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Jun 20, 2011 | 5:08 pm

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hillrider

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ExpertFlyer Voice

As per chewy3's note, it looks like Sabre just uses the ICH rate across the board, which is more consistent but less accurate (as per AA's results).

You are, as usual, spot on. The rate used by Sabre is as follows:

Code:

DC*SDG«                                                         
COUNTRY         CURRENCY  CODE    DECIMALS    RATE              
SUDAN           POUND     SDG        2      3.10            ICH 
END ITEM

Notice the "ICH" in the "RATE" column.
Compare the same entry with the EUR:

Code:

DC*EUR«                                                         
COUNTRY         CURRENCY  CODE    DECIMALS    RATE              
EUROPEAN UNION  EURO      EUR        2      0.6938          BSR 
END ITEM

As far as I can tell, Sabre uses only one rate, which turns out is either a BSR or the ICH.

Further, the AUD rate is calculated as follows by Sabre:

Code:

DC‡SDG1/AUD« 
SDG1 CONVERTED THROUGH COMMON CURRENCY USD                      
RATE ICH 1USD -  3.10             SDG                           
USD        0.32       TRUNCATED                                 
USD        0.00       ROUNDED TO NEAREST   1      - FARES       
USD        0.30       ROUNDED TO NEAREST   0.1    - TAXES       
USD0.00 CONVERTED THROUGH COMMON CURRENCY USD                   
RATE BSR 1USD - 0.9432            AUD                           
AUD        0.00       TRUNCATED                                 
AUD        0.00       NO ROUNDING          0      - FARES       
AUD        0.00       ROUNDED UP TO NEXT   0.1    - TAXES

What GDS you got your rates from? I presume Amadeus. Wouldn't the trick to have the ticket issued on a carrier/agent that uses that GDS?

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