Abacus Essentials

AVAILABILITY (General) (1)

Basic availability......... 128NOVBOMHKG
Optional Qualifier
Specify 1 carrier... 9W
Multiple carrier...... 9WCXIT
Exclude 1 specific carrier...... *9W
Exclude multiple carriers...... *9WCXIT
Specify departure time..... 1400
Specify arrival time........./0800
(cannot specify departure time and arrival time in one entry)
Specify direct flights only... /D
Specific class... -V
One connection...... 1KUL
Scan availability for
specific booking class ...1S28NOVBOMHKG-K
Scan availability for specific number of seats
and booking class... 1S28NOVBOMHKG-4K
Scan availability for
specific booking class and carrier..... 1S28NOVBOMHKG-KCX
Availability Follow-up shortcuts (General)
More availability......................... 1*
Display original availability... 1*0A
Redisplay last availability..... 1*R
Display additional classes......... 1*C
Change airline.......... 1IT
Change departure time..... 1*1400
Change arrival time.... 1*/1400
Change to a specific booking class....... 1-M
Change to show direct flights only.... 1/D
Change departure date.......... 130NOV
Change departure date-forward/backward...17 or 1-7
(up to 30 days)
Change departure date and time...... 130NOV*1400
Change departure city...... 1*DMAA
Change arrival city....... 1*ABKK
Reverse City pair Availability (General)
Return availability for the same day....... 1R
Return availability by specified time...... 1R1400
Return availability by specified date...... 1R30NOV
Return availability by departure date and time...... 1R30NOV1400
Return availability -forward /backward...1R7 OR 1R-7
(up to 30 days)
AVAILABILITY (Direct Access) (1)
F*FOX/CITY/PAIR/AVAIL
Basic availability entry.... 128NOVBOMHKG9W
Availability by departure time.... 128NOVBOMHKG14009W
Availability by arrival time................................... 128NOVBOMHKG/14009W
Specific class........... 128NOVBOMHKG-V9W
Availability Follow-up shortcuts (Direct access)
Display more availability.. 1*
Change airline.. 1IT
Change departure date and time................................ 130NOV*1400
Change departure date -forward/backward .... 17 or 1-7
(up to 30 days)
Redisplay availability....... 1*D
Reverse City pair Availability (Direct access)
Return availability for the same day..... 1R
Return availability by specified time.. 1R*1500
Return availability by specified date...... 1R30SEP
Availability shortcuts..................................... N*/SHORTCUTS
ALLIANCE MANAGER
Display all alliance group.... K9LA*
Availability for One World participants..... 128NOVBOMHKG/*O
Availability for Star Alliance participants.... 127SEPBOMHKG/*A
Follow-up shortcuts
Display more availability........ 1*
Switch to another alliance code. 1/*A
Switch to general availability.. 1ALL

BOOKING AIR SEGMENTS

Short Sell (0)
F*FOX/SELLING/AIR/SEGMENTS
Basic sell......02Y1
Waitlist sell.....01Y1LL
Connecting flights (same class of service)....... 01Y1*
Connecting flights (different class of service).... 01Y1J2
Manual / Long Sell (0)
General sell....... 0CX684Y28NOVBOMHKGNN1
Waitlist segment.... 0CX684Y28NOVBOMHKGLL1
Passive segment with airline PNR...0CX684Y28NOVBOMHKGGK1*ABCDEF
Open dated segment...... 0CXOPENY28NOVBOMHKGDS1
CALCULATOR
F*FOX/CALCULATOR
Addition.... T123345
Subtraction........................ T46-27
Multiply.... T615*5
Division......... T217/4
CALENDAR

