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Agency Discount (AD): U.S. Agency Rules

Updated: November 9, 2009

Changes to Program
Blackout dates, ticket designator changes, and specific fare basis codes now apply to reduced-rate tickets for travel on or after January 1, 2008, for travel agents located in the United States.

For details regarding our reduced-rate policies and procedures, select the links below:

Area of Travel Compliance Reservation & Ticketing

Blackout Dates Endorsement Box Same-day Confirmed

Booking Class Fare Basis SkyMiles®

Booking/Ticketing Form of Payment Standby

Changes GDS Pricing Entries Stopover/Open Jaw

Codeshare & Partners Min/Max Stay Ticket Validity

Combination Name Changes Transferability

Commission Box Qualifications Travel Dates

Companion Travel Refunds Upgrades

Qualifications

Valid to all qualified travel agents located in United States
Travel agencies may ticket an unlimited amount of AD tickets only to qualified individuals. See U.S. Travel Agency Qualifications for a complete list.
Must present a valid IATAN identification card at all times during travel
Applicable on designated fares and booking classes listed below

Note: Failure to abide by the terms and conditions of the program will result in debit memos, up to and including cancellation of Delta's ticket appointment.

Reservation & Ticketing

All bookings must be made within 90 days of departure. Seats are capacity controlled and may not be available on all flights. Tickets must be validated for travel on Delta Air Lines, Inc. or Northwest Air Lines where applicable. Travel on carriers other than Delta must be ticketed separately. See below for reservation and ticketing rules for domestic and international travel.

Domestic

Tickets must be issued within 14 days of the booking date. If reservation is made less than 14 days from departure, ticket any time.

International

Reservations made at least 31 days before departure, ticketing must be completed within 7 days of the booking date
Reservations made at least 8 days before departure, ticketing must be completed within 3 days of the booking date
Reservations made at least 5 days before departure, ticketing must be completed within 2 days of the booking date
Reservations made less than 5 days before departure, ticketing must be completed within 1 day of the booking date

Booking Class

Waitlisting is not permitted for domestic or international travel.

Domestic

Class	Compartment
D	Business Class (Configured domestic flights)
A	First Class
U	Economy Class
K	Shuttle

International

Class	Compartment
A	First Class
I	Business Class (In absence of a business class compartment, A or U may be booked. For Northwest V may be booked)
U	Economy Class
V	Northwest Economy Class

Domestic

Fare Basis Code	Compartment
F06D	First Class
Y06D	Economy Class

International (Exit United States/Canada)

Class	Compartment
JR, JXRT, JWRT, JXRCN, JWRCN, JSRCN, CR, CXRT, CWRT	Business Class (Roundtrip)
J, JX, JW, JSCN, JXCN, JWCN, JNB, C, CX, CW, C06, F06	Business Class (One way)
YR, YR2, Y1US, YRSA, YXRT, BEECA, BEE1C, BEERT, BAP	Economy Class (Roundtrip)
Y, YSA, YXSA, YWSA, Y02, Y03, YX1, YW1, B2, B2GB, BAPOW, BAS, B2C, BAP3	Economy Class (One way)

Note: International travel valid for roundtrip only. Roundtrip and one way fare basis codes for exit U.S. and Canada are provided because some markets do not have published roundtrip premium business or economy fares. The one way codes are doubled for roundtrip travel.

Ticket Designator

Domestic Travel - Varies based on compartment booked:

Economy Class - AD70
First Class - AD50

International Travel

All compartments - ADI70

GDS Pricing Entries

Domestic - Below are examples of GDS entries to request Delta's First Class fare at 50% discount for domestic travel.

System	Display Entry	Pricing Entry
Apollo	$DATLCVG-AGT*DL	$B*DP50/@( change key)F06D
Sabre	FQCVGATL18FEBPM-DL	WPQF06D/ID50/DP50(cross of lorraine)PAGT(cross of lorraine)XO
Worldspan Worldspan Combinations (Ex: F/Y fares)	4FATLCVGAGT-DL	4P-PAGT¥ -F06D.FNL/-50/ID50¥NR 4P-PAGT¥S1-F06D.FNL/-50/AD50*S2-Y06D.FNL/-70/AD70¥NR
Amadeus	FQDATLCVG/ADL/R,-PR	FXX/L-F06D/ZO-50*ID50/RAGT

International - Below are examples of GDS entries to request Delta's Economy Class fare at 70% discount for international travel. Since fare basis will vary, please verify that the appropriate one way or roundtrip fare basis codes for business or economy class travel is used.

