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Administration

  • Local and Zulu Time
  • Airport Management
  • Aircraft Model Definition
  • Aircraft Tail Definition
  • Seat Template Definition
  • Multi-Currency by Conversion
  • Multi-Currency by fixed amount, per Currency
  • Default Airport Currency
    • Allows Currency to default by Departure Airport
  • Tax Administration
    • Define taxable and non-taxable settings
    • Taxes applicable to Departure Airport
    • Date-driven Taxation
  • Delay Code Definition
  • Flight Note Category definitions
  • User-Level Permissions
    • Module Modular security per User
  • Group-Level Permissions
    • Preset System Groups
    • Airline can define Groups
    • Modular security level per group
  • Password Policies
  • Agency Definition
    • Agency Accounts
    • Agency Commissions
    • Agency Markup
    • Agency Allowable Payment Methods
    • Agency Users
    • Sub Agencies
    • On Hold time customized by Agency
    • Group booking rules per agency
  • Company/Corporate Client Definition
    • Company Accounts
    • Prepaid Accounts
    • Post Paid/Credit Accounts
    • Account Check Fund Verification - System The system verifies the account has enough credit to complete the booking.
    • Negotiated Fares
    • Private/Hidden Fares - These fare amount will be hidden from all users except those who have permission.
    • Tax configuration
    • Company-Authorized Agencies
    • Account transactions
  • Access Notes Definition - optional template of reasons a user must choose from when leaving a reservation. 
  • Passenger standard weight configurations
  • Duplicate booking check
  • Baggage Charges
    • Charges by Weight
    • Charges by Piece
    • by Aircraft Model
    • by Departure Airport
    • by Arrival Airport
    • by Level of Service
    • Validity dates
  • ChargesLevels
    • Define unlimited Charge Types
    • Define unlimited Charges
    • Charges applied manually
    • Charges applied per reservation
    • Charges applied per reservation, per passenger
    • Charges applied per segment
    • Charges applied per segment, per passenger
    • Charges applied to certain Passenger Types - Adults, Children, Infants
    • Charges applied per Distribution/Sales Channel - Call Center, IBE, Travel Agent portal, GDS
    • Defined per City Pair
  • Discounts
    • Applied manually
    • Applied automatically based on Payment Method
    • Agent portal, GDS
    • Charge tax rate
    • Defined as refundable or non-refundable
    • Defined per City Pair
  • Discounts
    • Applied manually
    • Applied automatically based on Payment Method
  • Expired Credits - Displays all reservation credits older than X days, so that the airlines can expire the aged credits.
  • Inventory Nesting
    • Theft
    • Hybrid
    • Serial
    • Parallel nesting
    • Mixed structure
  • Levels/Class of Service
    • One-to-Many - Economy, Business, etc.
  • Booking Codes (RBD)
    • Up to 26 if published to GDS, unlimited in amelia
    • Nest RankingTheft, Serial, and Parallel nesting
    • Parent/Child relationships defined
    • Level/Class of Service association
    • Template rules defined to default to fare classes
  • Fare Class
    • Commission Definition
      • No Override - System defaults and and Agency commission settings will apply.
      • No Commission - Non-Commission fare
      • Commission Override % - Percentage (%) commission to apply, regardless of system defaults of Agency commission structure.
    • Restrictions
      • No Restrictions - No restrictions on Fare
      • Upgrade Required - Fare only available during booking, and NOT during subsequent edits.
      • Modification Fees - Carries Mod Fees
    • Waitlists - Define if wait-listing is allowed.
    • Non-Revenue - Fare can be categorized as Non-Revenue (for Reporting purposes).
    • Auto-Apply Charges - If enabled, Charges that apply automatically per reservation apply to this Fare Class.
    • Flag as a seat sale
    • Advance Booking Days - Number of days before departure Fare Class must be booked.
    • Min. Stay Over Days - On return fares, minimum # of days passenger must stay over (before return flight).
    • Max. Stay Over Days - On return fares, maximum # of days passenger can stay over (before return flight).
    • Fare Types
    • Adult - available to Adults and Children
    • Child - available to Children ONLY
    • One Way - available for one-way or return bookings
    • Return - available for return bookings ONLYOne Way and Return
    • Passenger Type Codes
    • Combinability rule
    • Hold time rules
    • Late Booking Override - Time restrictions can be overridden (with proper Permission)
    • Secondary Selection Display - For Call Center, Fare Class only displays when secondary fare is selected.
    • Fare Visibility - Distribution Channels where Fare Class is visible (Call Center, Internet, GDS)
    • Fare Types
      • Confirmed
      • Standby
      • Loyalty
    • Stay Over Days - Days of the Week that must be included in the stay over (for Return fares).