F*FOX/CALENDAR

Current month..... TOCT

Specific month / year ..... TJAN/12
Add days e.g. display 21 days after 04 March...... T4MAR 21
Subtract days.. T25JUN-60
Number of days between 2 dates T11JAN-26JAN
Display daylight savings start/end dates........ T*DST-LON
Display the dates of weekday for four consecutive weeks... TFRI
CANCELLING & RE-BOOK AIR SEGMENTS
Cancel segments and sell from availability..... X202Y7
Cancel & rebook new date.... X20015DEC
Cancel & rebook
specific segment + or - a number of days... X1,3 or X1,-3
Cancel & rebook
entire itinerary + or - a number of days...... XIA,3 or XIA,-3
Cancel & rebook specific segments
to a new class...... WC1Q or WC1L/4L
Cancel & rebook entire itinerary to a new class..... WCAQ
CANCELLING AIR SEGMENT
F*FOX/CANCEL/ITINERARY/XI
All segments.....XI
Single segment.....X2
Selected segment.......X2/4/6
Consecutive segments......X2-6
Remove passive segment GK...............1XK
CHANGE SEGMENT STATUS
Automatic update segment status........EWR
CLONE PNR
F*FOX/CLONE/IC
Ignore transaction and clone PNR all flight segments........ IC
Ignore and clone all details except the itinerary..ICAPD,XI
Ignore transaction and clone
itinerary plus all passenger data...... ICAPD
Ignore transaction and clone
PNR excluding specific segments.... ICX1-3/7
Ignore and clone all details and book after 4 Days.... ICAPD,4
Ignore and clone itinerary with new number in party..... ICB2
Ignore and clone itinerary for 1-30 days earlier/later... IC3 or IC3

F*FOX/CURRENCY/CONVERSION
CURRENCY
Display list of currency codeDC*CUR
Display list of currency code starting with alphabet J.. DC*CUR/J
Display information by currency code...................... DC*INR
Convert from one currency to another. DCUSD334.00/GBP
Convert foreign currency amount to AUD....... DCEUR230.00
Convert currency using past date..... DCUSD100.00/INR/02JUN09

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Bengaluru 080-41130067 Hyderabad 040-23210561 Cochin 0484-2358121 Calicut 0495-2367475 Thiruvananthapuram 0471-2310145

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DISPLAY (*)
All GFAX.......*P3
Email address only.....*PE
FF fields only.*FF
Itinerary only.........*I
Name field only...*N
OSI fields only........*P3O
Phone field only.....*P9
PNR history.... *H
Pre-reserved seats....*B
Received from field only...*P6
Redisplay PNR....*A
Remarks fields only...*P5
SSR fields only........*P3S
Ticketing field only.......*P7
Ticketing field, date issued, voids, refund......*T
Display passenger data list......................................................................PD
Display passenger accounting data lines........*PAC

Optional Fare Display Qualifiers

Return fares.......RT
One way fares..................................................................................................... OW
Display fare in NUCs....../NUC
Multi carriers (max 32)....... -CX-IT-9W
Specify return date......R25MAY
Passenger type (maximum 4)...... PCNN
Specify booking class..B(booking class)
Fare basis code.......................................................................Q(fare basis)
Follow-up shortcuts
Redisplay last fare Quote......FQ*
Reverse city pair.....FQ*R
Fare display from availability.............FQL1
Tax breakdown display......FT1

DIVIDE A PNR
5 STEPS TO DIVIDE A PNR:
Display PNR...*-Malhotra or *ABCXYZ
Divide name field.....D1.1
Enter RECEIVED FROM..6SIMMI
File divided PNR........F
Save original PNR & End Transaction......E

FARE QUOTE RULE DISPLAY ( RD)

RDHELP
Display all rules from line 2..RD2
Display rule menu from line 2.....RD2*M
Display specific rule category from line 2......RD2*13
Display multiple rule categories
by category numbers from line 2.. RD2*13/26
Display multiple rule categories
by category codes from line 2... RD2*AV/MX
Display a fare rule following pricing
(entry to be performed after pricing)......... WPRD*

Divide multiple name fields......D1.1*4.1

Redisplay last rule display....RD*

E-MAIL
Store e-mail address.....PEBCHU@SPRINT.COM.IN
Note: underscore "-"is represented by "==" (shift & hyphen key twice)
Note: apostrophe ' is represented by "/" (forward slash)
Display e-mail address...*PE
Delete e-mail address....PE2 or PE2-4 or PE1,3
End transaction and e-mail message...EM
End transaction and e-mail message to a specific passengerEMN1.2
End transaction and e-mail by selected e-mail address.................. EMA1
End and e-mail, redisplay PNR....EMR

