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ADB Agent Duplicate Booking. Duplicate bookings for the same passenger/itinerary with different agents are auto-cancelled by airlines' Bots. Add-ons Extra sector flights at fixed extra costs Advance purchase You must buy this ticket a certain number of days before you travel Agent An authorised travel/tour reseller. The local authorised body is the SLTB. The international body is the IATA. Amendment Changes to your booking AP Global indicator. This is a round the world routing/fare, going via both the Atlantic and Pacific APEX
Advance Purchase Excursion Ticket.
Cheap fare ticket must be issued soon after the reservation
is made, well in advance of the planned date of travel.
Usually date changes are not possible, or are charged a fee,
unlike most other tickets Asian style shower There is no shower cubicle. Only the shower faucet is provided (and the water will be all over the floor!) AT Global indicator. Atlantic routing and fare ATPCO Airline Tariff Publishing Company. A popular source of airfares for hundreds of airlines. See also SITA
BB Bed and Breakfast basis (room
+ breakfast buffet or served breakfast) Back Ticketing aka Back to Back
ticketing Using flight coupons on a ticket out of
sequence or not using coupons contained in a multi-sector
ticket for (prohibited) cost saving. This is tariff abuse,
and is expressly forbidden by airlines, as it circumvents
market fares and fare rules. Blackout dates The special offer is not valid on given dates, because of a festival/event or sufficient or overbooking for the dates in question Boarding Pass The printed card that you get when you checkin. Some airlines offer electronic and online checkin at major hubs. E-checkin is common in Scandinavia Booking Class see Classes Bot Automated Reservation Software utility program used by airlines to check for duplicate itineraries with different agents, and check Ticketing Time Limits etc. BPI Boarding Pass Information. Breakfasts American, Full English, Continental, Scottish Cooked BT or Bulk Tour refers to a special fare given by an airline to a large group. This will appear on your ticket in the Fare Calculation box. Allowed by DGCA to US and Canada. Budget Airlines A new breed of airline which offers low fares. They may be unreliable as many have gone bankrupt, including Sir Freddy Laker's original Laker Airways. Note that various services which are found on Full Service airlines are charged for, such as baggage checkin, food, drink, a low baggage allowance resulting in extra baggage charges, credit card usage, trolley use, music headphones, extra legroom etc. Due to an EU regulation, airlines which fly to/from the European Union are required to advertise fares including fuel surcharges. The popular ones include easyJet, Ryanair, Air Berlin, GermanWings, Veuling, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, JetStar Asia, AirAsia and Virgin Blue. aka: LCC (Low Cost Carrier) Business Class (J, C, I or D booking class) The second highest class of travel. Some airlines differentiate by naming their offering, e.g. Club World, Pearl Zone, Raffles. For most flights out of Colombo (except Emirates), the highest class of travel. Cancellation Penalties involved if you cancel your ticket Carrier Refers to the name of the airline you are travelling on, also: Nominated Carrier Check in time 2 hours prior to departure for international, 1 hour prior to departure for domestic Churning
Making and cancelling a booking many times. We kindly
request you not to ask us to do this, if it can be avoided Circle Flight A return flight to more than one destination in a region or area. e.g. Emirates to Singapore, Melbourne and Auckland; SriLankan to Rome and Paris. Classes Usually First, Business and Economy. Sometimes, subclasses exist e.g. Premium Economy. Class letter
(RBD-Reservation Booking Designator) A letter that is
used to denote Class of Travel, like Economy or Business.
Within economy class, sub-economy classes denoted by a
letter of the alphabet, are used for sales on each flight.
In other words, the same flight is blocked out to sell at different prices,
and the cheapest seats are usually sold first by travel
agents. So the earlier the book, the more likely that you
will get cheap seats, especially during peak periods. See also Upsell.
Coach US name for Economy Class Codeshare A flight operated by one airline using the two letter moniker of another. Combination permitted You can combine two fare classes/rules to make your whole return journey. e.g. Fly outbound on one fare class/rule, and inbound on another. Useful as an alternative when no seats are available on one class/rule. Common rated Cities that share the same fare level. The airline will fly to any of the specified cities for the same price. However, taxes differ. Conditions Rules pertaining to a fare or ticket issue. They will be shown on your ticket. Connection Changing from one flight to another flight
Conventions Destination
The final stopping place before turning
around and coming home Distress Fares These are time-limited specials that airlines release direct to the public or through agents, when flights during a period are empty or subject to last-minute cancellations Double Room ''Married accommodation". One large bed for two people, either King Size or Queen Size (see Bed Types) E-Check in Facility provided in developed countries to check in outside the airport, on the internet or at boarding card dispensers close to the check in counters (if you do not have baggage). Common in Scandinavia. Economy Class
(generically, "Y" class for full-fare) Lowest class of travel.
