XML Check Booking Response Specification



XML FieldDependenciesDescription
CommandList The surrounding tag
-CheckBooking The command name
--Status Value is one of: 'Succeeded', 'BookingInProgress', 'Failed', 'Unconfirmed', 'UnconfirmedBySupplier'. If the status is 'BookingInProgress', then the customer should repeat the check booking request in a few seconds. For any other status, the booking attempt has been completed. 'Unconfirmed' indicates that TRAVELfusion cannot confirm the status of the booking. 'UnconfirmedBySupplier' indicates that the supplier could not confirm the status of the booking. See the booking handling section within the XML integration guide for more details of how to handle these cases.
--SupplierReference Optional The booking reference number issued by the supplier. The following table shows what will be provided in the SupplierReference element for each possible booking status:
StatusSupplierReference
SucceededSupplier's booking reference
BookingInProgressOmitted
Failed SupplierReference tag contains an ecode attribute describing the reason for failure (See error handling guide for details)
UnconfirmedOmitted
UnconfirmedBySupplierMay be omitted, or may contain supplier's reference (occasionally suppliers issue reference numbers but cannot confirm the status of the booking)
--SupplierConfirmationDataItemList Optional Contains miscellaneous confirmation data from the supplier. Will be omitted if there is no such data supplied. Contains 1 or more SupplierConfirmationDataItem elements. Each data item has a free-text name which describes what the data represents. These names may be one of the following pre-defined values, or they may be any other free text string which will be appropriate for direct display to the end user:
Data Item nameMeaning
Ticket numberThe ticket number as returned by the supplier
---SupplierConfirmationDataItem An item of confirmation data returned by the supplier
----Name The name of the data item
----Value The value of the data item
--SupplierResponseList Optional See specification of this element in the terms response.