When
Every PNR needs one, and it decides whether — and when — the PNR comes back to your office's queue for ticketing.
Steps
| # | Entry | What it does | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TKTL15SEP | Ticketing time limit on 15 Sep in your office. | The PNR is put on your ticketing queue that day, as a reminder. |
| 2 | TKTL30JUN/1800 | Time limit at a specific hour. | Tighter deadline. |
| 3 | TKTL15JUL/Q3C5 | Time limit, placed on queue 3 category 5 instead. | Send it to the queue your office works. |
| 4 | TKOK | "Tickets have been issued", no queue placement. | Use when the booking is ticketed (or needs no reminder). |
| 5 | TKXL06NOV | Cancels the itinerary if not ticketed by that date. | Hard stop for an option the client may not confirm. |
| 6 | 9/12JUN | Changes the date of the TK element on line 9. | Move the reminder. |
| 7 | XE8 | Cancels the TK element on line 8. | Replace it with another type. |
Graphic: Booking file information → More options → ticketing arrangement type TKOK / TKTL / TKXL.
Check it worked
RTK shows the ticketing elements; the TK line shows the date and office.
Traps
- Your TKTL is your own reminder, not the airline's deadline. The airline sets its own ticketing deadline (it arrives as an SSR or OSI such as ADTK, or in the fare rules). Set your TKTL before the airline's, or the airline may cancel the seats (see Time limits — your TK TL, the airline's deadline, automatic cancellation).
TKXLreally cancels the flights — never use it on a booking the client has already paid.- A queue reminder only helps if someone works the queue (see Working a queue — start, act, next, delay, exit (QS, QN, QD, QI, QF)).