Rules
Advance Reservations and Ticketing (Category 5) is used to define advance reservations and ticketing requirements applicable to a fare. Reservation restrictions may be specified as a period of time before departure of the originating flight of the pricing unit that indicates either the latest time reservations are required or the earliest time reservations are permitted. Ticketing restrictions are specified as either a period of time before departure of the originating flight of the pricing unit and/or a period of time after reservations are confirmed that indicate the latest time ticketing is required.
This category is used to define reservations and ticketing requirements applicable to a fare. It is assumed that the reservation and ticketing requirements apply from the origin portion of the fare (origin of the priceable unit). This category also indicates which sectors of travel, if any, must be confirmed prior to ticketing. The advance reservation and ticketing conditions shown in this category apply the original ticket issuance.
It will be assumed that standbys and waitlisting are permitted for any flight or any date unless information is contained in the record to the contrary. In the absence of this category for the fare, it will be assumed that the fare has no advance reservation or ticketing requirements.
24 hours versus one day - 24 hours, is clock hours; therefore, when a reservation is booked at 9 a.m. and Category 5 states "tickets must be issued within 24 hours after reservations", this means tickets must be issued before 9 a.m. the following day. Using the same example, when a reservation is booked at 9 a.m., and Category 5 states "ticket within 1 day after reservations", the ticket would need to be issued before the end of the following day (midnight).