgrade Table, note that the item is added:
PQBT*«
BOOKING CODE TABLE

FROM TO ITEM EFFECTIVE DISCONTINUE

CLASS CLASS TYPE DATE DATE
1 B Y I 19JUL03 10OCT03
2 Y A U 01AUG04
3 B Y I 08AUG06 31DEC06

The system adds new items to the table as the last line regardless of item type. You cannot insert
items between lines.
An I type item in the PQBT table keeps a PQ record active when the class of service is changed.

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Add an Item Type “U” to Booking Code Upgrade Table

Use this entry to add upgrade items to the Booking Code Upgrade Table. This enables staff to
reactivate the price quote record when a passenger upgrades from one compartment to another. The
reactivate requires the entry: PQAUP
The presence of this item in the table does not keep a PQ active, but allows the PQAUP reactivation
format to work.

Example entry:
PQBTUAY/A/21JUL06/30AUG06
Entry: Explanation:

PQ Primary Action Code

BT Table Identifier

U Upgrade Item identifier

A A = Add

Y The “From” class code, 2 alpha character maximum

Note: an * can replace a class code to represent all classes.

/A Slash separator and the “To” class code,

2 alpha character maximum

/21JUL06 Slash separator and Effective date

/30AUG06 Slash separator and Discontinue date.

Default to infinity if not included in input entry.

Example response:
PQBTUAY/A/21JUL06/30AUG06«
DONE

Redisplay the Booking Code Upgrade Table:

PQBT*«
BOOKING CODE TABLE

FROM TO ITEM EFFECTIVE DISCONTINUE

CLASS CLASS TYPE DATE DATE
1 B Y I 19JUL03 10OCT03
2 Y A U 01AUG04
3 B Y I 08AUG06 31DEC06
4 Y A U 21JUL06 30AUG06

Adding items by this format results in an Item Type “U”.

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Delete Items from the Booking Code Upgrade Table

Use this entry to delete a line of data from the Booking Code Upgrade Table.

Example entry:
PQBTD1

Entry: Explanation:

PQ Primary Action Code

BT Table Identifier

D D = Delete

1 Line number

Example response:
PQBTD1«
DONE

Redisplay the Booking Code Upgrade Table:

PQBT*«
BOOKING CODE TABLE

FROM TO ITEM EFFECTIVE DISCONTINUE

CLASS CLASS TYPE DATE DATE
1 Y A U 01AUG04
2 B Y I 08AUG06 31DEC06
3 Y A U 21JUL06 30AUG06

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Quick Reference of Entries

Quick Reference

Entry Explanation

PQET* Display the Price Quote Record Expiration Table.

PQETA/SFO/CTY/BTWN/DFW/CTY/5/ Add specific days, hours, and minutes that a Price

12/30/SAR Quote Record will expire between two city pairs.

PQETA/500/FLT/FLT///2 Add a two-day expiration to a specific flight number.

PQETA/SYSTEM/////3 Add System default to expire after three days.

PQETA/SYSTEM/////0///SR Add System default to expire at midnight today for

System and/or Reissue Price Quote Records.

PQETI2/LAS/CTY/BTWN/DFW/CTY/7 Insert an item in the Price Quote Record Expiration

Table.

PQETD2 Delete an item from the Price Quote Record Expiration

Table.

PQBT* Display the Booking Code Upgrade Table

PQBTAY/A/19JUL06/20JUL06 Add items to the Booking Code Upgrade Table that are
not to be inactivated by schedule change or agent
initiated itinerary changes

PQBTUAY/A/21JUL06/ Add upgrade items to the Booking Code Upgrade

30AUG06 Table.

PQBTD1 Delete data from the Booking Code Upgrade Table.

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