Sub-economy classes, utilising the same seats,
e.g.
MBHVQLOX
(depends on the airline),
but will also change for off-line carriage.
Also called: Coach End on End Combining two fare rules (i.e. separate tickets) to create a complete itinerary. e.g. Colombo / Glasgow / Colombo purchased as two tickets: Colombo / Manchester / Colombo and Manchester / Glasgow / Manchester , which may (or may not) be cheaper than buying one ticket Colombo / Dubai / Glasgow / Dubai / Colombo. Destinations are for illustration only. This is sometimes not allowed on certain fares. Endorsement A
written authority from a Carrier to transfer a Ticket or
Miscellaneous Charges Order or an individual coupon thereof
to another Carrier ETA Estimated Time of Arrival ETD Estimated Time of Departure Eurail Pass See Eurail Europe Pass An airpass enabling multiple stops in Continental Europe, Scandinavia and/or Baltic Countries. May be purchased in multiples of coupons, the usual minimum being three Fare basis The name/code of the fare-type you are travelling on. e.g. LEE4MLK, JRT Fare validity The date given by the airline before a specified excursion or published airfare expires. The ticket must be issued before this. But see also: Ticketing Validity Fares The cost of passenger carriage. Fare on Ticket This is a fare given by the airline to print on the ticket prior to adding taxes, and is often the full IATA fare for the journey. FB Full Board (all three meals provided), also called American Plan (AP) Fifth Freedom
This means the right of an airline from one country to land
in a second country, to then pick up passengers and fly on
to a third country where the passengers are allowed to
disembark. The most well known Colombo example is Emirates'
Dubai-Colombo-Singapore vv. route, where
passengers are carried between each city. see also
Freedoms First Class (F or P) Highest class of travel. Most airlines do not offer First Class out of Sri Lanka (except Singapore Airlines and EK552/558/559 Boeing 777-300 frequencies). FIT Free Independent Traveller. Holidaymakers who buy the various components of their holiday separately, e.g. flights, hotels, tours, activities and transfers. The tourist decides the duration of travel, the destinations, sights, attractions and routing of their holiday. FOC Free of charge. No cost FOT Fare on Ticket. This often differs from the Market fare (q.v.) Frequent Flyer Airlines have formulated Frequent Flyer programmes for their most loyal customers. We recommend that you join them because they are free of charge. Note: Some lower subeconomy classes on major airlines, do not earn points/miles. Fully Flexible,
Unrestricted or Full Fare tickets are unrestricted
tickets that almost no conditions other than the maximum
travel validity of 1 year. They can often be used on any
carrier (i.e. they can be Endorsed), and have a number of
common rated destinations. Commonly purchased by
businesspeople. GDS Global
Distribution System. An online, multi-supplier, worldwide
computerised reservation system used by travel agents for
airline, hotel and other services bookings.
Common GDS systems include Amadeus, Galileo, Abacus, Worldspan
and Sabre. GIT Group Independent Traveller. Holidaymakers who travel with unrelated people on inclusive tours (IT), with some flexibility as to which tours that they take. This differs from Group Travel, e.g. Package Tourists who travel with unrelated people throughout the holiday from flights to hotels to tours. Group Bookings
(airline)
Travel agents most of the time, can't make reservations for groups of 9
and above on their GDS (q.v.). These bookings are
made by the GSA (q.v.) or the airline, on their own
reservation system. GSA General Sales Agent. An agent appointed to represent a hotel/tour operator/airline in a city where the hotel/operator/airline has no office of its own HB Half Board.
