Descriptive Billing
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Introduction
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Characteristics of the DBI panel
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Use of the DBI panel
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Clarification about the DBI panel
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Introduction
Amadeus offers you a world of content, including low-cost & hybrid carriers.
Some of these carriers are considered “Light Ticketing” carriers as the ticket that
is created in the ticketing step is not sent back to the airline, for the rest the
booking & data flows are the same as with any other carrier.
The Airplus card system is a company-centralised payment form. Only one card
is issued for a whole company or to each subsidiary, on a per cost or profit
centre basis. All flights booked by the entity's employees are thus charged to
this one single card.
To identify the employee, additional information, called Descriptive Billing
Information (DBI), is required during the booking process. After the booking,
this information is sent to the passenger's company.
It is now possible to collect DBI information at the time of payment validation or
at issuance time when using an Airplus card (TP code).
Characteristics of the DBI panel
The panel is launched for cryptic entries “TTP/TTM” when the Airplus card is
configured for more information.
The Issuance for different TP cards jointly; whether they are on the same FP line
or on two different ones, is not supported as it requires two DBI panels at the
same time.
In the case of identical TP cards used, the panel will be prompted only once to
the user for the total amount in the case of Issuance of one passenger or several
passengers.
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Use of the DBI panel
Today the RM*/DBI values will automatically prepopulate the DBI panel at
TTP/TTM. Here is an example:
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--- TST TSM RLR --RP/LON1A2TAS/LON1A2TAS
1.DBIYLXCAKXYCNA/JOHN MR
2 /SVC U2 HK1 CCCH LON 18JUN
3 U24062 Y 02AUG 5 NCEORY HN1
4 AP 123456789
5 APE RERWE@EEQ.CC
6 TK OK18JUN/LON1A2TAS
7 RM */DBI/AE-01
8 RM */DBI/AK-02
9 RM */DBI/AU-03
10 RM */DBI/BD-20120724
11 RM */DBI/DS-03
12 RM */DBI/KS-04
13 RM */DBI/PK-1111
14 RM */DBI/PR-42
15 RM */DBI/RZ-BERLIN
16 FM PAX *P*0/S3
17 FP CCTPXXXXXXXXXXX8235/1215
18 FV PAX U2/S3
>TTP/TTM
AA/PR
18JUN13/1211Z
0630 0800
ZTG96H
02AUG
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If the required data is not complete in the panel the following will be displayed at
TTP/TTM time:
DESCRIPTIVE BILLING INFORMATION (DBI) REQUIRED
TPXXXXXXXXXXX8235
AE:
AK:
AU:
BD:
DS:
IK:
KS:
PK:
PR:
RZ:
ACCOUNTING UNIT
ACTION CODE
ORDER NUMBER
FILE DATE
DEPARTMENT CODE
ACCOUNT NUMBER
COST ACCOUNT NBR
PERSONAL ID
PROJECT NUMBER
DESTINATION
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01
02
03
20120724
03
04
1111
42
BERLIN
PLEASE ADD DBI. EXAMPLE: DECA1/DBI/KS-VALUE1/PR-VALUE2...
Clarification about the DBI panel
Here
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is an example explaining what means the first line of the previous panel:
AE: is the DBI key.
ACCOUNTING UNIT: is the description of the key
01-09AN: is the expected format (from 1 to 9 alphanumerical characters)
01: is the DBI value already filled by the agent (this information is known
by the traveller who should provide this to the agent when they book a
flight)
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To override the one of the prefilled values the DECA entry needs to be used:
 If you want to set only one key, the syntax is:
One Key: DECAxx/DBI/key-value/Ld.
Multiple Values: DECAxx/DBI/key1-value1/key2-value2/…./Ld
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Where:
 xx is the FOP sequence number in the PNR FP-element. (Always 1 if FPElement contains only one FOP).
 key is the selected DBI Key.
 value is the value to set respecting expected format.
 d is the PNR line number for the form of payment element.
