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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 1:12 pm
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janetdoe
 
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Most (if not all) tickets are sold via a GDS like Amadeus or Sabre. Autopricing is when the GDS automatically calculates the total ticket price. If a travel agent sells a ticket that 'autopriced', the GDS guarantees that it is a valid price and the TA cannot receive a debit memo saying they owe more money.

I see that sentence in nearly every set of fare rules. I think it's CYA boilerplate language. Best guess, it means that the words printed in the rules govern the fare, even if there is a mistake in the way the ticket data was entered into the GDS system by the airline.

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