The Travel Glossary – find the best Terms, Definitions and Acronyms

Travel terms, glossary, definitions and acronyms of the travel industry from A – Z.

2FA – Two Factor Authentication

Accommodation

Add-collect

Add-on

Adjoining room

ADR – Average Daily Rate

Advance purchase

Affiliate

Agent error

Air taxi

Airline Alliance

Airport code

Airport Lounge

Airport security check

Airport tax

Airside

All-inclusive

Alliance

Amtrak

AP – American Plan

APAC – Asia Pacific

APEX – Advance Purchase Excursion Fare

Applicable fare

ARC – Airlines Reporting Corporation

ARC number

ARNK – Arrival Unknown

Around-the-world

ARR – Average room rate

ASPAC – Asia South Pacific

ATB – Automated Ticket & Boarding Pass

ATP – Average Ticket Price

Availability

Back-to-back ticketing

Backtracking

Baggage

BAR Best Available Rate

Base fare

BBR – Banker’s buying rate

Bed-nights

Blackout dates

Blocked space

Boarding pass

Booking code

BSP – Bank Settlement Plan

BSR – Banker’s selling rate

BTA -Business Travel Account

BTC – Business Travel Center

BTN – Business Travel News

Bucket shop

Buffer zone

Bulk fare

Bulkhead

Bumped

Bundled pricing

Business class

Business Travel Management

Cancellation fee

Cancellation policy

Car rental

CC – Credit Card

CDW – Collision Damage Waiver

Centralized billing

Change of equipment

Check-in

Check-out

Child

Churning

Circle pacific

City break

City pair

City terminal

Class of service

CLIA – Cruise Lines International Association

Club floor

Club ticket

Co-terminals

Coach

COB – Close of Business

COC – Country of commencement

Code-share

Combination

Computerized Reservation System

Concierge

Conjunction ticket

Connecting flight

Connecting rooms

Connection

Consolidation fare

Consolidator

Consortium

Construction point

Contact

Contact center

Continental breakfast

Contract fare / contract discount

COP – Country of payment

Corporate fare

Corporate rate

CPM – Cost Per Mile

CPT – Cost Per Transaction

CRM – Customer Relationship Management

Cruise

CSR (1) – Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR (2) – Central Security Record

CST – Central Standard Time

CT – Circle trip

CTD – Corporate Travel Department

CTI – Computer Telephony Integration

Customs

CXR – Carrier

DBC – Denied boarding compensation

Delegate rate

Deregulation

Destination

Destination Management Company

Differential

Direct fare

Direct flight

Directional fare

Discount fare

DOJ – Double open jaw

Domestic flight

Domestic package

Domestic travel

Double

Double booking

Double occupancy

Down grade

DRA – Data Release Authorization

Drop-off charge

DS – Decision Source

Duty-free

Duty-free shop

E-commerce

Economy class

Ecotourism

EMD-A – Electronic miscellaneous document – Associated

EMD-S – Electronic miscellaneous document – Standalone

End-on-end combination

Endorsement

Equivalent fare paid

EST – Eastern Standard Time

ESTA – Electronic System for Travel Authorization

ETA – Electronic travel authorization

ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival

ETD – Estimated Time of Departure or Delivery

eticket – Electronic ticket

ETR – Electronic Ticket Record

European Regions Airline Association (ERAA)

Excess baggage

Exchange

Excursion fare

Executive card

Executive room

Expatriot (or expat)

Explant/ outplant/ offsite

Familiarization tour

Family plan

Fare basis

Fare component

Fare ladder

Fee

Final destination

First class

Flag carrier

Flight coupon

Flight/time specific

FO – Front office

FOI – Form of indemnity

FOP – Form of Payment

Frequent flyer number

Frequent flyer program

Frequent guest program

Frequent renter program

Fuel surcharge

Full board

Full economy

Full exchange

Full to full exchange

Fully independent traveler

Galileo

Gate

Gateway city

GDSO – GDS Operations

Ghost card

Global distribution system

Global indicator

GMT – Greenwich Mean Time

Governing carrier

Ground time

GroundRes

Group fare

Group tour

Guaranteed hotel reservations

Guest house

Half board

Half round trip fare

Head tax

Hemisphere

HIP – Higher intermediate point

Honeymoon package

Hostel

Hotel chain

Hotel sourcing

Hub

IATA – International Air Transport Association

IATA Rate of Exchange (ROE)

