United’s latest NDC upgrade has been a game changer, according to a leading NDC-friendly TMC. However, travel advisors who utilize United NDC content via a GDS aren’t likely to enjoy all of the capabilities that are offered via direct connects and some NDC aggregators.
United NDC version 10.9 has been active since February. Its new capabilities took the airline over a key threshold, said Jeff Klee, CEO of the TMC AmTrav. Klee calls that threshold “Tie-Goes-to-NDC Day,” defining it as the point when an airline’s NDC application becomes AmTrav’s booking solution of choice, even when the price for an NDC-enabled ticket and a ticket enabled by legacy Edifact distribution technology are the same.
“When we implement these NDC connections, a…