FREQUENT FLYER (FF)

Advise FF number. FFBA2477900-1.1
FF number for specific segments.... FFBA2477900/1,4-1.1
To display carriers participating in FF agreement.... PT*
Display specific carriers FF agreement....... PT*BA
Advise FF number to another carrier.... FFCX2477900/BA
To display the FF detail in the PNR.. *FF
To delete frequent flyer number from line 2....... FF2

ENCODE / DECODE
Encode
Decode
City. W/-CCFRANKFURT
City..... W/*MEL
Airline..W/-ALQANTAS
Airline...W/*AZ
Airport W/-APHEATHROW
Airport ........W/*LGA
Country ...HCCC/AUSTRIA
Country......HCCC/AT
US State...HCCTEXAS
US State.....HCCTX
Aircraft Equipment.....................................................................................W/EQ*767
Abacus Atlas
Display 10 closest airports to a city........ W/-CYDARJEELING
Display 10 closest airports to another airport...... W/-ATLHR
Distance between two airports... W/-ATBOSATJFK
Distance between airport and city..... W/-ATLAXCYANAHEIM
Geographical Information
Display country and city info
(A = first letter of country you require)........ N*/GLOBEA
FARE QUOTE DISPLAY (FQ)
FQHELP
Basic fare display for all carriers.......... FQBOMHKG
Single carrier display................. FQBOMHKG-CX
Specify departure date...... FQBOMHKG28NOV
Specify departure date & carrier........... FQBOMHKG28NOV-CX
All fare categories......... FQBOMHKG28NOVALL-CX
Child fares (A-Adult, I-Infant, CChild).. FQBOMHKG28NOV-CX,C
Particular cabin class
economy YB, business BB, first FB.... FQBOMHKG28NOVYB-CX
Historical......FQ12JUN09BOMHKG30JUN09-CX
FQ(ticketed date w /year)BOMHKG(travel date w /year)-CX
Round the world fares.........FQBOMBOM28NOVRW-BA
Fare quote from confirmed air segment....... FQS1 or FQS1/2

HISTORY (H)
All PNR history . *H
Historical remarks. .*H5H
Names *HN
Telephone Numbers ...*H9
Queues ...*QH

OSI/SSR information.... *H3

Itinerary *HI
Pre-reserved seats..*HB
Tickets....*HT

MAXIMUM PERMITTED MILEAGE (MPM)

Basic entry... WNBOMHKG
On existing PNR all segments.. WN
On existing PNR specific segments.......................................... WNS1-5
Redisplay previous mileage information................ WN*
MINIMUM CONNECTING TIME (MCT)
Specific airport..... T*CT-ORD
Specific airport and carrier.... T*CT-ORD/AA
Specific airport and multiple carrier.... T*CT-ORD/AADL
Specific airport and carriers, International to Domestic T*CT-DG/SQAF/ID
Verify MCT in a PNR... VCT*

MOVE AGENCY PROFILE IN THE PNR....... N*NM

MOVE SEGMENTS
Insert ARNK after segment 3... /3/A
After segment 2 move segment 4...... /2/4

MOVE ENTRIES
Move Up....MU
Move Top......MT

Move Down..MD
Move Bottom....MB

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Bengaluru 080-41130067 Hyderabad 040-23210561 Cochin 0484-2358121 Calicut 0495-2367475 Thiruvananthapuram 0471-2310145