    • Loyalty Multiplier -  Multiplier applied to Loyalty Points accrual (can be positive - ie. 150%, or negative - ie. 75%).
    • Seat Selection Charges Charge Rules - Allows Seat Selection Charges (if enabled) to be set:
      • All Charges - Booking Code and Seat Type charges are COMBINED.
      • Booking Code Charges - Seat Type charges NOT included.
      • Seat Type Charges - Booking Code charges NOT included.
      • No Charges - No Seat Selection Charges for this Fare Class.
    • Fare rules free flow text to display to call center agent
    • Fare Family association
  • City Pair Fare Setup
    • Fares defined by City Pair - Can be defined in each currency OR defined in base currency (and converted to others).
    • Define allowable connection airports per city pair
    • Define taxes by city pair
    • Define loyalty points earned by city pair
    • Define group booking rules by city pair
    • Set valid connection times per city pair
    • Sale date/time - Fare valid by booking dates
    • Travel date/time - Fare valid by travel dates
    • Promo Codes - Promo Codes can apply to specific Fares
    • Fare Availability by Payment Method
    • Company-specific Fares
    • Private Fares - Negotiated Fare amount/value hidden from users without associated PermissionAuditingPermission
    • Auditing
    • Trip Departure - allows you to limit the fare availability to the selected departure airport only
    • Tax Configuration - the tax to be applied to this city pair fare
  • Cancellation and Modification Fees
    • Fee Types - Cancellation, Modification, No Show, Name Change
    • Defined per Booking Code
    • Defined by time before flight departure time
    • Defined by Route Type - ie. Domestic, International
    • Value or Percentage-based
    • Defined per Agency, or system defaults
    • Set time after booking, before flight time and by fare class when the cancellation fee will apply (allows for no cancellation fee within X hours of booking)
      • Configure the number of free cancellations each agency is allowed in a time period.
  • Infants
    • Restrict the number of Infants per flight
    • Ability to automatically add a charge to adult pax with Infant
    • Abiity to print Infant Boarding Pass
  • * APIS
    • APIS data collected
    • APIS transfer to various authorities
  • *PNRGOV
    • Sending of PNRGOV to various government authorities
  • Commissions
    • Defined by Agency, or system defaults
    • Defined by Distribution Channel (Call Center, Internet, GDS)
    • Charge Markups - Allows a handling fee to applied to Agency bookings.
  • Promo Codes
    • Discount-based
    • Fare-based
    • Tracking and Limited Use - Promo Codes can be allocated, their usage tracked, and limits (how many times a code can be used) enforced.
    • Promo Code batches - Codes can be batched / automatically generated; auto-generated codes are composed of a prefix (same prefix for all codes in the batch) and a random suffix. For redemption, both the prefix and suffix are required.
    • Defined by one-to-many City Pairs
    • Defined by one-to-many Fare Classes
    • Bookind Date validity
    • Flight Date validity
  • Inventory Allocation Templates
    • Ability to define Allocation Templates by aircraft model, to easily apply to flights.
  • Fare Families
    • Bundle Fares into unique categories for ease of booking.
  • * ameliaLOYALTY
    • Users can earn and redeem loyalty points.
    • Point Multiplier by Fare Class
    • Point Value by City Pair
    • Allocate Loyalty seats (for redemption)
  • User Profiles
    • Ability for passengers to create an IBE login
    • Pax can manage their bookings
    • Pre-filled info for quicker bookings
    • Loyalty info is stored.
    • Vouchers and Gift Certificates are stored.
  • Seat Selection
    • Define chargeable and non-chargeable Seats
    • Seat Type Charges - Specify charges for a type of seat (window, aisle, emergency exit, bulkhead, etc).
    • Available when booking in Call Center
    • Available at Check-in
    • Available at Boarding
    • Available on IBE bookings
    • Available on IBE edits
    • Available on Kiosk Check-in
    • Available at Online Check-in
    • Ability to override Seat Charge (with Permission)
    • Block Seat
    • Ad hoc Block Seat
    • Aircraft swap - Pax retains seat
    • Exception Handling (for seats that could not be retained)
  • Shop / Ancillary Items / Add-Ons
    • Items available at Flight / City Pair level - ex: meals, pre-paid baggage, headphones, etc.
    • Items available at Airport level - ex: limousine, lounge access, wheelchair, hotel room, etc.
