TRAVEL LINGO
For some, terms such as "shoulder, season" and "code share" are used in everyday conversation. But for the average traveller, travel lingo is a foreign language. Amy Ziff, editor-at-large with Travelocity ca, offers the following glossary
:Non-stop: A flight that goes directly to the destination without stopping.
Direct: A flight that stops, but does not require you to change planes (or even deplane) en route to your destination.
Connecting: A flight that requires a change of planes in order to get to your destination.
Through service: An airline flight that makes stops but does not require a change of planes.
Code share: A marketing agreement between two airlines allowing them to sell seats on another airline under their own name. This simplifies life for travellers because it allows them to get worldwide tickets without different bookings.
Open jaw: A trip that has no air travel between two points on the itinerary. For example, you fly into Montreal yet return from Ottawa, making your own way between those cities.
Segment: Each individual flight on a given itinerary.
Leg: How a traveller goes from origin to destination (there can be two or more segments in a leg).
PNR (Passenger Name Record): A PNR is how your itinerary is identified in the computer reservation system in which it is booked.
Shoulder season: The period of travel that is just before or after high season; often it is a time when rates go down, but conditions can be just slightly less than perfect.
E-tickets: A ticket that is not physically printed and is instead stored in the computer reservation system of an airline. E-ticket holders are issued a receipt, contract of carriage and flight itinerary as proof of travel documents.
Contract of carriage: The small print on the passenger's coupon of a paper airline ticket detailing the legal relationship, rights, and liabilities of the passenger and the carrier.
Airport Codes: Three letter codes used to identify airports (for example, YOW is Ottawa, YVR is Vancouver, YYZ is Toronto, CUN is Cancun, Mexico).
Package: A travel product bundling at least two but possibly several distinct elements, for example: air travel, a rental car and a hotel.
All-inclusive: One price covers all listed elements of the package.(usually air travel, transfers, hotel and meals).
European plan: A hotel rate that includes no meals.
Continental plan: A hotel rate that includes a continental breakfast.
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