Airline Travel Leg Data

To make best use of Airline Travel Leg data, there are some considerations and conditions to keep in mind when you begin analyzing the detailed data.

Visa has secured global contracts with five airline travel reservation systems: Sabre, Galilieo/Apollo, Worldspan, Amadeus, and Abacus. This means that for tickets bought at a travel agency using one of these reservation systems, Airline Travel Leg data will be fully available. Therefore, it is important to confirm what reservation system your travel agency uses.

At the same time, Visa also receives data from online travel agencies such as Travelocity and Expedia, though not necessarily for every airline ticket bought through them. This is because each of these agencies works differently depending upon the client, airline, destination and payment method involved with the ticket. As a result, Visa has indicated that, until they have had a chance to analyze actual data flows from each Internet agency over a period of time, they will be unable to advise exactly where and when you can expect to receive data for such bookings. As a result, when you make Internet bookings, be aware that you may not receive Airline Travel Leg data for your tickets.

As well, if you buy your tickets directly from an airline, please be aware that Visa does not currently have access to any data for 'direct sales' made in Canada. Direct sales are ticket purchases made directly from an airline either over the phone or via the Internet. Due to separate agreements between Visa US and some US airlines, however, direct sales data may be available for some US flights. Visa is continuing to work aggressively with all of Canada's airlines to make direct sales data available in the near future.

Visa is dedicated to providing complete and useful enhanced data. They will continue to work at expanding the data feeds available for all possible points of purchase of an airline ticket.

If you have any questions about Airline Travel Leg data, please feel free to contact your Scotiabank Program Manager or email us at commercialcard@scotiabank.com