Determining Available Flight Connections 

Prerequisites

You belong to a user group that has been assigned the travel service category 'flight' (see also Customizing R/3 Travel Planning under Master Data ® Control Parameters for Travel Planning ® Define user group-specific travel service categories).

Procedure

In the Planning Manager you have created a travel plan.

  1. Choose Flight.

    2. The Flight Request dialog box appears.

  2. Enter the place of departure and destination. You can enter the name of a town or an IATA location abbreviation. The system only recognizes towns defined with an IATA location.
  3. Enter the departure date. If you also want to choose the return flight now, enter the return flight date.
  4. You can also enter a time for the outbound and return flight (optional). Depending on availability the system lists 15 to 20 flight connections, first direct flights, then with transfer connections.
  5. You can choose for the outbound and return flights, whether the time specified is to be the arrival or departure time.
  1. Choose Query.

The Flight Availability List screen appears with all the free flight classes for available flight connections listed according to priority. These priorities show which booking you should prefer according to your enterprise's travel policy (see IMG for Travel Planning under Travel Profiles).

 

Display further details by choosing Flight information.

  1. Select the required class for the outbound (and return) flights and choose Continue.

You return to the Create Travel Plan for <...> overview. The queried flights carry the status prereserved for a certain period of time and can be booked. To edit the flight request or display details, click on the appropriate request in the overview.

 

See also:

Selecting a Seat

Booking Travel Services