    • Free-sell or Inventory Control (per item) options
    • Available to one-to-many Pax on a reservation
    • Notification to supplier when items sold
    • Notification of low inventory
    • Items can be chargeable or non-chargeable
    • Not available X hours before flight setting (per item)
    • Defined by Fare Class
    • SSR code sent on Manifest and PNL
    • Ability to allocate items to specific flights
    • Special Change Fee - Purchase to waive certain Change Fees
    • 3rd-party Integration - based on third party's technical documentation
  • Prepaid Agency Accounts
    • Agencies can self-register online - Allows easy account creation. Once signed up, Agency can deposit funds and start booking.
    • Custom Agency levels - Airline can provide different Fares to Agencies that provide higher pre-payment.
    • Configure minimum Deposit amount (to open account)
    • Define available Payment Methods
  • Vouchers
    • Issue Vouchers for payment - Used for promotions, compensation, etc.
    • Define one-to-many Fare Class
    • Define one-to-many City Pairs
    • Define one-to-many Companies
    • Bulk Generation (of Vouchers)
    • Date-driven
  • eNews
    • Ability for pax with a profile to opt-in to email group.
    • Allows passengers to define interests so airline can customize email to preferences.
  • * Accounting Integration
    • amelia integrates with several accounting packages, and can be adapted to integrate with others.
  • Seat Allocations
    • Allocate seats per Level of Service
    • Allocate seats at Flight level
    • Allocate Oversell amounts
    • Ability to curtail seats
    • Ability to hard-block seats to Agencies
    • Auto-release Agency-specific seats X hours before flight
    • Allocate seats at Boocing Code level
    • Ability to manually close Booking Codes
    • Ability to automate closing of Booking Codes
    • Ability to roll allocations (to future flights/dates)
    • Allocate by Date
    • Allocate by Day of Week
    • Allocation Templates to reduce management time/effort
    • Roll Allocations - apply to specific date/time
    • Audit
    • Weight Zones
  • Flight Booking Close
    • Ability to stop sales X hours before flight
  • * Revenue Management
    • Integrates with Aviator RM
  • Ticketing
    • Ticket-less system - Record Locator provided (option for Interline e-Ticket).
  • Cost Centers
    • Apply Cost Centers to reservations for tracking.
  • Passenger Import
    • PNL/ADL
    • From file, via API
  • IROPS Management
    • Passenger Protection - Referred to as Bulk Move in amelia.
    • Seating Protection - Seats retained if possible.
    • Add-On Protection - Ancillary purchases retained, regardless of allocation/availability.
    • Flight Cancellation Alert Queue
    • Passenger Notification Queue
    • Ad hoc Flight Creation
  • Waitlist Management
    • Automated confirmation when seat becomes available
    • Manual Waitlist by Priority
    • Waitlist Queue

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  • Quick Key enabled
    • Hotkeys defined to limit need for a mouse (if user desires).
  • Reservation Search:
    • Reservation Number
    • Last Name
    • First Name
    • Flight Date
    • Departure Airport
  • Advanced Search:
    • Booking Date
    • Booking Origin (Distribution Channel) - Call Center, Internet, GDS
    • On Hold
    • Ticket Number
    • Locator Number
    • Credit Card Number
    • Phone #
    • Passport #
  • Print List
    • Ability to print search results
  • Check Fares
    • Quickly locate fares/pricing for a specified City Pair.
  • Multi-Reservation Support
    • Agent can view mutliple reservation at a time. - Hotkeys allow switching between them quickly.
  • By Fare Bookings
    • Create reservation by finding lowest available fare.
  • By Schedule Bookings
    • Create reservation from complete Fare Availability display.
  • Standby Bookings
    • Create standby reservation - for revenue standby pax, or space-available employee travel.
  • Group Bookings
  • Booking Features
    • One Way
    • Return
    • Open Return - when return date is unknown
    • Multi-Flight - Our intelligent Travel Options algorithm will find all possible routings between two cities/airports. Airline can define allowable connections.
    • By Level of Service
    • Adults, Children
    • Return Fares +/- X days - Ability to show best Fares in a date range (for flexible travellers).
    • Promo Code
    • Waitlist - Pax can be book on waitlist if flight is sold out. This adds to a waitlist queue that is worked if space becomes available.
  • Select Flight - Available Data:
    • Flight Number
    • Aircraft Type
    • Depature Date/Time
    • Required Connections
    • Available Seats
    • Available Infant Seats
    • Distance
    • Flight Time per Leg
  • Select Fare
    • All associated Fare Rules displayed.
    • Adult or Child fare
    • Loyalty Fares
    • Secondary Fares
    • Promo Code Fares
    • Quote Details - Shows a breakdown of Charges.
