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Release Notes: September 18, 2023 Follow

Hotel Updates

We have added a new Grid control in Hotel Preferences to set the Sort Order of the Negotiated Rate Programs. The enhancement also includes New Custom Text and Overridable Icons per Program. The CTIDs and Icon Names are listed in the Grid per Negotiated Rate Program.

Custom Text is displayed in the tooltip on each Hotel Room Rate Icon.

New Custom Text ID’s;

  • 110848 - Hotel Rate Program 1 Icon
  • 110849 - Hotel Rate Program 2 Icon
  • 110850 - Hotel Rate Program 3 Icon
  • 110851 - Hotel Rate Program 4 Icon
  • 110852 - Hotel Rate Program 5 Icon
  • 110853 - Hotel Rate Program 6 Icon
  • 110854 - Hotel Rate Program 7 Icon
  • 110855 - Hotel Rate Program 8 Icon
  • 110856 - Hotel Rate Program 9 Icon
  • 110857 - Hotel Rate Program 10 Icon

You may upload your own icons by accessing Custom Files by going to Admin > Custom Look > Custom Files.

A Negotiated Rate Programs grid is now available.  You can access the grid by going to Admin > Policy Setup > Company Hotel Preferences and Edit your policy.  In the grid, fill out the information as needed.

  • Rate Code -- Enter your hotel-negotiated rate codes, which should be supplied by TMC. The maximum number of characters allowed is six.
  • Priority -- Sorts the rooms by priority level, then by rate low to high. 1 is the highest priority.
  • Identify at Shopping -- Check this box for the program to have the program icon shown on the room rate during shopping.
    • Custom Text and icon names in Custom Files are provided for each program.

Once you have filled in the required fields, click the Save button.

Ability to Filter Rooms by Rate Code

In conjunction with the new Ability to Control the Order of Hotel Rooms Based on Multi-level Rate Codes enhancement outlined above, we have added new filters at the Hotel Option Level to control which Hotel Negotiated Rate Programs are displayed. The available filters are displayed as buttons below the Hotel Images that filter the various Hotel Negotiated Rate Programs.

The user can click on the hotel filter, and then the rooms will be filtered accordingly. 

In the example below, the user clicked on the orange star, which then filtered all the rooms that were applicable for that rate code:

 

New Airline Super Switch Settings Section for Desktop Application Credentials (Travelfusion)

To help our agencies identify bookings we have added the ability to add credentials to the tool.

We have added an area in the  Super Switch Settings for Booking Source TMC name, Booking Source  Company Name, and Booking Source  IATA Number.  They are under the "Advanced Settings" section.

Input the necessary agency information;

  • Booking Source TMC Name
  • Booking Source Company Name
  • Booking Source IATA Number

Click Save to finish. 

SSR Doco Modification for Sabre Profiles

Made updates to accommodate Sabre Profiles based on SAN 16886 - SSR Doco Modification Instructions for Sabre ProfilesT Consumers.  The script will move the redress number and the known traveler number to the document field in Sabre Profiles.

Script Information:

If oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.tDateOfBirth <> "" Then

sBirthDate = oTools.FormatDate(oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.tDateOfBirth,"mm/dd/yyyy")

End If

 

sKnownTravelerNumber = Trim(oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.sKnownTravelerNumber)

sRedressNumber = Trim(oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.sRedressNumber)

sGenderCode = oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.Gender

sFirstName = oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.sFirstName

sLastName = oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.sLastName

sKTNCountryCode = oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.sKnownTravelerNumberCountryCode

sRDNCountryCode = oRESXUser.oPersonalInfo.oSecurityFlightRequirements.sRedressNumberCountryCode

sKTNExpiry = ""

sRDNExpiry = ""

 

sTSAInfo = "TSA-" & sBirthDate & "," & sKnownTravelerNumber & "," & sRedressNumber & "," & sGenderCode & "," & sFirstName & "," & sLastName & "," & sKTNCountryCode & "," & sKTNExpiry & "," & sRDNCountryCode & "," & sRDNExpiry

 

ReturnValue = sTSAInfo

 

Supported Formats:

TSA-04/10/1975,4399218,598481,F (Old)

TSA-04/10/1975,4399218,598481,F,William,Never,US,,US, (New)

User Management Items

Agents can Build but not Delete Traveler Profiles

To activate this feature, the following rules must be added to the Agent policy branch.

  • ‘Allow Administration Access = Yes’
  • ‘Allow User Management Access = Yes’
  • ‘Disable user delete = Yes’
  • ‘Auto assign user as Travel Planner = Yes’

Note: After attaching the new rules, you must Compile your policy.

After the rules are set and compiled, Agents can navigate to the User Management page.

Once the agent completes the required fields and selects Create User, they will be presented with a list of available profile templates to Clone from. All profile Templates will be available to the Agent.

Templates within the company should be limited to those needed by an Agent that will place the new user profile on the correct policy branch. If the Admin needs to add another Administrator, the Admin should Clone one of the traveler templates and then move the new Admin to the Administrator policy branch using Maintenance located in the Active Policy.

 

New Rule Item to Control Template Access

 We have added a new feature to our user management system to give you even more control over template access when creating new users. With this new rule item, you can easily specify which templates users can access during the user creation process. This means you can ensure that new users only have access to the relevant templates to their role, making it easier for them to get started and minimizing the risk of mistakes. Overall, this enhancement to our user management system will streamline your workflow and simplify managing user access to templates.

We are excited to introduce this new feature that seamlessly integrates with the 'Ability for Agents to Build but Not Delete Traveler Profiles' enhancement. With this latest addition, users can enjoy even more flexibility and control in managing their traveler profiles.

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