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Sabre- BARGAIN FINDER MAX (OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQ) ResponseType=""

I'm currently working on the development of Sabre SOAP API's for Air(Flights) and using BargainFinderMax(OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQ) to search for flight availability. so in the request, there is a parameter ResponseType that defines the type of response to the requested data. My Question is: if there is any responsetype which will bring the result grouped based upon the prices. ForExample: a group with one price = $1000 will contain multiple Options of flights (having different timings). For now, I can only get the OTA and GIR response type. which shows separate itineraries having the same price, as shown in the image below: enter image description here

It has two itineraries with the same data(same price) but different Legs. What I'm actually looking for is that Itineraries with same price be grouped together in a single element. Same as the response returned in TravelPort if we make LOWFARESEARCH Request and set SolutionResult="false". it gives PricePoint results i.e. Itineraries grouped in a single pricepoint. Can this be possible in sabre?

Solution

  • ResponseType can only have those 2 values, as stated in the request documentation: ResponseType, specify type of the response, valid values: "OTA" - regular OTA response, "GIR" - Grouped Itinerary Response.

    If not used, it will default to OTA.

    Anyway, even though it is harder to read (by a person), GIR groups almost everything, in order to avoid duplicating data. But, since the price of the whole itinerary is inside the itinerary element, the only way to do what you want is by looping through the itineraries and grouping them together, and it can be achieved using either OTA or GIR. There's nothing built in for that.