pseudo

From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).

der

(travel industry, informal) pseudo-city code


plate

→ Maori: pereti

→ Hindi: प्लेट (pleṭ)

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato.
(foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

(aviation, travel industry, dated) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.

(aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.

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aviation: ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline


plate

en-verb

plate (third-person singular simple present plates, present participle plating, simple past and past participle plated)

plates (present singular third-person)
plating (participle present)
plated (participle past)
plated (past)

From Middle English platen, from Old English platian and Old French plater, both ultimately from Latin plata (see above).

Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.

(aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.


locator

(travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking.


ARNK

Short for arrival unknown: it is a four-letter computer code that shows on the reservation in place of a flight segment.

(travel industry) An unknown or empty sector of an itinerary.


FCU

fare construction unit
fare construction unit#English

(travel industry, dated) Initialism of fare construction unit.


SSR

special service requirement
special service requirement#English

(aviation, travel industry) Initialism of special service requirement (or Request).


shoulder season

en-noun

shoulder season (plural shoulder seasons)

When planning future trips, he echoed Ms. Vargas in recommending that people consider traveling during the “shoulder season,” which his tour company now defines as April and October — no longer May and September.

2022 August 4, Paige McClanahan, “Stockholm Instead of Rome? October Instead of July? How Heat Waves Are Changing Tourism in Europe”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(travel industry) The time between high and low season in a travel market, or, if the market is divided into four segments, the time just below high season.


HIP

Higher Intermediate Point
Higher Intermediate Point#English

(travel industry) Acronym of Higher Intermediate Point.


OSI

Other Supplementary Information
Other Supplementary Information#English

(aviation, travel industry) Initialism of Other Supplementary Information. A message sent to an airline by an agent, in a standardised format, advising relevant information such as being a VIP, language difficulty, or passport information.


MPD

MPD (countable and uncountable, plural MPDs)

(aviation, travel industry) Initialism of multi-purpose document.


plating carrier

plating carrier (plural plating carriers)

From the plates, shaped like a credit card with a raised airline name, formerly used when paper tickets were issued.

(aviation, travel industry) The airline that a ticket has been issued on behalf of.


special service requirement

special service requirement (plural special service requirements)

(aviation, travel industry) A request for special treatment for a passenger such as a special diet or mobility assistance, sent from an agent to an airline, to which a reply will be returned.

OSI

Similar, but not replied to by the airline


HIF

higher intermediate fare
higher intermediate fare#English

(travel industry) Initialism of higher intermediate fare.


EMA

EMA (countable and uncountable, plural EMAs)

(travel industry) Initialism of Excess Milage Allowance.


higher intermediate fare

higher intermediate fare (plural higher intermediate fares)

(aviation, travel industry, fare construction) An airfare that is higher at a midpoint than the destination or next fare break point.


currency adjustment factor

currency adjustment factor (plural currency adjustment factors)

(travel industry, aviation) (Formerly, no longer in use) An IATA defined amount used to adjust Fare Construction Units in international airfare calculations.


FIT

FIT (countable and uncountable, plural FITs)

(uncountable, aviation, travel industry) Initialism of fully inclusive tour.

(uncountable, aviation, travel industry) Initialism of fully independent travel.