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