Guidelines

The following pages should be used as guidelines for your application development. Please see the FAQ pages for additional information on each subject.

A good place to start is our Getting Started Guide.

Details of how to utilise Travelfusion's Rail content

How to obtain your XmlLoginId and what security rules you must adhere to

How to submit a request and receive a response

Rules that you should adhere to and general guidelines that you should follow during your application development.

Information about how to use our administration system at https://admin.travelfusion.com

Error Codes and the format and handling of error cases.

How to access and use Travelfusion's city and airport code lists, the lists of routes covered by each supplier, and these can be used to structure your XML search request.

The methodology behind making a booking through the API and the various operational issues related to bookings

How to ensure cards are verified by the card issuer and the booking does not fail

How data is cached within Travelfusion's system and how prices can change during the booking process. 

How to make changes to a completed booking.

How to retrieve or calculate the extra service cost of ancillary services provided by an airline, such as extra bags.

How to access the supplier logos hosted by Travelfusion.

How to access the XML schemas (.xsd files), and the related guidelines.

Test Travelfusions' XML Requests and Responses using the XML Test Tool - there are a useful features that the tool has that you can make use of.