The Travelport Trip Services APIs strike a balance between speed and performance. All requests are modeled on the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) API standard and Open Distribution Methodology (ODM) concepts, to make the APIs easy to work with, conceptually well-documented, and standardized.

The APIs are grouped by "kit", to give quick access to APIs that you can use to create end-to-end travel workflows for your application.

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Using Postman to Test APIs

You can use Postman to test any of the currently available Trip Services APIs. The free Postman GUI application allows you to test API requests and see examples before you add the API to your development environment.

The Trip Services Air kit will provide APIs to enable you to design an end-to-end air workflow for an application. At this time, the AirSearch API is part of the pilot program and the first API available in the Air kit.

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Turbo Search

TurboSearch API increases performance and decreases response time using:

• Mobile-optimized search
• Pagination
• Streamlined number of request parameters

Pending release of the TurboSeach API, Travelport recommends using the AdvancedSearch API at this time.

Advanced Search

At this time, AdvancedSearch API provides advanced search functionality that returns GDS, non-traditional air content (NDC/New Distribution Capability), and low-cost carrier (LCC) content. It is the recommended API for customers who prefer content and are willing to compromise on response speed. This compromise can be mitigated by using:

• Pagination
• Streamlined number of request parameters 
• Asynchronous responses

More content can be returned by using advanced search modifiers.

Fare Family Search

Fare Family Search allows you to target search results to your key audience by:

• Returning multiple fares in a fare family search response – base fare plus additional fares, called upsell fares, that offer more services, such as including a seat choice and bag.
• Returning Fare Family results for each Origin and Destination in an itinerary
• Identifying attributes associated to each branded fare
• Configuring the number of upsells returned in a response
• Searching for base fares with specific attributes

Pending release of the Trip Services Fare Family price, the regular Trip Services Price API can be used.

The Trip Services Trip Change kit provides APIs that enable you to design an end-to-end workflow for the air exchange and refund processes for an application. At this time, the Eligibility API is part of the pilot program and the first API available in the Trip Change kit.

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Use the Trip Change Eligibility API to quickly and efficiently determine whether a ticket has value in an exchange or refund scenario, including associated exchange fees.

Use the Trip Services Hotel kit to quickly build an end-to-end hotel workflow in your application. Currently in the pilot program, the Hotel kit contains:

• Hotel Search API
• Hotel Details API
• Hotel Availability API
• Hotel Reservation API
• Hotel Modify API
• Hotel Cancel API

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• Search for hotels using either geographic coordinate information, or the city, state, and country.
• Receive a list of properties in the response that match the location and dates sent in the request.
• Send a follow-on request for either details or availability for a specific property.

• Retrieve a detailed property description and additional images for a specific hotel, returned in the Hotel Search response.

• Send a Hotel Availability request to receive a response with room types and available rates for a specified hotel property on specific dates.
• Can be sent directly after a search request or using the NextSteps object in the Hotel Details request.

• Book a room based on information from the availability request.
• A successful response returns a reservation confirmation, the total price, and any terms and conditions.

• Modify an existing hotel reservation or add a hotel reservation to an existing travel itinerary.

• Cancel an existing hotel reservation.

Use the Trip Services Car kit to quickly build an end-to-end car workflow in your application. Currently in the pilot program, the Car kit contains:

• Car Availability API
• Car Rules API
• Car Book API
• Car Cancel API

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• Search for car availability with the pickup location, dates, and times.
• Receive a list of available cars and pricing, including vendor, make and model information, distance rules, the rate period, the rate for the full rental period, and an estimated total amount.

• Receive a list of rules for the car rental, such as extra mileage charges and cancellation policies. Rules include both informational text and actual restrictions or requirements.

• Book a car based on information from the availability request.
• A successful response returns a reservation confirmation, the total price, and any terms and conditions.

• Cancel an existing car reservation.

Use the PaymentCardServices API to request credit card authorizations, card and address validations, and reversals against a specific merchant vendor. Currently in the pilot program, the PaymentCardServices API includes the functionality to request:

• Payment card authorization to verify whether a cardholder's payment card is authorized for sufficient funds and approved for future settlement.
• Address verification to verify that a customer’s payment card address and/or postal code matches the address recorded in the card issuer's system.
• Authorization reversal to notify the issuer if a sale has been voided or canceled and the authorization hold should be released.
• Card validation to verify the card number length, BIN range, and LUHN algorithm.

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