Either Breakfast & Dinner or Breakfast & Lunch
included, sometimes called Modified American Plan
(MAP) IATA Fare The fare given by the International Air Transport Association. See also MSP Infant child Up to 23 months at time of flight departure for international flights, usually entitled to 10% of the full IATA fare, or FOC, depending on the airline. Infants are usually exempt from airport departure and statutory taxes, but many airlines have begun charging fuel and insurance surcharges from infants as well Interline baggage Automatic transfer of baggage from one airline to another, en-route to its final destination IT or Inclusive Tour. (Complicated. Click link). Allowed by DGCA to US and Canada. Itinerary Your flight, train or tour schedule in detail Layover
The period of time you stopover at an airline's hub until
your next connecting flight Market Fare The airfare, without taxes, sold in a given country. see MSP MCO Miscellaneous Charges Order. Amount collected for taxes or extra services. It is a kind of receipt for monies paid to an airline MCT Minimum Connecting Time. The amount of time needed to connect to your onward flight at a given airport. It depends on the airport, whether you are flying different airlines, whether your transfer involves a terminal change, and whether you have to clear Customs and Immigration during your transfer (e.g. in the case International - Domestic) MDP Now Defunct (01/1997-07/2000). Market Development Programme that limited discounts to ~5% of MSP Medium Haul Flights between 2-10 hours in duration MICE Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions - Business related Travel Mileage The amount of miles permitted to be flown on an airfare, see MPM Miles The currency of a Frequent Flyer programme Minimum stay/maximum stay the shortest and longest times you can stay at your destination Montreal Convention of 1999, deals with Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air MPM Maximum permitted distance you can fly in air miles (not air km) MSP Market Selling Price (sometimes, Minimum) the price at which the airline sells in a given market (country) using a given booking class. a.k.a. Market Fare. Some airlines now offer multiple MSP's in the same country, having pricing slabs for the same cabin (see RBD/class of travel) NonEnd Nonendorsable, see Endorsement. NonRef Nonrefundable NonRer Nonreroutable, cannot be used to travel to another destination Not Applicable / Not
Included Not applicable means a charge is not payable by
you. Not included means that the charge is not shown on the
face of a voucher, but is payable by you, later. Offline carrier An airline that does not fly to your point of origin Offline fare The
price of a ticket, either issued by an offline carrier or an
online carrier, that enables you to fly to cities which are
not served by direct or connecting flights of a single
airline Online carrier An airline that flies to your point of origin Online transfer Changing flights from one airline to the same airline
Open Jaw
Fly to one city and return from another city
(A-B,C-A). See:
Europe Open-dated No return date set Origin The airport that you start your journey from Outbound Flight from point of origin Overbooking Some airlines grant confirmed (OK/HK) status even when there are no seats available. An announcement may be made prior to the flight departure that any passenger willing to give up his/her seat will be paid a fixed amount in the local currency, so that the flight can depart OW One-Way journey PA Global Indicator. This routing or fare is via the Pacific Package Tourists
All inclusive
Package Holidaymakers who travel together
at all times, on flights, hotels, meals and tours, lead by a
Tour Operator. = Group Tourists.
Phonetic
alphabet PNR Passenger Name Reference - used by GDS Point of Origin
see origin PRS Prereserved Seat PTA Prepaid Ticket Advice. Practice of using an airline ticket by the airline in a country other than its Point of Origin country. The ticket is sent from the airline office in the issuing country to the airline office in the Point of Origin country. It is sometimes cheaper to obtain the ticket in Sri Lanka and courier it to the passenger, because of service charges and market fares Published fare Ticket price set by airline, see MSP Q-surcharge A collection, usually given as a tax, for facilities. These are commonly used in USA, Canada and Hong Kong. RBD Class Letter (q.v.). also Upsell. Red-eye flight is a flight operated by an airline departing late at night and arriving early the next morning, typically between the period from 9pm to 7am. These are cheap if they are for separately purchased domestic flights in large countries like US, Canada, Australia and Russia. more Reissue
Changes that require a new ticket to be issued
in lieu of the old one. Restricted Fares Most airfares sold to you have pages and pages of conditions and restrictions. You buy the fare that you choose, and changes and flexibility have a cost attached to them. Unrestricted fares are usually Full Economy fares. Note that even some Business Class fares are market fares, and therefore are restricted. See: Fully Flexible Reverse Direction This means a ticket from an origin other than Colombo, from the point of view of a Sri Lankan resident. These fares are different, usually higher, than Colombo origin tickets. Reverse Direction fares are usually not passport-holder specific, and are payable in LKR (Sri Lankan Rupees) in Colombo. Options are limited, and even more so if you want to overfly Colombo. ROE Rate of Exchange. In Sri Lanka-issued travel documents, the rate used in translating foreign currency (usually USD, sometimes others) to Sri Lankan Rupees (LKR). Room Type Twin room means two separate beds for two people sharing a room. Double Room means one large bed, either King Size or Queen size (see Bed Types) "Round the World" Fares Circumnavigating the globe on a single ticket usually doubles the fare. Therefore, passengers are advised to return using the same route which they arrived. e.g. Via the Atlantic or the Pacific, both ways to the USA. RR see Status RQ Term on your
