| Version: | D |
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| Release: | 00A |
| Contr. Agency: | UN |
| Revision: | 5 |
| Date: | 2000-01-27 |
| SOURCE: | Joint Rapporteurs Message Design Group - JM10 |
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For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.3, UN/ECE UNSM General Introduction |
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This message also occurs in the following versions of this standard: D98A, D99A, D99B, D00A, D00B, D01A, D01B, D01C, D02A, D02B, D03A, D03B, D04A, D04B |
This specification provides the definition of the Availability response - interactive message (AVLRSP) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
An interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Availability Response is sent by a service provider in response to an availability request for a Travel, Tourism and Leisure service. The Travel, Tourism and Leisure Availability Request - interactive (AVLREQ) is utilised to provide an interactive request for which the interactive availability response is used to respond.
The Availability response - interactive message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.
AVLRSP may be used for the following functions within the Interactive Scenario for Travel, Tourism and Leisure:
(1) to respond to a general availability request for any hotel, rental car, train trip, airline flight, or tour in a specific city or geographical region for a date or range of dates. The response may include products from multiple service providers and multiple classes of service, car types, room types as is appropriate to the product.
(2) to respond to availability for one or more specific hotels, rental cars, train trips, airline flights, or tours for a specific date. Along with the availability, the response may include rates, rules, and specific information about the product.
(3) to respond only with rules and rates for a specific product.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.
This section should be read in conjunction with the segment table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements.
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Availability response - interactive message is AVLRSP.
Note: Availability response - interactive messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UIH, composite S306:
| Data element | 0065 | AVLRSP |
| 0052 | D | |
| 0054 | 00A | |
| 0051 | UN |
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car, train, accommodations, etc.) and business function of the message.
Number and identifying qualifier to indicate number of adults or children pertaining to the entire response.
A segment to indicate the location by geographic area, reference point, or direction.
Address of the product.
A name associated with the product.
Criteria which was used to select the available products or services.
The traveller or traveller group for whom these products or services are available.
The consumer reference information related to the available products or services.
The payment information which applies to all of the available products or services.
Information concerning the amount of commission that will be paid if a service or product is booked.
A number associated to all of the available products.
Rule and policy information that applies to all the available products.
A segment to specify the hours of operation for an available product or service.
Free or coded text information that applies to all the available products.
Details pertaining to special services or requirements relating to all the available products.
A currency code that applies to all the rates and tariffs.
This segment group provides error information that relates to the entire message.
Error condition data pertaining to the entire response.
Free form text data pertaining to the preceding error condition.
This segment group provides facility information for a product or service.
This segment provides facility information for a product or service location.
This segment provides free text information for the facilities.
RUL-DAV-ASD-SG4-SG6-SG11 This segment group provides information regarding a specific product, including its policies and the amenities and services
A specific product, such as a hotel, car rental location, or tour code and characteristics of the product.
The address of the product.
The geographic location of the product, including direction, distance, and driving time.
Contact information, such as, phone number or fax number for this product or service.
Special features and amenities of the product.
An item number related to the product for requesting additional information.
If the product is a car rental, this segment provides information about car delivery and chauffeur service.
Rate ranges relating to the product.
The currency code for the rates for a product.
Forms of payment for a specific product.
Free text relating to the product.
Rule and policy information pertaining to the availability of the product.
A segment which indicates the availability of the product for a thirty day period.
A segment to specify information on supplemental service related to the product.
This segment group provides information concerning the availability of a specific car type, room type, or class of service.
The specific car type, room type, or class of service and the number available.
An item number associated with the previous product information.
Free text information associated with the car type, room type, or class of service.
This segment group provides information about the rate amount as well as information concerning rules and policies for the rate and commission paid on the rate for a specific car type, room type, or class of service.
Tariff information for a specific product or service.
Details for a service that is related to a specific rate.
Commission that will be paid if a specific rate is booked.
Payment information for a specific rate.
Details pertaining to a special service or requirement for a specific rate.
Rules and policy information, such as minimum rental or stay, start day of the week, deposits, etc., for a specific rate.
This segment group provides information about the specific rate codes a particular product or service, including rules and restrictions, availability, and rate amounts.
Rate codes for a specific product or service.
An item number associated to a specific rate code.
The number of products that can be booked for this rate code and the action that can be taken.
Rule and policy information for a specific rate code.
This segment group provides error information pertaining to a specific rate code.
Error data pertaining to the associated rate code.
Free form or coded text data pertaining to the preceding ERI segment.
This segment group provides information about the rate amount as well as information concerning commission paid on that rate for a specific rate code.
Tariff information for a specific rate code.
Details for a service that is related to a specific rate.
Commission that will be paid if a specific rate is booked.
Rules and policy information, such as minimum rental or stay, start day of the week, deposits, etc., for a specific rate.
This segment group provides information concerning the availability of a specific car type, room type, or class of service for a specific rate code.
The specific car type, room type, or class of service and the number available.
An item number associated with the previous information.
Free text information associated with the car type, room type, or class of service.
This segment group provides information about the rate amount as well as information concerning rules and policies for the rate and commission paid on the rate for a specific car type, room type, or class of service.
Tariff information for a specific car type, room type, or class of service.
Details for a service that is related to a specific class of product or service.
Commission that will be paid if a specific class of product or service is booked.
Rules and policy information for a specific class of product or service.
This segment group provides information about a category of rate products.
