SQTalk Abbreviations, Slangs, Definitions, Phrases.........

[Guy Betsy]

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Y = Economy Class
F = First Class
R = Suites
...

We may call it "Y" for economy, but cabin crew refer it as "EY".

[phaleesy]

9V-XXX = Aircraft registration numbers

Oh! I thought they were the prefixes for some of our SQTalkers.

[Singapore Sling]

CCR=BA Concorde Room
UG=Upgrade
BTC=Book the cook
FA=Flight attendant
FF=Frequent Flyer
OP=Original Poster
OT= Off topic
DP=Dom Perignon
PAX=Passenger
AD=Airworthiness Directive
MX=Maintenance
NSFW=Not Safe For Work
OW=Oneworld

The following is a link for all airport codes:
http://www.airport-technology.com/codes/A.html

Anyone want to add the missing ones?

Airline Codes:

AF=Air France
AY=Finnair
BA=British Airways
BD=BMI (British Midland Airways)
BE=FlyBe
BI=Royal Brunei Airlines
CA=Air China
CX=Cathay Pacific Airways
EL=Air Nippon
EK=Emirates
EY=Etihad Airways
HX=Hong Kong Airlines
JL=Japan Airlines
KL=KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines)
LH=Lufthansa
MH=Malaysia Airlines
MI=SilkAir
NZ=Air New Zealand
PG=Bangkok Airways
QF=Qantas Airways
QR=Qatar Airways
SQ=Singapore Airlines (The best one)
TG=Thai Airways
UA=United Airlines
UL=SriLankan Airlines
VS=Virgin Atlantic

This should cover most off the ones used on SQTalk. Please add any missing ones.

J and Raffles Class menus are one and the same. Raffles Class is the old name for Business Class

Ticket Class Codes

First Class Category
R=Supersonic or First Class Suite (currently only on the Airbus A380)
P=First Class Premium
F=First Class
A=First Class Discounted

Business Class Category
J=Business Class Premium
C=Business Class
D=Business Class Discounted
I=Business Class Discounted
Z=Business Class Discounted

Economy/Coach Class Category
W=Economy/Coach Premium
S=Economy/Coach
Y=Economy/Coach
B=Economy/Coach Discounted
H=Economy/Coach Discounted
K=Economy/Coach Discounted
L=Economy/Coach Discounted
M=Economy/Coach Discounted (Round the World Fare)
N=Economy/Coach Discounted
Q=Economy/Coach Discounted
T=Economy/Coach Discounted
V=Economy/Coach Discounted
X=Economy/Coach Discounted

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA_class_codes

[9V-SIA]

Crew Guide

IFA = In flight auditor
IFS = In flight supervisor ( brown kebaya/tie )
CSS = Chief stewardess/steward (red kebaya/tie )
LSS = Leading stewardess/steward (green kebaya/tie)
FSS = Flight stewardess/steward (blue kebaya/tie)

What's the extra "S" for in CSS/LSS/FSS?

[jhm]

IFA=In flight auditor
IFS=In flight supervisor ( brown kebaya/tie )
CSS=Chief stewardess/steward (red kebaya/tie )
LSS=Leading stewardess/steward (green kebaya/tie)
FSS= Flight stewardess/steward (blue kebaya/tie)

What's the extra "S" for in CSS/LSS/FSS?

The ladies! Otherwise, I think it's CS, LS and FS.

[SQflyergirl]

JHM is of course correct.

FS = Flight steward
FSS = Flight stewardess
LS = Leading steward
LSS = Leading stewardess

and so forth. Less used is the term IFSS - which I'm not even sure is "official". Always thought IFS was gender neutral.

[9V-SIA]

Aircraft Types

772 = 777-200
773 = 777-300

772A ) As above with updated cabins
773A )

77E = 777-200ER

What's the difference between 772 & 77E? Read this...

http://www.sqtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9833

77W = 777-300ER

A332 = A330-200
A333 = A330-300

A345=A340-500

744=747-400

A380=Whalejet

[9V-SIA]

Types of Passenger Traffic

O&D=origin & destination. Pax going from A to B eg SIN-LHR

Transit / Connecting. Pax from A to C via B. eg SYD-SIN-LHR

VFR=visit friends & relatives. Low yielding. Passengers look for cheap fares

[jhm]

O&D=origin & destination. Pax going from A to B eg SIN-LHR

Transit / Connecting. Pax from A to C via B. eg SYD-SIN-LHR

VFR=visit friends & relatives. Low yielding. Passengers look for cheap fares

Just some more off the top of my head...

Pax - passenger

Ex-SIN - from Singapore Changi airport

RT or r/t - roundtrip
OW - Oneworld (the airline alliance) or oneway

Open jaw - fly to A, fly back from B

Surface sector - getting from B to C on a ticket other than by flying (i.e. you sort it out yourself)

Origin - where you start

Outbound or o/b - the flight going out
Inbound or i/b - the flight coming back

Transit - for ticketing purposes, < 24 hours (there are exceptions)
Stopover - for ticketing purposes, > 24 hours (there are exceptions)

PNR (passenger name record) - the record on the GDS which holds details of your ticket
GDS (global distribution system) - one of the reservations systems like Sabre, Amadeus, Galileo etc

MPM - maximum permitted mileage for a particular mileage based fare (you pay more in steps of 5% until you get to a maximum of 125% of MPM beyond which the fare is not valid)

Longhaul - a long flight, e.g. London to Singapore
Shorthaul - a short flight, e.g. London to Paris
Medium haul - somewhere in between the above

Rerouting - changing the route of the flights on your ticket

GV2, GV4 etc - a fare for two / four / etc people travelling together

STPC - there's an overnight stop and the airline pays for your accommodation

Surcharge - an extra fee

Carrier - airline (with various types, e.g. issuing/ticketing carrier, marketing carrier, operating carrier etc)

IATA (International Air Transport Association) - the global body which represents airline so you have, for example, IATA hand luggage maximum dimensions

I'll stop here. There are others which don't spring to mind and others (e.g. SITI, SOTO, HIP, ADM/debit memo, plate, nesting etc) which are not needed by most people.

Happy to be corrected if any of the above are wrong.

[Kyo]

STPC = Stopover Paid by Carrier (for those playing along at home... I think this is far more elegant)

[jhm]

Two more!

Mistake fare - somebody somewhere (e.g. an airline) has screwed up with the pricing/whatever of a ticket and others seek to take advantage

"enhancement" (as opposed to a real enhancement) - a downgrade/cutback of some sort

[SQflyergirl]

Two more!

Mistake fare - somebody somewhere (e.g. an airline) has screwed up with the pricing/whatever of a ticket and others seek to take advantage

These things exist? , especially in this day and age of computerisation?

[FlyingDan]

These things exist? , especially in this day and age of computerisation?

You don't visit FT a lot, do you?

[jhm]

You don't visit FT a lot, do you?

I think you missed the implied in SQfg's above post.

[FlyingDan]

I think you missed the implied in SQfg's above post.

Whoops