This chapter describes the set up and workings of the reservation interface program RZMRG9 which is designed to be used by Budget Rent-A-Car licensees in Europe.

REQUIRED SETUP

For rates that may be sent in a reservation that are NOT set up within the local CARS+ data base, the following "template" Rate Code records must be set up in Edit Rental Rules and Rates:

  • REZ-D = this template will be used for daily rentals and should have it's rules set up accordingly.
  • REZ-W = this template will be used for weekly rentals and should have it's rules set up accordingly.
  • REZ-M = this template will be used for monthly rentals and should have it's rules set up accordingly.
  • REZ-E = this template will be used for weekend rentals and should have it's rules set up with the most generous weekend parameters.
  • REZ-P = this template will be used for period rate rentals and should only be set up if there is a single length in days that applies to all period rates. If that is not the case, it is best to NOT have a period template so that reservations with unknown period rates will be rejected and then manually set up correctly in Edit Rental Rules and Rates.
  • REZ-I = this template will be used for rentals with inclusive rates. It should have an inclusive Option Set assigned to it to define it's inclusivity.
RESERVATION DATA RECORD

The transmission sent by the Budget Reservation center is formatted into fields with a three character field name, followed by the data and divided from the next field with the characters "\/". The following is a sample new reservation as it would appear on the reservation interface report if all reservations are to print out in detail:

/ACTCR\/CNF00013360GB4\/NAMSMITH,RAY\/PULORD\/CTOORDAP\/CHNBR\/PUD06JUN110900\/DOLORD\/CTIORDAP\/DOD12JUN111200\/CARD\/VTPSCAR\/RTIP\/RAT01\/RAPAA0342\/BCDD100600\/FLTAA0123\/DLCUSIL5502213241546\/CMPUSDIRECT\/CIDAE341111597241002\/CCE0713\/MOPAE\/INSNNNN\/FLDC\/EXPY\/RTSD\/RCA06000000\/MNP1D\/RTH14.00\/RTD41.00\/RTW225.00\/RTM740.00\/AGT00760\/FTNAAJ714422\/TXD04JUN110853\


The following is a correspondence chart between Budget and CARS+ data fields.
Budget Field (3 char code & description)
 CARS+ Field
 Notes
act Action Code
 Res-Status
 Action Codes:
CR = creates new res in CARS+
MR = modify existing res in CARS+ - if the res cannot be found, a new reservation will be created from the modification record.
XL= cancels an existing res in CARS+ - if the res cannot be found, the record is rejected
cnf Confirmation #
 Res-Conf-no
nam renter's name
 Res-last-name & Res-first-name
pul Pickup Location

cti Pickup-city
 Res-loc-out
chn chain

pud Pickup Date & Time
 Res-date/time-out
dol Drop off location

cto Return Location
 Res-loc-in
dod Return Date & Time
 Res-date/time-in
car Car group

vtf SIPP Vehicle Type
 Res-veh-class & Res-rt-class
rti Rate indicator

rat Rate code
 Res-rt-prod
 See the notes on Rate Code matching following this chart
rap Rapid Action Number
 Res-superrez-no
 This will also cause a CUSFIL record to be written if there is not already a record with this Cust-other-id value.
bcd Corp Acct#
 Res-corp-rate-id
flt Flight info
 Res-airline-code & Res-flight-gate-no
dlc Driver's license number
 Cust-dl-number
 Only if a Rapid Action Number is also supplied
dle Driver's license expire date
 Cust-dl-expire-date

 Only if a Rapid Action Number is also supplied
cmp Company name

ad1 Street Address
 Cust-address2
 Only if a Rapid Action Number is also supplied
ad3 City State Zip
 Cust-city, Cust-state, Cust-zip code
 Only if a Rapid Action Number is also supplied
cid Credit Card info
 Res-fop-name & Res-fop-no
cce CC Expire Date
 Res-fop-expire-date
mop Method of payment


sor Source Code
 Res-vend-no
con Local Contact
 Res-local-cont
ins Insurance indicators
 Res-notes