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Let’s consider following example. AE, KS, PR and AU field are being updated:
--- TST TSM RLR --RP/LON1A0983/LON1A0983
CJ/SU 25JUN13/1201Z
LON1A0983/0507CJ/25JUN13
1.WILSON/ANNAMRS
2 /SVC U2 HK1 CCCH LON 25JUN
3 U22123 Y 10NOV 7 LTNNCE HN1 1250 1550 10NOV
4 APE ANNA@WILSON.COM
5 TK OK25JUN/LON1A0983
6 FM PAX *C*0.00/S3
7 FP CCTPXXXXXXXXXXX8235/1215
8 FV PAX U2/S3
> DECA1/DBI/AE-01/KS-123/PR-58/AU-15/L7
ZUXIQQ
DESCRIPTIVE BILLING INFORMATION (DBI) REQUIRED
TPXXXXXXXXXXX8235
AE:
AK:
AU:
BD:
DS:
IK:
KS:
PK:
PR:
RZ:
ACCOUNTING UNIT
ACTION CODE
ORDER NUMBER
FILE DATE
DEPARTMENT CODE
ACCOUNT NUMBER
COST ACCOUNT NBR
PERSONAL ID
PROJECT NUMBER
DESTINATION
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01
15
123
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PLEASE ADD DBI. EXAMPLE: DECA1/DBI/KS-VALUE1/PR-VALUE2...
DBI REQUESTED-VALIDATE CARD(S) PRIOR TO TICKET
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Note If a DBI value was entered via DECA1/DBI, the RM*/DBI matching value will be
completely ignored by the application.
If the user has entered all required data, the following will be displayed:
DESCRIPTIVE BILLING INFORMATION (DBI) REQUIRED
TPXXXXXXXXXXX8235
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AE:
AK:
AU:
BD:
DS:
IK:
KS:
PK:
PR:
RZ:
ACCOUNTING UNIT
ACTION CODE
ORDER NUMBER
FILE DATE
DEPARTMENT CODE
ACCOUNT NUMBER
COST ACCOUNT NBR
PERSONAL ID
PROJECT NUMBER
DESTINATION
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01-09AN
01
02
03
20120724
03
05
04
1111
42
BERLIN
DESCRIPTIVE BILLING DATA ACCEPTED. PLEASE PROCEED WITH ISSUANCE.
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If all required DBI values are available as RM*DBI Remarks, TTP/TTM will
perform the issuance directly without displaying the panel.
In order to display the panel for validation before the issuance use the following
entry: DECA1/DBI/L7
--- TST TSM RLR --RP/LON1A2TAS/LON1A2TAS
AA/PR 18JUN13/1219Z
ZTG96H
1.DBIYLXCAKXYCNA/JOHN MR
2 /SVC U2 HK1 CCCH LON 18JUN
3 U24062 Y 02AUG 5 NCEORY HK1 0630 0800 02AUG
4 AP 123456789
5 APE RERWE@EEQ.CC
6 TK OK18JUN/LON1A2TAS
7 RM */DBI/AE=01
8 RM */DBI/AK=02
9 RM */DBI/AU=03
10 RM */DBI/BD=20120724
11 RM */DBI/DS=03
12 RM */DBI/KS=04
13 RM */DBI/PK=1111
14 RM */DBI/PR=42
15 RM */DBI/RZ=BERLIN
16 FA PAX 888-2401001222/LTU2/GBP194.42/18JUN13/LON1A2TAS/99999
911/S3
17 FA PAX 888-8201001771/LTU2/GBP15.11/18JUN13/LON1A2TAS/999999
11/S2
18 FB PAX 1800000259 TTP/TTM OK DOCUMENTS ISSUED/S3
19 FB PAX 1800000259 TTP/TTM OK DOCUMENTS ISSUED/S2
20 FM PAX *PR*0/S3
21 FP CCTPXXXXXXXXXXX8235/1215/ADB/N11111
22 FV PAX U2/S3
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As noticed, after PNR retrieval, approval code is added to FP element, as well as
the /ADB indicator.
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