Originally Posted by
Viajero
Please help me understand this alleged POS stuff. This booking Dave Marsh is trying to make, the way I read it is turning up to be like like this:
If one calls a CX office, anywhere in the world, and asks CX to book this, they will say D0 and reject it, right? and if one calls an AA office, anywhere in the world, they are going to say D9 and book it, right? ... so, if the answer is yes to both, what's PoS got to do with it?
Not quite...
BA's Res system receives requests for D-class availability for flight BA 278 on 22 Aug 2007. It knows that, for example, request #1 comes from a CX office in HK, #2 from BA office in UK, #3 from BA office in US, #4 from AA office in US.
It can then answer, say, D0 to #1, D3 to #2, D5 to #3, and D9 to #4.
The key POS criteria is, typically, the country (or region), but a number of other criteria can be involved.
There is more info on this topic in the [Interpreting The Results: Factors that can affect availability] section of the KVS Tool FAQ.