 These indicators appear in the notes field right after the pipe symbol "|"
rsp LDW responsibility

fld Free LDW indicators


cpn Coupons
 Res-notes

 These codes also appear in the notes field right after the pipe symbol "|"
eqp Special Equipment
 Res-desired-options
rmk Remarks

bdt Booking date


stn Booking station


bcy Booking City


dob Date of Birth
 Cust-dob

 Only if a Rapid Action Number is also supplied
cur Currency


exe Executive Action
 Res-notes
 If a "Y" appears in this field, the letter "E" is placed before the pipe symbol "|" of the Res-notes field.
app Applicant Status

If a "Y" appears in this field, the letter "A" is placed before the pipe symbol "|" of the Res-notes field.
exp Express Indicator
 Res-notes
 If a "Y" appears in this field, the letter "X" is placed before the pipe symbol "|" of the Res-notes field.
mra Master Renter
 Res-notes
 If a "Y" appears in this field, the letter "M" is placed before the pipe symbol "|" of the Res-notes field.
gin Guaranteed Rate

If a "Y" appears in this field, the letter "G" is placed before the pipe symbol "|" of the Res-notes field.
rts Rates Structure
See the notes that follow on the three basic Budget Rate Structures
rin Inclusive Indicator

rca Rate categories
See the notes that follow on Rate Code selection
mnp Minimum Period


owf One Way Fee
 Res-drop-chg
dpc Discount percent
 Res-disc-pct
mil Per Mile Charge

pre Prepay Indicator

gua Guaranteed Res
 Res-notes
If a "Y" appears in this field, the letter "G" is placed as the first character of Res-notes right before the pipe symbol "|".
agt Booking agent

ftn Frequent Trav#

txd Transmit date and time


BUDGET RATE CODE MATCHING

Budget sends the Rate Product Code in the field "rat". CARS+ requires not only the prices associated with a Rate Code but also the rate's calculation rules. Budget does not send calculation rules so the reservation merge program takes the value in the rat field and attempts to find a corresponding record in the CARS+ Rules File. The matching logic goes as follows:
  1. The program attempts to find an exact match between the value in the "rat" field and a Rate Code on file. If a match is found, it is used.
  2. If a match is not found, the first two characters of the value in the field "rac" are used to find the proper template record to use as follows:
3. If neither a matching rate code nor a template is found, the reservation will be rejected.

BUDGET RATE STRUCTURES

The Budget reservations system handles three basic types of rates. These types are called "Rate Structures" and are identified by a code in the field "rts". The three rate structures and their meanings are:

D = Daily Structure. This rate is made up of prices for daily, weekly and monthly rentals. It corresponds to the Standard CARS+ rate. As a result, the prices sent in the reservation are stored in the corresponding price fields within CARS+.
Budget Field (3 char code)
 CARS+ Field
rth
 Reschg-hourly-rate
rtd
 Reschg-primary-rate
rtw
 Reschg-weekly-rate
rtm
 Rerschg-monthly-rate
rad
 Reschg-xday-rate
If the first two characters of the field rca are "02"
rth
 Reschg-hourly-rate
rtd
 Reschg-xday-rate
rad
 Reschg-primary-rate
rtw
 Reschg-weekly-rate
rtm
 Reschg-monthly-rate

P = Period Structure. This rate consists of a single price for a period of days, such as $99.00 for 3 days. This corresponds to the CARS+ Period Rates.



Budget Field (3 char code)
 CARS+ Field
rth
 Reschg-hourly-rate
rad
 Reschg-primary-rate
rtm
 Rerschg-weekly-rate

C = Cumulative Structure. This daily rate is made up of six different daily prices for each of the first six days of the rental. This structure does not correspond to any existing CARS+ rate logic. As a result, the prices sent in the reservation are NOT stored in the corresponding price fields within CARS+, but rather are placed in a Notes File record attached to the reservation.

The following fields are placed in a Notes File record:

  • rth = rate per hour
  • rtd = rate for day 1
  • rt2 = rate for day 2
  • rt3 = rate for day 3
  • rt4 = rate for day 4
  • rt5 = rate for day 5
  • rt6 = rate for day 6
  • rtw = weekly rate
  • rtm = monthly rate
  • rad = extra day rate
  • fmd = free miles for day 1
  • fm2 = free miles for day 2
  • fm3 = free miles for day 3
  • fm4 = free miles for day 4
  • fm5 = free miles for day 5
  • fm6 = free miles for day 6