BSP DATA INTERCHANGE SPECIFICATIONS HANDBOOK REVISION 20.

CORRECTION NOTICE
15 December 2006

This Correction Notice reflects amendments to the DISH Glossary published in DISH
Revision 20.1 Chapter 12.

The following editorial corrections are to be in effect with DISH Revision 20.1.

Amendments are included for data elements:

• The Fare Calculation Mode Indicator (FCMI)
• Record Identifier (RCID)
• Handbook Revision Number (REVN)

The Notice consists of replacement pages to the DISH Revision 20.1 publication of 01
September 2006.

The downloadable DISH20.1 publication will be amended accordingly.

Please refer any questions to IATA Passenger Standards, Email: DISH@iata.org.

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 FBST Flight Booking Status 2A

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M
C IT06 BKI63
Description
The status of the passenger's reservation when the ticket is issued.
Values
Valid entries are defined in PSC Resolution 722.
Examples:
Blank
OK Space Confirmed
NS Infant not occupying a seat
RQ Space requested but not confirmed, or space wait listed
SA Subject to space being available whenever fare or rule
prohibits making advance reservation.

RET Validation
No validation required.

 FBTD Fare Basis/Ticket Designator 15 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M IT06 BKI63
C COR IOR
Description
A series of characters as shown in PSC Resolution 728, Paragraph 2 to define the entitlement of the
passenger based on the fare charged.
Use
This field always includes the Fare Basis.
(It may also contain the Ticket Designator that is still used by some BSPs and is being entered in a
separate area on older ticket stock.
RET Validation
No specific validation required.

FCMI Fare Calculation Mode Indicator 1 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M IT07 BAR64
C
Description
An indicator to show the method of pricing as entered on the ticket.

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Values
0 System Computer priced
1 Manually priced*
2-9 For individual airline/system provider use
A–Z Undefined industry use
*Manual STDs whereby the data is transmitted through a Reporting System fall in this category.
Agents should submit such documents to their DPC for onward delivery to the ticketing airline.
RET Validation
No specific validation required.

FFRF Frequent Flyer Reference 16 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M
C IT06 BKI63
Description
A reference assigned by an airline to identify its frequent flyers.
Format
The designator of the airline assigning the reference followed by the actual reference assigned.
RET Validation
No validation required.

# FLCR File Total Credit Amount 15 N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M CFT
C
Description
The hash total of the TCAI element of each Invoice Trailer (CIT) record of a Credit Sales Invoicing file
for a Reporting Period.

# FLDE File Total Debit Amount 15 N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M CFT
C
Description
The hash total of the TDAI element of the Invoice Trailer (CIT) records of a Credit Sales Invoicing file
for a Reporting Period.

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# PRDA Processing Date 6 N, 8 N*

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M IT01 BFH01 CFH TI1 IFH*
C
Description
The date when a file is created (i.e. the "Run Date").
RET Validation
Date validation as specified in Section 2.4.4.

 PXDA Passenger Specific Data 49 A/N, 46

A/N*
File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M
C IT04 BAR65* COR IBR
Description
Information in the STDs element designated for the purpose.
Use
If there is not enough space in BAR65 to include all 49 characters from the IT04, the element is
truncated by the DPC.
Condition
If TRNC = "TKTA", this field reports the data printed on Print Line E, positions 1 to 29 (PSC
Resolution 722A Attachment 'B') on the second line of the Passenger Name.
If TRNC = "TKTB", this field reports the data printed on Print Line A, positions 20 to 72 (PSC
Resolution 722D Attachment 'B').
RET Validation
No validation required.

 PXNM Passenger Name 49 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M BAR65 CBR IBR
C IT02
Description
The name, initials and title of a passenger.
Use
The name is followed by an oblique (/), then the initials, and then “Mr”, “Mrs”, “Miss” or other
appropriate title.
In addition, this element may contain (preceded by a blank) a Special Purpose Code as provided for
in PSC Resolution 728, Section 4.
RET Validation
If FORM = "X", PXNM is mandatory for the IT02 record.
If FORM = "L" or for manual MCOs, PXNM is mandatory for the CBR record and will not be reported
in the BAR65 record.

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QNTY Quantity 6N
File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M TI2
C
Description
The total number of documents within the allocation range (BNBR to ENBR).

 RBKD Reservation Booking Designator 2 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M IT06 BKI63
C COR IOR
Description
The Reservation Booking Designator entered in the “Flight/Class” box on the ticket.
Values
Refer to AIRIMP Chapter 7.1 for valid codes.
RET Validation
No specific validation required.

RCID Record Identifier 1 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M ALL RET ALL TI file
records records
C
Description
A code to identify the type of RET and TI records.
Values
1 to 9
S "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "S", "Y" or "Z".
RET Validation
Check for values above.

RCPN Related Ticket/Document Coupon Number Identifier 4N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M
C IT03 BKS45
Description
An identifier to indicate which of the Related Ticket/Document coupon(s) support(s) the document
named in the RTDN field of the same record.
Use
Each coupon number shall occupy its relative position.
An unused position shall be reported as zero, e.g. “0204”.

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RET Validation
If not blank, advise the appropriate ISS Manager and Passenger Standards Development that the
field is being populated.

REVN Handbook Revision Number 3N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M IT01 BFH01 CFH TI1 IFH
C
Description
A number to uniquely identify the Revision of the BSP Data Interchange Specifications Handbook.
Format
This element consists of 2 numerics for the Revision Number followed by 1 numeric to identify a
Release Number within a Revision.
The Release Number can be zero.
Example of the element for Revision20.1: “201”.
RET Validation
Must be a valid Handbook Revision Number.

RFIC Reason for Issuance Code 1 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M
C IT0A BMP70
Description
A code to specify the reason why a document was issued.
Q Condition
This element is only applicable when TRNC = 'MD10' or 'MD30' or 'MD50'.
RET Validation
No validation required.
S9 Code Assignment
Refer to PSC Resolution 722c, Attachment 'C' for valid codes.

 RFID Reason For Issuance Description 86 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M
C IT0A BMP70
Description
S The information printed in the ‘Reason for Issuance’ box on the document to explain why the
document was issued.
Condition
This element is only applicable when TRNC = "MPnn".

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RET Validation
No validation required.

# RMED Remittance Period Ending Date 6N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M BOH03,
BKS45,
BOT93,
BOT94
C
Description
The last day of an agent's Remittance Period as defined by PAConf for a BSP country/area.
Use
The contents of the RMED in BKS45 shall be the same as that reported in the BOH03 record.

RPSI Reporting System Identifier 4 A/N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M IT01 BKT06
Q C TI2
Description
A code to identify a computerised system that electronically reports the accountable transactions for
one or more agent Locations.
Use
For a manually data-captured transaction at the DPC, the RPSI field in BKT06 shall contain the
indication "MANU".
For an automated transfer from RET to HOT, the field may contain its related NTSI.
RET Validation
Check against the identifiers allocated for the respective BSP country or area.
Code Assignment
Requests for RPSI codes are to be submitted by the ISS Manager to the Manager, Passenger
Standards Development using the Form shown in Appendix D.

RRDC Report Record Counter 11 N

File RET HOT CSI TI CSP MSA
Status
M IT0Z
C
Description
The total number of physical records for all files generated by a Reporting System and transmitted to
a BSP Processing Centre for a Reporting Period.
These records are comprised of all STDs and other documents for the applicable Reporting Period
and the count includes records 1 through Z.

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