A segment to specify rate categories, such as, standard, maximum, minimum, and promotional.
This segment group provides information about the specific rates in a given category, including rules and restrictions, availability, and rate amounts.
Rate codes for specific rate categories.
An item number associated to a specific rate code.
The number of products that can be booked for this rate code and the action that can be taken.
Rules and policy information for a specific rate code.
This segment group provides error information pertaining to the associated rate code.
Error data pertaining to the associated rate code.
Free form or coded text data pertaining to the preceding ERI segment.
This segment group provides information concerning the availability of a specific car type, room type, or class of service.
The number available for a specific product or service class for specific rate code.
An item number associated with previous product or service class.
Free text information associated with the product or service class.
This segment group provides information about the rate amount as well as information concerning rules and policies for the rate, commission paid for booking a product or service class, associated payment information, and details about special services.
Tariff information for a specific product or service class.
Details for a service that is related to a specific rate.
Commission that will be paid if a specific rate is booked.
Payment information for a specific rate.
Details pertaining to a special service or requirement for a specific rate.
Rules and policy information governing the availability of a specific rate.
This segment group provides information about a product or service, the availability, special services, and pointer to indicate the level of the service.
Information identifying the product or service (service provider, service location, date of service, service description, etc.).
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car, train, accommodations, etc.).
To specify the level and key for this product or service as it relates to other segments in the message.
The specific car type, room type, or class of service and the number available for each.
Details pertaining to a special service or requirement for a product of service.
Rate categories for a specific product.
This segment group provides error information pertaining to the product or service.
Error data pertaining to the associated product or service.
Free form or coded text data pertaining to the preceding ERI segment.
This segment group provides information identifying the travel product or service but groups the travel products by the entire journey.
A segment providing the origin and destination of a Travel, Tourism and Leisure (TT&L) journey.
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car, train, accommodations, etc.).
This segment group provides information pertaining to the travel product or service which related to the preceding journey information.
Information identifying the product or service (service provider, service location, date of service, service description, etc.).
To specify the classes of service and the availability of each.
A segment providing additional data relating to the preceding TVL segment (i.e. aircraft type, number of stops, on time performance, gate description, etc.).
Number and identifying qualifier relating to the product or service.
Free text information related to a product or service.
Restrictions that may apply to this product or service.
Rate categories for a specific product or service.
This segment group provides error information pertaining to the product or service.
Error data pertaining to the associated product or service.
Free form or coded text data pertaining to the preceding ERI segment.
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UIH & UIT) and the control reference number of the message.
| ADS | Address | |
| APD | Additional transport details | |
| ASD | Service details | |
| CMN | Commission information | |
| CON | Contact information | |
| CRI | Consumer reference information | |
| CUR | Currencies | |
| DAV | Daily availability | |
| DTI | Date and time information | |
| ERI | Application error information | |
| IFT | Interactive free text | |
| ITM | Item number | |
| LKP | Level indication | |
| MOV | Car delivery instruction | |
| MSD | Message action details | |
| NME | Name | |
| NUN | Number of units | |
| ODI | Origin and destination details | |
| ODS | Additional product details | |
| PDT | Product information | |
| PLI | Product location information | |
| PMT | Payment information | |
| PRD | Product identification | |
| RPI | Quantity and action details | |
| RTC | Rate types | |
| RTI | Rate details | |
| RUL | Rule information | |
| SDT | Selection details | |
| SSR | Special requirement details | |
| TFF | Tariff information | |
| TIF | Traveller information | |
| TRF | Traffic restriction details | |
| TVL | Travel product information | |
| UIH | Interactive message header | |
| UIT | Interactive message trailer |
| ├─UIH Interactive message header | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─MSD Message action details | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─NUN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─PLI Product location information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─ADS Address | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─NME Name | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─SDT Selection details | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─TIF Traveller information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─CRI Consumer reference information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─PMT Payment information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─RUL Rule information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─DTI Date and time information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─SSR Special requirement details | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─CUR Currencies | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 1 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 2 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─ODS Additional product details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 3 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─PRD Product identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─ADS Address | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─PLI Product location information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─CON Contact information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─SSR Special requirement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─MOV Car delivery instruction | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─CUR Currencies | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─PMT Payment information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─DAV Daily availability | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 4 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 5 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│───├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─PMT Payment information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─SSR Special requirement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───└─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 6 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RTC Rate types | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RPI Quantity and action details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 7 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 8 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─└─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 9 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│───├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───└─Segment Group 10 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─────├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─────├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─────├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─────└─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 11 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───├─RTI Rate details | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─Segment Group 12 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─────├─RTC Rate types | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────├─RPI Quantity and action details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────├─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─────├─Segment Group 13 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─────│─├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────│─└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────└─Segment Group 14 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───────├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───────├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │───────├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │───────└─Segment Group 15 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─────────├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────────├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────────├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────────├─PMT Payment information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────────├─SSR Special requirement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────────└─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 16 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─TVL Travel product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─MSD Message action details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─LKP Level indication | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─SSR Special requirement details | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─RTI Rate details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 17 | ×5 | (C) |
| │───├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 18 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─ODI Origin and destination details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─MSD Message action details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 19 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───├─TVL Travel product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─APD Additional transport details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─NUN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─TRF Traffic restriction details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─RTI Rate details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───└─Segment Group 20 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─────├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| └─UIT Interactive message trailer | ×1 | (M) |