IET – Interline e-ticket

IET – Interline e-ticket

Immigration

Implant (on-site)

Implementation

In-house

Inbound travelers

Infant

Interline

Interline baggage agreement

Interline connection

Interline ticketing agreement

Intermediate point

Intermediate stop

International Civil Aviation Organization

International departure taxes

Itinerary

Joint fare

Journey

KDS

Landside

Last date of purchase

LCC – Low cost carrier

LCF – Local currency fare

Leg

LFR – Lowest Fare Routing

Locator reference

Lodge card

Loss Damage Waiver

Lowest combination principle

LRA – Last room availability

Marine Travel

Married Segments

Maximum stay

MCO – Miscellaneous charge order

MICE – Meetings, Incentives and Corporate Events

MICE tourism

Mileage fare

Mileage surcharge

Minimum connection time

Minimum stay

MK – Market Number

MO – Midoffice

Mobile ticketing

MPM – Maximum permitted mileage

MST – Mountain Standard Time

Multi-center holiday

National Business Travel Association

NDC – New distribution capability

Negotiated fare/rate

NLRA – Non Last Room Availability

No-show

NOI – Net Operating Income

NOJ – Normal open jaw

Non-endorsable

Normal fares

NR – Non-refundable

NTSB – National Transportation Safety Board

NUC – Neutral units of construction

Off-airport location

Off-line connections

Off-line point

Off-loading

Off-peak

Offline transaction (traditional transaction)

Onesto

Online adoption

Online Booking Tool

Online high touch transaction

Online low touch transaction

Online or online point

Online transaction fee

Onsite

Open book

Open date sector

Open jaw ticket

Open skies

Open ticket

Operating carrier

Originating carrier

OSI – Other Service Information

Outbound

Outplant (off-site)

Overbooking

P&V – passport and visa

Pacific Asia Travel Association

Package holiday

Passenger account record

Passenger facility charges

Passenger name record

Passport

Passport validity

PAX – Passengers

PCI – Payment Card Industry

Peak

Peak season

Penalty

Per diem

PEX – Penalty excursion fare

Plate / plated

PO – Purchase Order

Point-to-point fares

POS – Point of Sale

Pre-trip auditing

Primary carrier

Prime segment

Profile

Promotional fare

Proof of citizenship

Property irregularity report

Property management system

PST – Pacific Standard Time

PTA – Prepaid ticket advice

PU – Pricing unit

Public fares (air)

PUC – Pricing unit concept

QSI – Quality of Service Index

Queue

Queue group

Rack rate

Rail travel

RC – Reason codes

Rearden Commerce

Reconfirmation

Record locator

Red-eye flight

Reissue

Resort

ResX

Retreat

Return journey

Revalidation

RevPAR – Revenue Per Available Room

RLI – Rate Loading Instructions

Room with facilities

Round trip

Route deal / route incentive

Routing

Routing fare

Run-of-the-house (ROH)

Schengen Visa

Season

Seat pitch

Secondary carrier

Sector

Security surcharge

Segment

Self-service reservations

Selling carrier

Service fee

Shoulder season

Shuttle

Side trip

Sightseeing tour

Single

SLA – Service Level Agreement

Slots

Soft opening

SOP – Standard Operating Procedure

SOS – Scope of Services

Space available

Special needs

Split ticket(ing)

Spouse fare

SSR – Special Service Request

Standard room

Standby

Stopover

Stopover charge

Stuffer

Sub-journey

Surcharge (Q)

Surface sector

Sustainable tourism

T24

TFL – Ticket Fulfillment Location

Through fare

Ticket

Ticket on departure

Ticketed point

Time and mileage rate

Tourist card

Tourist visa

Transaction

Transaction – domestic air

Transaction – international air

Transaction – offline – traditional

Transaction – online high touch

Transaction – online low touch

Transaction – online no touch

Transaction – regional air

Transfer

Transit lounge

Transit point

Travel agency

Travel insurance

Travel Management Company

Travel voucher

TripSource

TSA -Transportation Security Administration

Twin for sole use

Two Factor Authentication

UDID – User-Defined Interface Data

Unlimited mileage rate

Upgrade

Validating carrier

Validation

VAT – Value-added tax

VAT reclaim

VCC – Virtual Call Center

VCC – Virtual Credit Card

Virtual payment

Visa

VMPD – Virtual Multiple Purpose Document

Void

Voucher

Waitlist

Walk

Wet lease

Wide-body aircraft

X-ray

Yield Management

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