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NAME FIELD ( - )
Single name.... -FERNANDES/REENAMS
Multiple adults names identical surname
(max 3)........ -3KAPOOR/JYOTIMS/REKHAMS/ADITIMS
Child name (age 02-11 years)..... -JAIN/ANILMSTR*C05
Identical surname
adult and child..... 2KAPOOR/LEENAMS/RIYAMISS*ADT/C05
Infants name (age 01-23 months).... -I/MARU/VAISHALIMISS*I18
Display name field only.......... *N
Display passenger data list......... PD
Name change warning: conditions apply, verify with all airlines before proceeding
Name change restriction overview............. N*/SP NAME CHANGE
Display name change restriction table.... RK*(airline code)
Change passenger first name/title....... -1.2SANTOSHMR
Change family last name........................ -1SHARMA/SANJAYMR
Delete name field.... -1.1
Modify age of child.... -2.1*C06
Modify age of infant.... -3.1*I06
NEUTRAL UNIT OF CONSTRUCTION
Display NUC conversion table..... FC*
Display current ROE for a specific currency......... FC*INR
Display specific currency and date... FC*INR10AUG09
Convert specific currency to NUC value..... FCINR278000/NUC
Convert NUC value to specific currency........ FC14899/INR
Convert NUC using past date......... FCINR1260/NUC/10NOV09
NEW NUMBER IN PARTY
Increase number in party
Increase all segments to 3 passengers.......... ,3
Increase specific segments (Seg 2 to 4 passengers).... ,4S2
Increase multiple segmets
(eg segments 2 to 4 to 3 passengers)..... ,3S2-4
Note : This format can only be used prior to ending a newly created PNR
Decrease number in party
Reduce all segments to 2 passengers........ ,2
OTHER SERVICE INFORMATION (OSI) (3)
F*FOX/OSI
Advise OSI Item...3OSI 9W PAX SENIOR CITIZEN
Delete OSI of line 2...32
Modify OSI of line 2...32OSI MH PAX AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL
Display OSI.........*P3O
PASSENGER TYPE CODE
F*RMBORZ
Display stored passenger type codes...........PD
Change passenger 1.1 to Senior citizen..PDTSRC-1.1
PHONE FIELD (9)
Add phone field....................966504000 Abacus Pvt.Ltd
Modify phone field......9226055761 Abacus Pvt. Ltd
Delete phone field line number 2.......92
Display phone field only........*P9
PRICING
N*/WPHELP
Pricing an itinerary with an airline....WPABA
Pricing for applicable fares.......WPAABA
Command or Force Pricing.WPA9WQM2
Optional Pricing Qualifiers
Pricing specific segment.....S1/3
Pricing range of segments.......S1-3
With name select........N1.1
Passenger type mapping exclusion...WPXO
Fares with alternate booking codes.....WPAXM
PRICING - Bargain Finder
Lowest available fare for current itinerary........WPNC
Lowest available fare for current itinerary with rebook.... WPNCB
Lowest fare regardless of availability.........WPNCS

