Private Fares - Corporate and Leisure
Private Fares
Iberia has agreements with some IATA/ARC Travel Agents to sell special fares, such as Tour Operator (TO) fares that Travel Agents use when selling a package holiday. These fares will only be returned in the shopping responses once that agents eligibility has been verified. Private Fares are grouped in two types:
Corporate Fares
Available, only through our 17.2 API, to IATA/ARC Accredited Travel Agents who act as a Travel Management Company (TMC) for a Corporation that has contracted fares with Iberia.
The Shopping and Ordering messages should be sent to Iberia with the Corporation identified, by their Client ID (JBID), as the “CorporateSender” in the message, with the IATA accredited Travel Agent as a “TravelAgentParicipant”.
<Party>
<Sender>
<CorporateSender>
<ID>XXXXXXXX</ID>
</CorporateSender>
</Sender>
<Participants>
<Participant>
<TravelAgencyParticipant SequenceNumber="1">
<Name>NDC Agency Name</Name>
<Contacts>
<Contact>
<EmailContact>
<Address>mail@mail.com</Address>
</EmailContact>
<PhoneContact>
<Application>BUSINESS</Application>
<Number>+###########</Number>
</PhoneContact>
<Name>
<Surname>Martinez</Surname>
<Given>Pepe</Given>
</Name>
</Contact>
</Contacts>
<IATA_Number>XXXXXXXX</IATA_Number>
<AgencyID>XXXXXXXX</AgencyID>
</TravelAgencyParticipant>
</Participant>
</Participants>
</Party>The relationship between the Travel Agent and the Corporation is validated by Iberia to obtain the applicable corporate fares. Corporate fares are returned together with public fares.
When shopping for corporate fares, the cheapest fare within the Family/Brand is returned, whether Public or Corporate. The type is indicated by the FareCode (Public Fares = 70J, Corporate Private Fares = 70M)
Private Leisure Fares
IATA/ARC Accredited Travel Agents that have Private Leisure Fares contracted with Iberia can Shop and Order them through the NDC channel. Indicating the Fare/Product that applies to the customer, for whom they are shopping, by indicating the product they wish to shop for using the FarePreferences element.
For example an agent wishing to shop for Tour Operator fares would include the following in the AirShoppingRQ message:
<FarePreferences>
<Types>
<Type PreferencesContext="TO">758</Type>
</Types>
</FarePreferences>No special passenger type code (PTC) is required, normal ADT, CHD y INF should be used.
Private Fare Types
As of April 2023, the following private leisure fare types are available through our NDC channel:
Private Fare Type | Preference / FarePreferences / Types / Type Code from PADIS 9910 | Preference / FarePreferences / Types / Type @ PreferencesContext |
|---|---|---|
Tour Operation | 758 | TO |
Semideferred Tour Operation** | 758 | TO SEMIDEFERRED |
Cruise Tour Operation | 758 | CRUISE |
Semideferred Cruise Tour Operation** | 758 | CRUISE SEMIDEFERRED |
Visiting Friends and Family | 758 | VFR |
Disney | 758 | DISNEY |
Sport | 758 | SPORT |
** Available for the UK market only.
Due to the nature of each of these fares being available to certain customer types, and non-combinable, the different fares/products cannot be mixed in the same request.
Iberia validates that the Travel Agent has a valid contract to sell the Fare/Product requested.
Seat Only
In the case of Seat Only private fares, they do not have to be requested specifically as they are returned with the public fares if the Seller is authorised to sell them.
