Glossary for the airline industry
From A-Z, this glossary covers definitions and explanations for common airline industry terminology.
Point shown in the "good for passage" section of the passenger's ticket. Can be a connection, stopover, or fare breakpoint.
The number of miles between pairs of cities as published in the Ticketed Point Mileage Manual.
The issuance of an accountable document, which serves as a record of the product purchased by the customer, and gives a record to all airlines involved in the itinerary of the services paid for and expected to be delivered.
A ZED/MIBA member that issues reduced-rate tickets to its eligible persons according to the ZED/MIBA agreement for transportation over the routes of another party (or parties) to the ZED/MIBA agreement. See also transporting airline.
The amount on the passenger coupon in the Base Fare Box.
A code used to replace the fare class code on the ticket when it is issued and possibly on the fare display.
ATPCO product that provides a standard process to instruct pricing systems on how to collect ticketing and credit card service fees on a carrier's behalf when they are the ticketing or validating carrier. This product supports both public and private distribution needs and provides options to define fees by passenger type, journey, fare basis, and date.
Travel management company.
Ticketed point mileage.
A fare record. A set of data defined in a fares batch that determines the components of a fare.
Records in a batch that have not been updated.
Transportation between the 50 US states, including the District of Columbia and Canada.
A change of service from the service of one carrier to the service of the same carrier (online) or to the service of another carrier(interline). This includes stopovers and connections. See also interline transfer.
Commercial atomic product between two stations that can be operated by aircraft as well as by other transport vehicles such as trains, buses, etc.
A ZED/MIBA member that transports eligible persons of the other party (or parties) according to the ZED/MIBA agreement. More specifically, this is the airline whose carrier code appears on the flights to be priced and ticketed using ZED/MIBA fares. In the case of S/A/Fs and (if bilaterally permitted) code shares, this may be different from the operating airline. See also ticketing airline.
Codes that define a specific portion of travel. They may be used alone or in combination with geographic locales to specify the application of a provision. These codes are listed in Data Application Appendix H.
A portion of an itinerary between two consecutive fare break points (used in domestic tariffs). Also called fare component.
Any currency found in Appendix D that is not Universal Mileage Currency code XXX.
Travel segment indicator.
Ticket Tax Box Service. See Tax Summary.