Optional Bargain Finder Qualifiers

Pricing specific segment.........S1/3
Pricing range of segments.......S1-3
With name select........N1.1
QUEUES
F*FOX/QUEUE/COUNT
PNR Queues: 0 - 49 system queues; 50 - 511 user defined queues
List system queues ( 0 - 49 System Queues) F*SNITUO
Queue count......... QC/Queue counts for a specific queue.......... QC/9
To check a specific queue number........ Q/9
Ignore current and view next PNR..... I
Exit Q and ignore PNR......... QXI
Exit Q and end PNR........ QXE
Exit Q and remove PNR..... QXR
Remove PNR from Q without changes..... QR
Display PIC-Prefatory Instruction Code.... QI*SYS
Place PNR on Q100 with PIC no 200...... QP/100/200
PREFATORY INSTRUCTION CODE (PIC)
PICs: 0 - 199 system PICs; 200 - 254 unique PICs
Redisplay PIC message while in queue...... Q*
List all system PICs.... QI*S* or QI*SYS
View specific system PIC..... QI*S*88
List all unique PICs... QI*
Decode specific unique PIC.... QI*200
Add unique PIC name....... QI/200/A-TICKETING ONLY
Modify unique PIC name... QI/200/C-PAST TAW DATE
Delete unique PIC name...... QI/200/DELETE
List record locators and names for PNRs on specific queue...Q/9/LN
To check the 5th PNR from the list... Q/9NM-5
RECEIVED FROM FIELD (6)
Received from......... 6SANTOSH
Display received from field only...... *P6
REMARKS FIELD (5)
To insert historical remark in the PNR. 5H-FARE QUOTED FOR INR2500
Add Itinerary Remarks... 5PLEASE CONFIRM ALL ONWARD FLIGHT
Delete Remarks..... 52
Display all remarks....... *P5
RETRIEVE PASSENGER NAME RECORD
By abacus record locator... *ABCXYZ
By passenger last name.... *-MARU
By passenger last name and first name.... *-MARU/VAISHALI
By departure date and passenger last name.... *-18AUG-MARU
By 10 digit ticket number...... *TKT1234567890
Retrieve from similar name list....... *2
Redisplay name list......... *L
SCHEDULES (S)
F*FOX/EXTENDED/SCHEDULE
General schedule ........ SBOMHKG
Schedule for specific date........ S10NOVBOMHKG
Schedule for specific carrier... SBOMHKG CX
Schedule for specific date and carrier..... S10NOVBOMHKGCX
Schedule for specific date
and carrier (extended schedule)... S10NOVBOMHKG CX/ES
Display more schedule........ S*
Return schedule for current date ........ SR
Return schedule for specific date....... SR25NOV
SEATS (4)
DRS page on carriers seat map information........ Y/AAI/PRS
Seat map display for air segment 1..... 4G1*
Pre-Reserved Seat
Specific seat reservation..... 4G1/11A-1.1
Update status code for pre-reserved seats for specific segment..... 4G1HK
Non Smoking Window seat.... 4G1/NW-1.2
Non Smoking Window seat for all segment/passenger... 4GA/NW
Cancel all seats. 4GXALL
Cancel seats for specific segments...... 4GX1-1.1
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Bengaluru 080-41130067 Hyderabad 040-23210561 Cochin 0484-2358121 Calicut 0495-2367475 Thiruvananthapuram 0471-2310145

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SECONDARY PNR RETRIVAL
Y/MKT/IN1/P116
By airline locator..... QCX/*QSTV2L

Display pre reserved seats... *B

TIME
Current time......T*DEL
Time difference between two cities . TETDEL/SYD

SIGN IN / SIGN OUT

Sign in to one work area......SI1234
Sign in to ALL work areas. SI*1234
Change work area...C

Convert time in relation to another city ....... TET1800DEL/SYD

Flying/Elapsed time-use 12hrs time...TET9ADEL/26DEC-230PLAX/28DEC

Sign out of one work area.... SO

Sign out of all work areas ..SO*

SPECIAL SERVICE REQUEST (SSR) (3)

F*FOX/SSR
Childs age.. . 3CHLD/30APR05-2.1
Infants age................... 3INFT/MARU/VAISHALIMISS/17DEC07-1.1
PSPT participation carrier list.................. M*/PSPT
DOCS, DOCO & DOCA participation list... N*/APIS
PSPT, DOCS, DOCO & DOCA entries.... Y/MKT/IN1/P123
Request for SSR with service code
List all the meal codes.... DU*/SPM
Meals for specific airline..... DU*/SPMBA
Request for Vegetarian Meal..... 3VGML
Meal request for specific passenger........ 3VGML-1.1
Meal request for all passenger (except for an infant)..... 3VGML-0
Meal request for specific segment and passenger..... 3VGML2-1.1
Special meal request for a passenger.. 3SPML/NONVEG NO PORK
Special meal request
for a specific passenger.. 3SPML/NO ONION AND GARLIC-1.2
Special meal request for specific segment. 3SPML2/LESS SPICY FOOD
List other SSR codes... F*SWPQFL
Wheel chair request specify passenger...3WCHR/KNEE OPERATED-1.1
Bassinette for infant (name relate to adult)... 3BSCT-1.1
General information.. 3OTHS/NEED EXTRA BLANKET
Cancel SSR... 32.XX
Display SSR.... *P3S
Display Gfax information only..... *P3

