Lime’s new Book API product provides authorised travel partners with a direct link to access British Airways Flights products including Inclusive Tour, Seat Only, Published, Branded and Specialist fares. By integrating an API link to your back office system you will benefit from real time availability, a fully automated booking process and access to NDC exclusive content, providing seamless and efficient booking management. Our Developer Portal gives you access to all the schemas, samples and technical documentation that you will need to complete your integration, and our API Help Desk are also on hand to support you with any queries.
BENEFITS TO YOUR BUSINESS
Content access
Easy access to the best leisure content in the market.
Future proof
Future proof your connectivity, as technology advances so does our API.
Revenue opportunity
Open new revenue streams with NDC technology and aggregated data.
Single source
Single flight content source to cover all your needs.
Reduced distribution costs
Take full control of distribution channels.
Increased productivity
Increased work rate with less time spent on administration.
SYSTEM CAPABILITIES
Shop for the cheapest fares available from live inventory
The payment and ticketing option allows you to access the complete booking flow via the API
View branded fares names, prices and the services associated with them
Offer your customers branded fare and cabin upgrade options before upselling via the API.
Book meals and wheelchair assistance for your passengers
Add Frequent Flyer and loyalty program numbers into your bookings
Access the full fare rules associated with your quote, booking or previous quote request.
Recall selective up to date booking data to ensure your back office system is never out of date
SYSTEM FUNCTIONS OVERVIEW
Find low fares
FindLowFares is a competitive fare search product returning priced availability, designed to deliver the best content from multiple sources, airlines and fare types, dependent on customer needs. Customers can navigate through large volumes of itinerary options by sorting and filtering. (Any service fees are not included in the prices in the FindLowFares response. These will be added in the SelectAndQuoteFlights service.)
Find upsell fares
FindUpsellFares is based on upselling the airline branded fare products, and therefore what upsell options come in the response is dependent on what the airlines want to offer as an upsell, ie this service will not always give you the next cabin(s) up and may offer upsells within the same cabin instead. The response will only include flight sectors that have been upsold and will need to be linked with your FindLowFares response to build the full itinerary. (To guarantee a price in the next cabin up, an additional FindLowFares request should be called, including the cabin required.)
Retrieve bookings
We give you the option of retrieving an up to date picture of your booking as a whole or select specific parts of the booking that you want to retrieve, eg costs, passenger names or flights. This can be used to pull bookings into your back/mid office in the first instance, or following changes to a booking at a later date.
Obtain flight information
Find further information on a specific flight on a specific date, such as terminal information and aircraft type (this must be requested per flight sector.)
Select & quote flights
Your customers will be able to price any itinerary (including all service fees) previously returned in a FindLowFares response. No booking is held at this stage.
Book selected quote
Your customers will be able to price any itinerary (including all service fees) previously returned in a FindLowFares response. No booking is held at this stage.
FIND OUT MORE
If you'd like to discuss your requirements or find out more about how the API link works, please contact our Partnerships team on 0151 350 1116 or email us below.
REGISTER FOR API
Make fare finding hassle-free, start the process of making your daily workflow efficient and effective, register for access to our API.