SAP ABAP IMG Activity OFTP_NF_001_01 (Define Airfare Rates)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-HRGXX (Software Component) Sub component EA-HRGXX of EA-HR
   ⤷ FI-TV-PL (Application Component) Travel Planning
     ⤷ PTRCP (Package) Customizing for Travel Planning
IMG Activity
ID OFTP_NF_001_01 Define Airfare Rates  
Transaction Code S_AHR_61000623   IMG Activity: OFTP_NF_001_01 
Created on 19981221    
Customizing Attributes OFTP_NF_001_01   Define Airfare Rates 
Customizing Activity OFTP_NF_001_01   Define Airfare Rates 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name OFTP_NF_001_01    

When using AMADEUS: Carry out this IMG activity by following the instructions below.

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With this activity, you can create your own company rate agreements with airlines for SAP Travel Planning.

By maintaining company-specific airfare rates here, you can have these rates included in a price query for a selected flight and subsequent flight reservation.

Definition Parameters

You define an airfare rate using following parameters:

  • Provider [mandatory]
  • Start and destination locations/geographical area (such as a flight segment between two cities) [optional]       
  • Flight direction (such as one-way or round trip)[optional]               
  • Airfare rate component [optional]
  • Flight cabin class [optional]
  • Validity period [mandatory]
  • Price information [optional]
  • Contract information:
    • Fare basis and rate type [optional]
    • Fare type [mandatory]

You have the option of setting a rate for a specific routing so that the rate only applies for certain flight routes between two locations.

Thus the only mandatory entries are in the fields Provider, Valid to and Fare Type. If a rate is only defined with these minimal entries, the system would search for the specified fare type for all destinations with the specified provider in the Travel Planning transactions.

Exceptions

  • For the fare type Private Fare the entries in fields Contract OR Passenger Category are mandatory as well.
  • For the fare type Local Fare, in addition to filling the fields Provider, Valid to and Fare Type you should also supply the following information:
    • Price information
    • Fare basis
    • Booking code OR Routing

Indicator: Usage Is Mandatory

With the Usage Is Mandatory indicator, you can specify that a negotiated or local rate should be used in every case regardless of price. In other words, this rate should always be used to determine the airfare, even if cheaper rates exist.

Example

With the provider British Midland Airways, a special rate of 300 British pounds (plus fees) has been agreed on for all round-trip flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham. The end of the validity period specified in the agreement is 12/31/2005. The negotiated rate applies to the cabin class Economy.

To reproduce this rate, make the following settings:

  • Provider [mandatory]:
    BD
  • Geographical type of departure location [optional]:
    IATA location
  • Origin [optional]:
    FRA
  • Geographical type of arrival location [optional]:
    IATA location
  • Destination [optional]:
    BHX
  • Direction [optional]:
    Round trip
  • Cabin class [optional]:
    Economy
  • Start date:
    01/01/2002
  • End date [mandatory]:
    12/31/2005
  • Base price [mandatory]:
    300 GBP
  • The entries on agreement conditions can be found in the respective rate agreement. The rate type, fare basis, and fare type are mandatory entries.
    Define the restriction of routings with Edit in the Contract Conditions section of the screen.
  • The entries for short and long descriptions are optional.

Requirements

  • You have defined the geographic types and areas and assigned them IATA locations in the relevant Customizing activities in the section Geographical Situation.
  • You have made sure that the codes of the private fares and the nego fares are maintained in the currently connected reservation system.

Standard settings

The codes known to the connected reservation system for IATA locations are correctly entered in SAP Travel Planning in the standard system.

Recommendation

Activities

To define an enterprise-specific airfare rate:

  1. Choose New Entries.
  2. Enter the necessary information according to the above example.

To define the relevant routing for the respective rate or discount:

  1. In the Agreement Conditions section of the screen, choose Edit.
  2. Choose Routing -> Create.
  3. In the Current Route Segment section of the screen use List to specify the beginning and end locations, the booking code, and the provider. You can make more than one entry for each field.
  4. Choose Adopt Route Segment.
  5. To define a second route segment that has a direct connection with the first segment, choose Reinitialize Route Segment.
  6. Using this procedure, you can create as many route segments as needed.
  7. You can define more than one alternate route.
  8. To assign the defined routing to the negotiated rate or discount, choose Routing -> Copy.

For more information on routings, see Create Routing.

Further notes

The maintenance view in Customizing is language-dependent. Make sure that any necessary translations are done.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG OFTP_NF_001_01 0 AHR0000301 Travel Planning 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
V_TA20NEGOF_2 V - View SM30 0000000000 Define Airfare Rates 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020129 
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