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Old Jul 13, 2017, 12:42 pm
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Originally Posted by gcashin
Any info on rollout timing for this? Apologies if I'd missed it or if it's immediate, but didn't see when this would be active.
More or less immediate for a trial period running a few weeks/months.

Originally Posted by drowelf
I'd imagine this needs to have some good hooks into the RM/Inventory Management systems in order to make the predictive calls on which customers and which flights are the best candidates for an offer.
Yup.
Originally Posted by drowelf
Are these system standardized or has each airline rolled their own over the years? I know that there are 2 or 3 Reservation Systems (Sabre and others), but what about the back-ends that deal with this stuff.
There are a few major platforms and some smaller players as well. Most of the systems have APIs exposed in one form or another so this sort of thing is possible. You're not coding directly against the PSS or having to rebuild every time but there are differences in the systems you have to integrate with depending on the airline.
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