Release Notes 2023.2 [May 10, 2023]

Summary of Changes by Platform

[Airline Choice Core]

TSA Passenger Vetting Requirements for 12-5 & Private Charters

  • Added support for the new secure flight vetting requirement for US TFSSP and PCSSP program holders that mandate passenger vetting against secure flight instead of watchlist vetting.
  • Any private flight in the system for US Domestic, Inbound, Outbound (or International-International for US Flag Carriers) will be designated as a non-sterile operation and submit batch non-interactive APIS (for international flights).

Waive Charges Category

  • A Waive Charges Category has been added for the user to select which category a waive charge will be applied to.

  • For Further information see the attached article. Waive Charges Category

Display Inbound Flight Tiles when Flight is in Closed Status

  • Flights that are in a closed status will now still display in the flight tiles view for up to 2 hours post ETA.

Ability to Define SSR's to Print on BP & BT

  • Created new setting to define which SSRs are applicable to include on printed boarding passes and bag tags.

  • For further information, please see the attached article.  Define SSRs to print on BP and BT

Workflow Action to Remove Unprinted Bags

  • A new workflow action has been added to delete bags that have not been printed prior to the workflow action running.  

Flight Overbooked Indicator

  • In the Flight Schedule screen, when a flight is oversold (when the flight has more passengers that the capacity of the aircraft), the flight will now display as red to indicate to the user the state of the flight.

Other Additions

  • Right Click > Check In option will only appear on flights with open seating or no tail assigned to the flight.

  • Added "other remarks" to the column chooser

  • Fare Class changes captured in audit trail

  • Added flight number and date to the top of ancillary receipt 

  • Filter on boarding screen for pax without a carry on bag allowance

  • Ability to block seats for pets.  Pet indicator to show on seat map.

  • Weight unit label on baggage tab > bag weight field

  • Added user restriction for managing inbound flights

  • Support for Multi Segment Terminating BSM messages

  • Backend Database Updates for Crew Multi Segment Handling

  • Certification for Materna (Ultra) CUTE & CUSS Windows 10 Environments

  • Certification for AeroCloud Common Use 

[Kiosk]

  • Bag tags printed at a kiosk will now only mark printed if there is a successful print status returned back from the printer.
  • Self Tagging Kiosk App

[Mobile]

Ancillaries 

  • Airline Choice Mobile now supports full processing of ancillaries including payment acceptance.

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Other Additions

  • Ability to Block/Unblock Seats

  • Fixed red missing seat indicator on infant in lap pax

[Integrations & Web Services]

  • Radixx PSS API Integration
  • InteliSys PSS WebHooks Integration
  • Addition of new calls on Airline Choice Public API Platform

 [Bug Fixes]

  • Fixed issue preventing Flight Close Out messages to be sent while in Interactive Vetting Outage Mode.
  • Various bug fixes on mobile
 
We hope these changes will enhance your overall experience on our platform. Thank you for your continued support! 😊
 

 
2023.2 Platform Change Log
Feature ID Name
AC-6794 Parsing of Documents on Access-IS Atom Scanner
AC-6294 PCM Self Tag Update
AC-6238 Bag Drop APIs
AC-6219 Quick Bag Tag Kiosk Interface
AC-6852 API/APP Flight Defaults
AC-5340 Ultra/Materna CUSE PCM Update
AC-6861 Ability to Specify Printable SSRs
AC-6912 Ability to Send Flight Close-Out Messages during an Outage
AC-6880 Boarding Public API
AC-6881 Passenger Public API
AC-2009 Radixx API Integration
AC-6897 Remove Red Indicator / Hide Seat Icon for Infant in Lap
AC-6825 InteliSys Web Hook Integration
AC-3550 Create FlightSegmentToCrewMembers
AC-6827 Ancillaries on Mobile
AC-6911 Ancillary Template Filter Bug
AC-6895 Create API Call to Set Bag Tag Printed Status
AC-5281 Waived Charges Category
AC-6896 Remove Seat Assignment
AC-5171 Mark Bag Tag as Printed after Successful Print
AC-6291 Flight Schedule Maintenance Access User Permission/Restriction
AC-6940 Boarding Filter for Passengers Without Carry-On Bags/SSRs
AC-1181 Weight Unit Caption in Baggage Screen
AC-6928 Seat Blocking for Pets
AC-6934 Manage Inbound Flights User Restriction
AC-5354 Show/Hide - Check-In Context Menu Based on Seat Map/Open Seating
AC-6860 Add 'Other Remarks' to Passenger Check-In Grid
AC-6916 Indicator when Flight's Aircraft Capacity has been Exceeded
AC-6926 Crew list incorrect on Aero Manifest (yet correct in the combined manifest)
AC-6919 APIS for Guatemala
AC-6938 MFCI Counts Public API
AC-5322 Fare Class Code on Audit Trail
AC-6924 APIS for Macedonia
AC-6862 Airport Public API
AC-6913 Non-Sterile Area Flight Departure Indicator
AC-6335 Show Closed Inbound Flight Tiles
AC-6939 Stand-alone PCM Installation
AC-5386 Add Flight Date to the Ancillary Receipt E-mail
AC-6884 Workflow Action to Remove Not Printed Checked Bags
AC-7758 Ability to undo a no showed passenger on mobile
AC-7759 Custom Passenger Notifications