ticket, On Request status, also called HL or WL status on
your itinerary printout. See Status RT fares Return Journey fares Seasonality Different fares for different times of the year (travel validity) Sector A single flight from point A to point B, bearing a single flight number Shared facilities WC/Toilet/Shower/Bath facilities outside the room, shared with other people. Short Haul
Flights less than 2 hours Sidetrip Short return trip from a city during your journey e.g. Colombo/Bangkok/Solo City/Bangkok/Colombo. Bangkok/Solo vv. is the side trip SITA Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques. An Airline Cooperative that deals with IT solutions for the industry. You may hear this in relation to the source of your airfare SLTB Sri Lanka Tourist Board. Note: Our Registration #TS/TA/972 ; Our Licence #7970 Special Prorate Agreement (SPA) An agreement that an airline which does not fly to a destination makes with another to carry passengers to a connecting point that they do fly to. e.g. Emirates/SriLankan with Qantas, American/United/Continental/Lufthansa with SriLankan. Sometimes referred to as Offline Agreement. Status The codes attached to the status of your booking. The heirarchy is Cancelled or Unable to confirm/Waitlist closed/Waitlist open/Seat released/Confirmed/Reconfirmed. In GDS/CRS two letter codes HX or UC-LL-KL-KK-HK-RR respectively are used STD Standard Traffic Document. The non-carrier-specific ticket issued for airlines in the BSP (q.v.) system Stopover When you leave the airport for more than 24 hours STPC STopover Paid by Carrier. The airline pays for your accommodation and meals at a forced stopover point (i.e. when the airline's schedule forces you to have a long layover at their hub). STPC varies by airline, so make sure that you check the conditions if you require it. We will be happy to advise you, with the relevant rule directly from the airline's website Suggested route Most logical route to fit in with the airfare you are on Surcharges Extra costs involved Surface sector You make your own way between two points (by air, sea or land) Tariff Abuse see
Back Ticketing Technical Stop A fuelling stop where passengers do not leave the aircraft. e.g. Cathay Pacific stops in Bangkok or Singapore en route to Hong Kong from Colombo Throughfare An
airfare to your ultimate destination sold on a single
ticket. Usually (but not always) much cheaper than
End-on-End fares. Ticket Validity The time period during which the ticket is valid. e.g. return within 30 days of departure Ticketing Validity A deadline - the date given by the airline to issue the ticket, after which the airline will cancel your reservation. This differs from Fare Validity in that, the fare may be valid, but if the seat allocation is not available, the ticket cannot be issued at the price specified after this date. This is called UTTL or Universal Ticketing Time Limit. Time Note that
flight times use the 24 hour clock. A day begins at 00:00
and ends at 23:59. e.g. 0120 on the 26th, means 25th night
after midnight. Take care, or you will miss your flight. Tour Code Used by airlines to refer to the type of market fare (q.v.) e.g. CMBR001 Traffic rights Cities airlines are allowed to fly between Transitional Stored Ticket (TST) A group booking made on the Amadeus system by an airline pending ticketing by a travel agent Travel validity Ticket must be used before, during or after a given period; or the ticket is valid only on a particular flight. e.g. Minimum stay at destination 7 days, not valid before <date>, not valid during <period>, not valid at <time of day>, not valid on codeshares. Turnaround point The furthest point from your destination, on your multi-stop itinerary Twin Room Two separate beds for two people sharing the same room UFN Until Further Notice UC Unable to Confirm status. The flight is full, or has been cancelled or closed for further booking, or there is a technical problem. Your travel agent should remove this from your itinerary immediately, as this status will not change Ultra Long Haul Non-stop flights over 17 hours (9420 nautical miles, 17446 km), made possible by the new Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner (and one day, the Airbus A350-900R). e.g. Singapore to Newark, NJ, USA on Singapore Airlines, which is the world's longest regular commercial flight Update The latest changes to a fare or fare rules Upgrade Changing from one Class (q.v.) of travel to a higher one Upsell This is not an upgrade, just the opposite. The same economy class seat (as designated by a Class Letter, see above) is sold at different fares by the same airline to maximise the yield. The early booking that is ticketed first usually gets the cheapest seats. A fare difference is charged for each upsell. e.g. Class Letter L to V, V to H and so on. The differences can be quite substantial. vv. Vice Versa Validity see: Ticket Validity, Ticketing Validity, Fare Validity VLD Valid on Visa
This is the right to visit a country (and not the
credit card). A visa
can be given on arrival or be stamped before you get to your
destination, depending on your nationality and immigration
clearance eligibility.
Embassies Warsaw Convention On your ticket, "The Montreal Convention or the Warsaw Convention system may be applicable to your journey and these Conventions govern and may limit the liability of air carriers for death or bodily injury, for loss of or damage to baggage, and for delay." If you really want to know: Conventions regarding Aviation WH Global Indicator. This routing or fare is entirely in the Western Hemisphere, west of the Greenwich Meridien, and essentially does not include an Atlantic crossing YEExM Where x is a number, and Y an RBD (q.v.), an x-month excursion fare YRT Usually, a Fully Flexible unrestricted fare. There are exceptions. Yield The net profit that an airline earns on a seat sold. STPC (q.v.) is usually the first casualty when fuel costs go up.
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