SPECTRA-PNR MANAGEMENT TOOL

Queue Spectra formats....... F*SJREIA
Check Spectra count.......................... QK*COUNT
Retrieve by selection keys. QK
Display response... U
Move PNRs to specific queue number with PIC.... QJ/200/11
Queue access..... Q/200
STATUS CHECK
Check status of current sign in area........ *S
Check status of all sign in areas.... *S*
Check status of all sign in areas & printers designated...... *S*P
Check set address / LNIATA for own terminal....... J
Check set address / LNIATA for PCC D8I8.... PE*D8I8
TICKETING FIELD (7)
Time Limit without date.. 7TAW/
Time Limit with date...... 7TAW25AUG/
Automated Ticketed Format... 7T-A
TIMATIC
Access Timatic..... TIM
Quit Timatic... QUIT
Timatic Request Codes: A-Visa / Passport / Health Info, V-Visa /Passport
Info, H-Health Info
Information Indicator: NA-Nationality, EM-Embarkation,
DE-Destination, TR-Transit Point
Visa / Passport Info...... TIRV/NAIN/EMBOM/DELAX
Health Information............................................... TIRH/NAIN/EMBOM/DELAX
Visa / Passport / Health Information.................... TIRA/NAIN/EMBOM/DELAX
Next page..... TIPN
Previous page. TIPB
Last page.. TIPL
First page.... TIPF
Timatic Help page... TIHELP
Timatic Rules page. TIRULES
Timatic News page... TINEWS
All city codes for all countries..... TIRCC
All city codes for specific country..... TIRCC/IN

WEATHER
F*FOX/WEATHER
Current weather condition.. WEA/WX*LON
City forecast..... WEA/CF*LON
WHOLESALE TICKETING
Activate wholesale ticketing (retailer to wholesaler)............. 5WT-F358/ON
Deactivate wholesale ticketing (retailer to wholesaler)........ 5WT-F358/OFF
Activate wholesale ticketing
(1st wholesaler to 2nd wholesaler).. 5WS-J4E8/ON
Deactivate wholesale ticketing
(1st wholesaler to 2nd wholesaler).... 5WS-J4E8/OFF

PNR CREATION - QUICK REFERENCE

Step 1: Display availability.. 120DECBOMHKGCX
Step 2: Sell 1 economy seat from line 2... 01Y13
Step 3: Input passenger name.... -KHAN/ASIF MR
Step 4: Input agency profile..... N*NM
Step 5: Input passenger contact.....3OSI SQ 91234567890 PAX CONTACT/M
Step 6: Input ticketing date........ 7TAW7DEC/
Step 7: Input received from......... 6BOBBY
Step 8: End transaction..................... E

FOUR EASY STEPS TO SELL A HOTEL ROOM

Step 1 : Shop
HOTHELP
Hotel list in abacus for a city... HOTSYD
Hotel availability...... HOTLAX/01JAN-03JAN2
Continuation entries
Display more availability...... HOT*
Redisplay availability by specific line number....... HOT*1
Redisplay last availability... HOT**
Step 2 : Look
HODHELP
Hotel description.... HOD*2
Continuation entries
Redisplay last hotel description.... HOD*
Hotel cancellation policy.... HODHY/COMMISSION
Step 3 : Check
Rate description... HRD*2
Continuation entries
Hotel rate description.... HRD*
Decode all rate codes.. HRD**
Redisplay last hotel rate rule..... HRD*
Step 4 : Book
Sell the room0H12/GAX1234567890123456EXP 12 99-SHARMA

MODIFY HOTEL SEGMENT

Date for segment 3...HOM3D/1DEC-3DEC
Cancel hotel segment number..... X2
HOTEL QUICK REFERENCE
Hotel room type index........DU*/HTL/TYPES
Hotel chain index.... DU*/HTL/VENDORS
Credit card company index.... DU*/CCD
Display DRS information for hotel chain..... Y/HHL/QHY
Encode hotel chain.W/-HLHYATT
Decode hotel chain......W/HL*HY

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