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Automated Refund for BSP South Africa, Page 1

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Release date:            September 1, 2005
Posted Date:              January 20, 2005
Last updated:             January 20, 2005

Applicable to BSP processed tickets only

Automated Refund for BSP South Africa

Error Responses   N
Format            N
Screen Displays   Y

Worldspan is pleased to provide functionality to allow Automated Refund reporting for paper and electronic tickets for South Africa.

With the release of this enhancement the following changes are necessary:

- The Itinerary/Invoice Document Distribution
  template display /4G#ML/ is updated to include
  the R indicator  
- New Document History elements for the Automated
  Refund and Refund Reverse
- Add the Automated Refund - YES to the BSP
  country table for South Africa *4G/AM-BSP/ZA*
- New status codes in the primary and secondary
  Daily Document Log displays /DDL/ and the Daily
  Activity Report display /DDP/
- New data in the secondary Daily Document Log
  display /DDL/ for the refund notice number and
  refund reverse TAIR control number
- New template fields in the Electronic Ticket
  Refund template   
- Electronic Ticket Refund template increase to a
  13 line display
- Display of the Additional Data template for an
  electronic ticket refund
- Display of the Additional Taxes template for an
  electronic ticket refund
- New refund elements in the Document History
  display for airline authority and net fare amount

Worldspan provides complete technical specifications regarding screen changes.

To request Technical Specifications- send an email to onlinenotices@Worldspan.com. Reference the document title. Provide your name- company name and phone number.                                              

Requests can be made up to 30 days after release.

         ** Detailed Enhancement Information **

The Automated Refund process for BSP South Africa is a complete process that includes refunding both paper and electronic tickets. The Automated Refund for Paper Document template is used to refund paper documents and the Electronic Ticket Refund Template is used to refund electronic tickets.

BSP Country Table

The BSP Country Table is the source used to store the Automated Refund requirements specific for each BSP. With this enhancement a new line is added to the BSP country table for South Africa to indicate automated refunds are permitted.

Example- BSP Country Table
Entry - 4G/AM-BSP/ZA, then MD
Response- /display mode only - spacing approximate - entire width not shown/

4G/AM-BSP/ZA
BSP VOIDING PERIOD - SOUTH AFRICA
*** NO DATA ***


TICKET PRINT OPTIONS X-NO PRINT/M-MUST PRINT/EM-EXCH MUST PRINT/PY-DEFAULT TO PRINT/PN-DEFAULT NOT PRINT 

           PAPER        ETKT
CPN  SEQ  ATB/IAR/MCO ATB/IAR/MCO   ETSC  FEE
CHG   1   M           M             M
AUD   2   EM          X             X
AGT   3   M           M             M
FLT   4   M           X             X
PAX   5   M           X             X
REA   6               X             X
ATB2 MANUAL SCN UPDATES – YES
ETKT MAX DAYS - NA  - RESET DATE WILL BE NA

NET REMIT SCHEME 2E  -  NO
AUTOMATED REFUNDS - YES
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Itinerary/Invoice Document Distribution template
/4G#ML/ Each location is required to update the Itinerary/Invoice Document Distribution template with the new R option identifier indicating the printer used to print the refund document.

Example- Itinerary/Invoice Document Distribution template
Entry- 4G#ML
Response- /display mode only - spacing approximate – entire width not shown/

4G#ML PRINTER ASSOCIATION MASK FOR 9120021     001
TYP OPT PTR     IATA    CRTS
LLI(LN (030605 (7720021(020612 (020613 (020614(  (
   (R  (03061C (7720021(020612 (020C1B (020614(  (
   (   (       (       (       (       (      (  (
ENTER HERE WHEN COMPLETE (

Agency Information Record (A.I.R.) display 
A new indicator /R/ is added to the interface level of the A.I.R. display. In order for refund information or refund reverse information to be sent to the interface message, the /R/ indicator is added to the interface level of the A.I.R. The interface level must be 17 or higher.

Example- -Agency Information Record-
Entry- 4G

Response- /display mode only - spacing approximate - entire width not shown/

4G
TEST TRAVEL
JOHANNESBURG ZA
IATA...77 20021 PSEUDO...XXX    NMC CITY CODE..QZA
SATO..N/A       AUTO VAL....YES COMP SEG SELL..NO
INTERFACE LVL.018 R BP TRAILER..NO DUAL USER....NO
                    BP PRINTER..NO COMMERCIAL...NO
EZ OPTIONS...TE LI  TELEX....NO  APRVD E-TKT...YES
LADDER.....HZ     AMTRAK TKTG..YES  TRAINING....NO
BP PTR EXCEPT..NO  ISO CODE...ZA  LOC.SOUTH AFRICA
ARC REPORT.....NO   CUR CODE.ZAR
DAILY DOC LOG.YES  STP PRT...NO  MINI-LLI W/TKT.NO
                TD LOCATION..N/A CAR CURRENCY..ZAR
                TIME OUT.....NO   LANGUAGE....
)>

Automated Refund for Paper Document templates
The following entries display the Automated Refund for paper document templates:

Entry              Functions
REF                Basic entry to display a 
                   Refund template if only one
                   Document History is associated
                   to the PNR. A displayed PNR is
                   required.
REF/I7720234       Allows the input of the issuing
                   location’s IATA number. A 
                   displayed PNR is required.
REF0013453123321   Displays a Refund template with
                   the refund document number. No 
                   displayed PNR required.        
REF/DH2#RN3        Displays a Refund template with
                   the Document History item
                   number and prints three copies
                   of the refund notice document.
                   A displayed PNR is required.
REF0165347982666/P Displays a Refund template with
                   the refund document number for
                   a partial refund. No displayed
                   PNR required.
REF/DH3/P          Displays a Refund template with
                   the Document History number for
                   partial refunds. A displayed
                   PNR is required.

Example- Automated Refund for Paper Document template   
Entry- REF                                                
Response- /display mode only - spacing approximate - entire width not shown/

***AUTOMATED REFUND FOR PAPER DOCUMENT***    >VIEW
NAME (ADAMS/MARYJO....              )
DOC NBR(055)(1234567893)THRU(...)ORIGISSU(13MAR04)
DOC1 CPN NBR (123.)CK (3)DOC2 CPN NBR (....)CK (.)
DOC3 CPN NBR (....)CK (.)DOC4 CPN NBR (....)CK (.)
CURRENCY (ZAR) FARE PAID (8010..) FARE USED (0...)
REFUND FARE (8010....) TX01 (ZA)  (131.....)
TX02 (WC)   (110.....) TX03 (AO)  (118.....)
REFUND TTL (8725....)  COMM RECALL (P) (7....   )
ORIG FOP (CK......        )  ADDL TX(.)  DATA (.)  
ACTION (.)F/FULL REFUND P/PARITAL REFUND E/EXIT

Placing an /X/ in the ADDL TX field and the DATA field and then an /F/ in the ACTION field displays the additional taxes template.

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