Reporting Directive 244

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION

ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE

No. 244 Issue Date: July 7, 2000 Effective Date: Immediately

Part: 241.19-7

REPORTING REISSUED TICKETS IN THE
PASSENGER ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURVEY REPORT

The Office of Airline Information reiterates the instructions for
handling reissued tickets for processing the Passenger Origin-
Destination Survey Report (Survey).

REISSUED TICKETS

As stated in Appendix A to 14 CFR 241.19-7, NO ADJUSTMENT IS MADE
IN THE SURVEY FOR ALTERATIONS OR CHANGES IN THE TRIP ITINERARY
SUBSEQUENT TO THE STAGE COVERED BY THE REPORTABLE COUPON (see
Subsection B "Selection of Reportable Flight Coupons" of Appendix
A Section V "Selection of Sample and Recording of Data").
Conversely, any changes in an itinerary made before the first
reportable flight segment are reflected in the carrier's Survey
submission.

HONORED TICKETS

There are instances where a reporting carrier may honor the
ticket of another carrier (noncode-share partner) before the
first segment of the ticket is used, and transport the passenger
without reissuing the ticket. In these cases, the reporting
carrier should treat the ticket as if it had actually been
reissued and report it accordingly. If the reporting carrier
reported the air carrier code of the original carrier, it would
appear that there is a code-share relationship between the
ticketed and operating carrier when, in fact, there is none.

Examples:

Reissued Tickets

Passenger has AA ticket for BOS-MIA-BOS. After arriving in Miami
passenger has the return portion of the ticket reissued to fly to
Washington, DC on UA.

Since you make no adjustments in the Survey for alterations or
changes in the trip itinerary subsequent to the stage covered by
the reportable coupon, you would report two city pairs: BOS-MIA
and MIA-BOS with AA as the operating and ticketed carrier.

Honored Tickets

Passenger has AA ticket for BOS-MIA-BOS. The flight is canceled.
The passenger goes to UA and the carrier accommodates the
passenger on its BOS-FLL flight without reissuing a ticket. You
would report the data as if the ticket was reissued: BOS-FLL and
FLL-BOS with UA as the operating and ticketed carrier.

If you have any questions in this matter, please contact
Mr. Bernie Stankus at (202) 366-4387.

Donald W. Bright
Acting Director