Common Travel Management Abbreviations

Modified on Thu, 19 Sep at 11:53 AM

Common Travel Management Abbreviations

Term	Definition
APIS	Advance Passenger Information Systems
ATM	Air Traffic Management
ARC	Airlines Reporting Corporation - An airline-owned company offering travel products and services, ticket distribution and settlement through a variety of channels in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It reconciles payments and commissions to ARC certified travel agents on behalf of participating airlines.
API	Application Programming Interface - An application programming interface is a computing interface which defines interactions between multiple software intermediaries.
ARNK	Arrival Unknown
APAC	Asia Pacific - Term used to collectively refer to the region of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. The area includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australasia and Oceania.
AHT	Average Handle Time
BAR	Best Available Rate
BSP	Billing and Settlement Plan
CRS	Central Reservation System
CERT	Certification
DK number	Customer Number - Agencies use the DK number field primarily as an account reference identifier for billing purposes on the Sabre GDS. The DK number may only contain letters, numbers, or a combination of the two. Only one DK number can be in a PNR. Only one DK number can be in a PNR. If another DK number is entered, it replaces the previous one. An agency can require a six, seven or 10-digit DK number. The DK number at Spotnana is numeric 10 digits (for example, 0000002558)
EMD	Electronic Miscellaneous Document
EIN	Employer Identification Number
EMEA	Europe, Middle East and Africa - Term used to collectively refer to Europe, Middle East and Africa. In most cases this also includes the former Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and western Russia.
FOP	Form of Payment
FF	Frequent Flyer
FWTV	Frequent Traveler
GDS	Global Distribution System
GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
IATA	International Air Transport Association
LCC	Low Cost Carrier (e.g., Spirit, easyJet, etc.)
MICE	Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events
MCO	Miscellaneous Charges Order - An MCO is an airline transaction for a non-ticket purchase, such as an insurance payment or an excess baggage fee. It is an accountable IATA document used to process the payment of travel arrangements.
NDC	New Distribution Capability - An XML-based data standard that enables airlines to distribute their content with greater flexibility and integrate more deeply with companies that sell travel. NDC is replacing a very limited, inflexible data standard called EDIFACT, which was created in the 1980's. For more details, see https://www.iata.org/en/programs/airline-distribution/retailing/ndc/
NGS	Next Generation Storefront. See https://www.atpco.net/solutions/merchandising/ngs
OBT	Online Booking tool - Spotnana's custom built tool for making and managing travel bookings and offering TaaS.
OSI	Other Service Information
PNR	Passenger Name Record. See https://www.icao.int/Security/FAL/ANNEX9/Documents/9944_cons_en.pdf
PCC	Pseudo-City Code
RBD	Reservation Booking Designator - The booking class of a flight is based on the Reservation Booking Designator (RBD). The RBD is the code used in reservation transactions to identify the booking class. The booking class provides airlines with a parameter for profit-oriented controlling and best usage of capacities at the booking level.
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SSO	Single Sign On - Single sign-on is a mechanism or service that permits a user to use one set of login credentials (username and password) to access multiple applications.
SSR	Special Service Request
TaaS	Travel as a Service. See https://www.spotnana.com/blog/what-is-travel-as-a-service/
TBUM	Travel Budget Under Management - The company-specific approved travel budget amount to be used within the calendar year. This typically includes all travel (booked with Spotnana or not).
TIMATIC	Travel Information Manual Automatic - The database containing the visa and entry regulations for nearly every country.
UDID	User Defined Interface Data
UDIDS	User Defined Interface Data Storage - UDIDS remarks track customer related information used for reporting and sorting purposes in the Trams report generator. UDIDS can be used for any information you wish to track for a customer or a market.
UTC	Coordinate Universal Time
VAT	Value Added Tax. See https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/what-vat_en