Execute an NDC 21.3 AirShopping + OfferPrice flow against an airline's direct NDC gateway
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Steps
Construct an NDC 21.3 AirShoppingRQ XML document with CoreQuery/OriginDestinations and Pax elements
Submit to the airline's NDC endpoint and parse the AirShoppingRS OffersGroup/Offer elements
Select an OfferItem and send an OfferPriceRQ referencing the OfferID and Owner airline code
Parse OfferPriceRS to obtain the priced ALaCarteOffer or BundleOffer with total and tax breakdown
Capture the ShoppingResponseID from the response header for use in OrderCreate
Validate that the Expiration timestamp on the OfferPrice has not lapsed before proceeding
Known gotchas
NDC 21.3 introduces Offer/Order separation; reusing an OfferID after the ShoppingResponseID expires will return an OfferExpired error, not a pricing error
Airline NDC gateways often require a Distribution attribute on the AirShoppingRQ that encodes your aggregator IATA number; missing it causes authentication rejection
Some airlines return NDC 21.3 but with 17.2-style BaggageAllowance elements; test namespace parsing against real airline responses before going live
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