All numerical PNR
Feb 18, 2013, 9:40 am
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Feb 18, 2013, 2:07 pm
#5
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However, I do like quantitative thinking. We don't seem to have enough of that these days.^
In any case, it does seem from both the calculations and from experience that an all-numerical PNR locator is a fairly rare occurrence...
Feb 19, 2013, 2:01 am
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I'm actually on rotanes team on this one, it will be closer to 2177
. Statistically blabla speaking at 2177, buying/flying 2 PNR's a week it would take 21 years to get an all numeric one.
Congrats sillypainter on the oddity
Whoever posts next please give us the probability of 2 consecutive numerical PNR's
GBM
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Feb 19, 2013, 5:31 am
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Does anyone know how a given reservation system assigns a PNR?
I notice that when I purchase multiple tickets (with sequential ticket numbers), the PNRs are sometimes very similar, and sometimes quite different...
I notice that when I purchase multiple tickets (with sequential ticket numbers), the PNRs are sometimes very similar, and sometimes quite different...
Feb 19, 2013, 5:47 am
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A little 101 on rloc is here:
http://www.consumertraveler.com/toda...u-should-care/
The range assigned to new PNRs may vary. How Amadeus and others really do it is documented someplace but I can't find it right now.
http://www.consumertraveler.com/toda...u-should-care/
The range assigned to new PNRs may vary. How Amadeus and others really do it is documented someplace but I can't find it right now.
Apr 10, 2013, 9:02 am
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Are there five or six characters in the PNR? Assuming all characters are random and uncorrelated, the chance of any single digit being a number is 10/36 (okay, 5/18). There are ten digits 0-9 and 26 letter A-Z. Thus, the chance of getting all numbers is (5/18) to the sixth power, or approximately 1/2,177.
Mike
Mike