System	Display Entry	Pricing Entry
Apollo	$DATLFCO*DL	$B*DP70/@( change key)XXX
Sabre	FQATLFCO18FEB-DL	WPQXXX/ID70/DP70(cross of lorraine)PAGT(cross of lorraine)XO
Worldspan	4FATLFCO	4P- - XXX¥FNL/-70/AD70I¥NR
Amadeus	FQDATLFCO/ADL	FXX/L-XXX/ZO-70*ID70

Note: International fares are now available for auto pricing and fare storage via your GDS. XXX represents appropriate fare basis code.

Booking/Ticketing Instructions

Book your reservation in the appropriate inventory, using correct fare basis code.
Include the following entry in the PNR:
- Example: 3OSI DL AP.50AD, AP.70AD, or AP.70ADI, whichever applies
- Place your travel agent IATAN ID Verification number from your current IATAN ID card in the OSI field (This number is located on the IATAN ID card under travel agent name.)
In the Fare Basis/Ticket Designator box, include the applicable fare basis code, followed by AD50, AD70, or ADI70, whichever applies.
In the form of payment area, provide your credit card number, cash or check for any applicable fare, surcharges, administrative fees and taxes.
For an agent and accompanying companion travel (allowed on international only) both passengers must be confirmed in the same PNR.

Note: If ticketing assistance is needed, please contact your GDS Help Desk.

If pricing assistance is necessary for International AD itineraries only, place the PNR on Q35
(processed Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5 PM EST). Turn around time for fare request is 3 business days.

System	Entry
Apollo	QEP/QAA/35
Sabre	QP/QDL35/11
WORLDSPAN	QEP/DL0/35*C5
Amadeus	QE/ATLDL1103/35

Area of Travel

Domestic - Roundtrip or one way travel valid on published routings from the United States to/from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada.
International (Exit United States) - Roundtrip travel valid on published international routings from the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada to Europe, Middle East, India, Africa, Asia, Mexico, Caribbean, Australia and Latin American destinations served by Delta Air Lines.

Combination

Combinations permitted. May book different class of service outbound and return.

Ticket Validity

Not Valid Before - 1 day before departure
Not Valid After - 30 days after departure

Travel Dates

Valid for travel January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010. All travel must be completed by December 31, 2010.

Blackout Dates

2009-2010 Domestic Travel

January 5,6
February 15, 16, 18, 23, 24
March 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30
July 3, 6
November 26, 29, 30
December 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28

2009-2010 International Travel

None.

Minimum/Maximum Stay

Domestic - No minimum/ 30 day maximum
International - None

Form of Payment

Cash, check, Delta-accepted credit cards
Delta UATP Equity card is accepted.
PTA not permitted

Commission Box

Enter zero (0) in the commission box.

Endorsement Box

Enter "Valid on Delta only."

Companion Travel

Domestic: companion travel is not permitted.
International: one accompanying companion is permitted with each authorized international ticket. Agent and companion must travel together on all flight segments.

Codeshare & Partners

Delta Connection Carriers	Valid solely on Delta Connection carriers excluding American Eagle, Shuttle America, Freedom Air, and Express Jet
SkyTeam	Not valid on SkyTeam partners
Delta codeshare flights	Not valid on codeshare flights. EXCEPTION: Travel is permitted on NW operated, DL coded flights. Northwest Airlines permitted on transpacific flights.

Prior to ticketing - No restrictions
After ticketing
- No charge for First and Business Class
- Domestic travel - $75 change fee applies (within the 48 contiguous United States and travel to/from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands)
- International travel - $100 change fee applies (between the United States, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, India, Caribbean, Australia and Latin America)

Note: Any difference in fare resulting in an increase must be collected from the passenger.

Refund Requests - Fee applies to all tickets (First, Business, and Economy Class)
- Domestic travel - $75 fee applies after ticketed (within the 48 contiguous United States and travel to/from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands)
- International travel - $100 fee applies after ticketed (between the United States, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, India, Caribbean, Australia and Latin America)

Transferability

Tickets are non-transferable. Must present a valid IATAN identification card at all times when traveling.

Name Changes

Not permitted

Not permitted

Same-day Confirmed

Domestic - Permitted
International - Not permitted

Mileage cannot be accrued.

Not permitted

Stopover/Open Jaw

Stopovers:

Domestic - Stopovers are not allowed
International - One free stopover is permitted at U.S. gateway of ATL, CVG, or NYC

Open jaw - allowed

Compliance
Tickets are self-ticketed by Delta authorized travel agency and must be validated for travel on Delta. Travel on carriers other than Delta must be ticketed separately. All travel is subject to Delta’s conditions of carriage. Failure to adhere to to the terms and conditions of the program will result in debit memos, up to and including cancellation of ticket appointment.

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