SeatAvailability

IATA_SeatAvailabilityRQ returns the seat map and priced, selectable seats for a cached offer or an existing order. It is the XML counterpart of the JSON offer ancillaries and order ancillaries seat endpoints.

POST /ndc/{version}/SeatAvailability with version one of v21.3, v24.4, or v25.4.

Post-booking, seats follow the quote-then-change pattern: SeatAvailability with an OrderID → OrderChange accepting the returned OFI-ST-* offer items.

Request

SeatAvailCoreRequest takes either an OfferRequest (pre-booking, referencing an AirShopping or OfferPrice offer) or an OrderRequest (post-booking, referencing the order ID / record locator).

For an offer

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<IATA_SeatAvailabilityRQ xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersMessage">
  <DistributionChain>
    <DistributionChainLink xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <Ordinal>1</Ordinal>
      <OrgRole>Seller</OrgRole>
      <ParticipatingOrg>
        <OrgID>BZ</OrgID>
      </ParticipatingOrg>
    </DistributionChainLink>
    <DistributionChainLink xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <Ordinal>2</Ordinal>
      <OrgRole>Carrier</OrgRole>
      <ParticipatingOrg>
        <OrgID>MX</OrgID>
      </ParticipatingOrg>
    </DistributionChainLink>
  </DistributionChain>
  <Request>
    <Pax xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <PaxID>ADT-1</PaxID>
      <PTC>ADT</PTC>
    </Pax>
    <SeatAvailCoreRequest xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <OfferRequest>
        <Offer>
          <OfferID>OF-25a8bea9-89f5-41ea-98be-25340131a18b</OfferID>
          <OfferItem>
            <OfferItemID>OFI-25a8bea9-89f5-41ea-98be-25340131a18b-0</OfferItemID>
            <PaxRefID>ADT-1</PaxRefID>
          </OfferItem>
          <OwnerCode>MX</OwnerCode>
        </Offer>
      </OfferRequest>
    </SeatAvailCoreRequest>
  </Request>
</IATA_SeatAvailabilityRQ>

For an existing order

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<IATA_SeatAvailabilityRQ xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersMessage">
  <DistributionChain>
    <DistributionChainLink xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <Ordinal>1</Ordinal>
      <OrgRole>Seller</OrgRole>
      <ParticipatingOrg>
        <OrgID>BZ</OrgID>
      </ParticipatingOrg>
    </DistributionChainLink>
    <DistributionChainLink xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <Ordinal>2</Ordinal>
      <OrgRole>Carrier</OrgRole>
      <ParticipatingOrg>
        <OrgID>MX</OrgID>
      </ParticipatingOrg>
    </DistributionChainLink>
  </DistributionChain>
  <Request>
    <Pax xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <PaxID>ADT-1</PaxID>
      <PTC>ADT</PTC>
    </Pax>
    <SeatAvailCoreRequest xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <OrderRequest>
        <Order>
          <OrderID>ABC123</OrderID>
          <OwnerCode>MX</OwnerCode>
        </Order>
      </OrderRequest>
    </SeatAvailCoreRequest>
  </Request>
</IATA_SeatAvailabilityRQ>

Response

ALaCarteOffer lists one OfferItem per assignable open seat and passenger, each with a BOO-generated OfferItemID prefixed OFI-ST-. These IDs carry identity only — segment, passenger, seat designator — never price; amounts are recomputed from live booking state when the seat is accepted. Only those generated IDs are valid inside an OrderChange AcceptSelectedQuotedOfferList.

SeatMap renders the cabin per segment: CabinCompartment → SeatRow → Seat with OccupationStatusCode (A available, U unavailable) and SeatCharacteristicCode values.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<IATA_SeatAvailabilityRS xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersMessage">
  <Response>
    <ALaCarteOffer xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <OfferID>ALC-ST-example</OfferID>
      <OfferItem>
        <Eligibility>
          <OfferFlightAssociations>
            <PaxSegmentReferences>
              <PaxSegmentRefID>SEG-example</PaxSegmentRefID>
            </PaxSegmentReferences>
          </OfferFlightAssociations>
          <PaxRefID>ADT-1</PaxRefID>
        </Eligibility>
        <OfferItemID>OFI-ST-example</OfferItemID>
        <Service>
          <ServiceDefinitionRefID>SD-ST-example</ServiceDefinitionRefID>
          <ServiceID>SVC-ST-example</ServiceID>
        </Service>
        <UnitPrice>
          <TotalAmount CurCode="USD">25</TotalAmount>
        </UnitPrice>
      </OfferItem>
      <!-- one OfferItem per assignable open seat and passenger -->
      <OwnerCode>MX</OwnerCode>
    </ALaCarteOffer>
    <DataLists xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <PaxList>
        <Pax>
          <PaxID>ADT-1</PaxID>
          <PTC>ADT</PTC>
        </Pax>
      </PaxList>
      <PaxSegmentList>
        <PaxSegment>
          <DatedMarketingSegmentRefId>DMS-example</DatedMarketingSegmentRefId>
          <PaxSegmentID>SEG-example</PaxSegmentID>
        </PaxSegment>
      </PaxSegmentList>
      <ServiceDefinitionList>
        <ServiceDefinition>
          <Name>Seat 10A</Name>
          <OwnerCode>MX</OwnerCode>
          <ServiceCode>SEAT</ServiceCode>
          <ServiceDefinitionID>SD-ST-example</ServiceDefinitionID>
        </ServiceDefinition>
      </ServiceDefinitionList>
    </DataLists>
    <SeatMap xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
      <CabinCompartment>
        <CabinCompartmentID>Y</CabinCompartmentID>
        <DeckCode>Main</DeckCode>
        <SeatRow>
          <RowNumber>10</RowNumber>
          <Seat>
            <ColumnID>A</ColumnID>
            <OccupationStatusCode>A</OccupationStatusCode>
            <RowNumber>10</RowNumber>
            <SeatCharacteristicCode>WINDOW</SeatCharacteristicCode>
          </Seat>
          <!-- ...more Seat elements... -->
        </SeatRow>
        <!-- ...more SeatRow elements... -->
      </CabinCompartment>
      <PaxSegmentRefID>SEG-example</PaxSegmentRefID>
    </SeatMap>
  </Response>
</IATA_SeatAvailabilityRS>