  • Itinerary
    • Itinerary per Passenger or per Reservation
    • Detailed itinerary
    • Summary itinerary
    • No Figures itinerary
    • View Itinerary
    • Print Itinerary
    • Email Itinerary
    • Option to display Terms & Conditions (on itinerary)
    • Multi-Language option
    • Upcoming Travel Reminder - Itinerary sent to res owner X days before departure.
  • Seat Selection
    • Select chargeable Seat
    • Select non-chargeable Seat
    • Override Seat Selection charge/fee
  • Ancillary Products and Services
    • Add chargeable Airport item
    • Add chargeable Flight / City Pair item
    • Add non-chargeable Airport item
    • Add non-chargeable Flight / City Pair item
    • Override charge/fee
  • Payment Methods:
    • Credit Card
    • Debit Card
    • On Account
    • Prepaid Account
    • 3rd Party Collection
    • Voucher
    • Cash/Cheque/Money Order
    • e-Ticket
    • Loyalty Points
    • Pay Later
    • Transfer credits
  • Payments
    • Accept full payment
    • Accept partial payment
    • Payment per passenger
    • Multiple Payment Methods (on single res) supported
    • Payment by Passenger
    • Payment by Company
    • Payment by Agency
    • Payment by Third Party
    • Payment Date/Time editable (with Permission)
    • Refund payment (Permission-based)
    • Print payments
    • Edit Payer
    • Add and Edit Purchase Order (PO #)
    • Transfer Credit (to another booking)
    • Create Voucher (for credit on file)
    • Payment Processing Fees
  • Charges
    • View ALL charges on res
    • View history of charges on res
    • Add new charges to res
    • Edit res charges
    • Remove res charges
  • Ticket Number
    • Manually assign ticket number, if desired.
  • Reservation Number
    • Numeric
    • Alpha-Numeric
  • Cancel Reservation
    • Completely cancel a reservation.
  • Hold
    • Put reservation On Hold - option for system to do this automatically.
    • On Hold expiry - If payment not received by Hold End Date, reservation is automatically cancelled.
    • Hold before Flight Time - Reservation cannot be put On Hold X hours before departure.
    • Automated email itinerary reminder - X hours before Hold expires, reminder is sent to Agency or passenger/traveller.
  • Edit Route
    • Modify routing without adding mod/cnx fees. (Used for IROPS situations.)
  • Agency
    • Add or Edit Agency on file (reservation).
  • GDS Locator
    • If booking originates from GDS, Locator Number is automatically captured.
  • GDS Message
    • View the raw GDS message for the booking.
  • Res Audit
    • All functions related to a reservation are audited and viewable - Old/New value, Date/Time and User are stored.
  • View History
    • Displays a high-level reservation history, based on user input (Access Notes).
  • Alternate Loyalty ID
    • 3rd-Pafty Loyalty Number (ex: Aeroplan)
  • Passengers
    • Retrieve from previous bookings
    • Add new Passengers
    • Edit pax details
    • Add pax to existing reservation
    • Cancel pax
    • Split pax (to new reservation)
    • Associate infant
    • Capture APIS info
    • Define mandatory and optional pax details/fields
    • Copy pax details from one pax to next (reduces data entry for family bookings, where much of the data is the same).
    • Option to include actual weight (rather than standard weights)
    • VIP passenger support
  • Reservation Segments
    • Add new Segment
    • Edit existing Segment - City Pair
    • Edit existing Segment - Date
    • Cancel Segment
  • Reservation Contact
    • Add a Contact - may or may not be a pax on the reservation.
    • Edit a Contact 
  • Audit:
    • Reservation - ALL res functions, ie. name changes, route changes, passenger changes, payments, etc.
    • Flight
    • Fare
    • Allocations
    • Charge Override

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  • Bookings
    • Type A Bookings
    • EDIFACT Direct Connect access
    • EDIFACT Direct Sell
    • e-Ticketing
    • Type B Bookings
    • ETL Messaging
  • Interline / Codeshare
    • Inbound Interline e-Ticketing
    • Interline Baggage - BSM/BRS messages
    • Thru Check-in
    • Movement Messages
    • Free-Flow Codeshare - Option 2 and Option 4
    • Outbound Interlining - ameliaGATEWAY
    • Outbound Codeshare (amelia airline as marketing carrier) - In testing with Beta client
  • Passenger Messages
    • PNL Outbound
    • PNL Inbound
    • ADL Outbound
    • ADL Inbound
    • PRL Outbound
    • PRL Inbound
    • PFS Inbound
  • Inventory
    • AVS
    • AVS Recap
    • EDIFACT Direct Connect access

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