Special Issues Concerning Apollo PNR Conversions
- Air segments are entered in PNR with "HK" status if they are HK, KK, KL, SC or PK in Amadeus. This enables the agency to request seat assignments and receive schedule changes.
- Schedule change PNRs that have not been worked at time of download will be put on Queue 93 Category 1. Invalid segments (e.g., noop flight numbers) will be put into a TVL segment. The original segment information is placed in 5.X unique remarks.
- Queue follow ups are put on Queue 93 Category 0 by date in original PNR, with a remark listing the type in 5.Q.
- All ground auxiliary segments other than car and hotel are put into TVL segments.
- Car and Hotel segments are entered with the "MK" status.
- Formats that cannot be translated into Travelport formats are put into unique remark 5.Y.
- Any changes to a PNR after capture need to be kept track of and manually changed in Travelport once the PNR has been uploaded to Travelport.
- PNRs that were created after the final capture will need to be manually created in the Travelport system.
- Fare quotes that appear in the face of the PNR are put into the phone field. (i.e. 9FQT TTL $900)
- Accounting lines will transfer as remarks and will need to be manually changed for specific back office environments.
- Customized name data will be appended to name field with $@data@
- The "N" in the CC field means that the credit card is not actually present. If the CC is present, "P" would replace the "N".
- Retention and past dated PNRs will not be uploaded. They are, however, included in the initial PNR count, and downloaded.
- History is not converted from PNRs.
- Electronic Ticket Records (ETRs) can be displayed after the airlines are advised to change the "issuing system." A Travelport representative will handle this advisory. However, if CO or HP is the issuing airline, the "issuing system" is not automatically changed because CO and HP restrict this function. This problem is sometimes encountered with UA.
PNR Conversion is a Three-Step Process
- Download (capture)
- Conversion
- Upload
Average PNR Conversion Timelines
- Download 400 PNRs per hour
- Conversion 1000 PNRs per hour
- Upload 300 PNRs per hour