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Dec 26, 2025 | 8:57 pm

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Originally Posted by ernestnywang (Post # 3178)

Airlines are playing with inventory based on Point of Commencement (POC), not on RTW per se. The origin of the 1st sector in your PNR sets the POC. EF does not have the ability to display availability based on POC but only Point of Sale (POS), which is less relevant these days.

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Originally Posted by MoodLighting (Post # 3187)

If anyone else is an EF subscriber, do please send them an email asking if POC can be added to its development backlog. I don't know whether it's even technically feasible for it to achieve.

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Originally Posted by MoodLighting (Post # 3189)

An email from EF confirms this is on its backlog and it hopes to offer this functionality sometime in 2026.

When ExpertFlyer (EF) has the ability to display availability based on Point of Commencement (POC) in addition to Point of Sale (POS), that will certainly help 'round the world (RTW) planning.

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