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A |
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Add On |
Additional flight sectors at extra cost
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Advanced Purchase |
A fare requiring payment a certain number of days prior to departure
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AF |
Flight travels via Africa
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Amendment |
Changes made to your booking
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AP |
Flight travels to Europe via North
America (ie. To the Atlantic, Via
the Pacific)
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APEX |
A fare requiring payment in
advance of departure
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B |
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Backtracking |
You cannot travel back the
way you came-you must
go in one direction
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C |
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Cancellation |
Penalties applied to canceling your ticket
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Carrier |
The name of the airline you are flying with
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Changes |
Penalties applied to changing your ticket
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Child |
For international travel:
A person 2-11 years
For domestic travel:
A person 3-14 years
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Class |
A letter based code indicating
what class of fare you have
purchased (ie: Y, S, M, O, T,
U (plus airline variations) =
economy, J and C =
Business, F=First)
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Codeshare |
A shared scheduled flight
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Combinations |
Add On fares (see Add On)
permitted with the fare you
have purchased
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Common Rated |
Destinations/Cities that share
the fare price level which
allows travel to any one of
those destinations for the
same fare price
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Conditions |
The rules applied to your fare
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Connection |
Changing from one flight to another
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Coupons |
The part of the ticket collected at
the check in counter. There
should be a coupon with
corresponding to each flight
you take. Airlines will
generally not permit travel
without a coupon.
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D |
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Destination |
The final point of arrival
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E |
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EH |
Via the Eastern Hemisphere, ie, Europe via Asia
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ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival
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ETD |
Estimated Time of Departure
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Ex… |
Means "From…", ie, Ex Sydney—A departure from
Sydney
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E-Ticket |
A paperless electronically generated ticket
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F |
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Farebasis |
The code assigned to the fare
you are traveling on. It is
made up of numbers and
letters and is airline specific.
The codes change regularly.
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Fare |
The price of the airfare you purchase
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FOC |
Free of Charge
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G |
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GSA |
General Sales Agent. An agent
who represents an airline in a
place where the airline has no
official office
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H |
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Hubs |
The Primary cities that an airline flies out of
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I |
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Infant |
For International:
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A person up to 23 months
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For Domestic:
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A person up tp 35 months
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Interline Transfer |
A transfer between airlines
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L |
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Longhaul |
A long distance flight
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M |
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Milage |
The total number of miles permitted on a fare
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Mimimum Stay |
The least amount of time you can stay at destination in order to purchase a certain fare
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Maximum Stay |
The greatest amount of time you can stay at a destination
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MPM |
The highest number of miles permitted for your fare
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N |
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Nominated Carrier |
The airline you can fly
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O |
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Online Carrier |
Changing flights from one airline to the same airline
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Open Jaw |
To fly into one city and out of another and it not incur penalty
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Open Dated |
Return date not set
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Origin |
Point you commence your trip
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Outbound |
Flight from your point of origin
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OW |
One way
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P |
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PA |
A flight that travels via the South Pacific
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PAX |
Passenger
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PN |
A flight that travels to South America via North America
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PNR |
Passenger Name Reference- otherwise known as a booking number
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Published Fare |
The standard ticket price set by the airline
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R |
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Reissue |
Changes made to a booking that requires the reissuing of a ticket
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Rerouting |
Changes made to the route of a booking
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RT |
Return
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S |
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Season |
There are different fare prices for different times of the year
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Sector |
Each portion of a journey(i.e Syndey/Bangkok/London, the Sydney/Bangkok
is a sector)
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Sidetrip |
A round trip from one of your destinations(i.e Syndey/London/Paris/London/Sydney
-the London/Paris sector is a sidetrip)
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Stopover |
A pause in your journey where you leave the airport for more than 24 hours
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STPC |
The airline pays your accomodation expenses during a stopover
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Suggested Route |
The most logical route to suite your itinerary
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Surcharges |
Additional costs
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Surface Sector |
The passenger plans their own itinerary between flight sectors
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T |
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Tax |
Taxes levied on airfare such as Airport,Departure and Noise Taxes
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Ticket Issue |
The agency who issued the ticket
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Traffic Rights |
The destinations airlines are permitted to fly betweem
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Triple Stars(***) |
Refer to the rules
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TS |
A flight to Europe via Korea or Japan
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Turnaround Point |
The furthest point on your turnaround journey
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U |
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UFN |
Until Further notice
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Update |
The latest changes to the fare
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Upgrade |
Changing from a lower booking class to a higher one
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V |
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Vise Versa
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Validity |
The length of time a ticket can be used
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W |
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Waitlist |
When a flight you have booked is full and your booking is in a cue, waiting
for confirmation of a cancellation of someone else's booking on the same flight
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