What does 'Passive Rentension' on a flight booking mean?

[GDSman]

Thanks for your answer!

I am sure my answer was closest! It did have something to do with a passive segment

Spot on - you were definitely on the right track! You're on your way to becoming a GDS nerd.....hmm not sure if the world needs any more of those...

 

[sefure]

After all the delightful exposition above I almost bore myself to bring this back on thread and answer the question.......

An 'active booking' is one where a booking really exists - so a 'passive' one is a dummy booking put in by an agent - could be done for a number of reasons.

PNRs purge out of the GDS a set number of days after the last segment has been flown, but in order to retain them longer in the system (typically for corporate reporting purposes) a passive retension segment is entered by the travel consultant.....

holly cow. the wealth of knowledge here never ceases to amaze. thanks. that's one less thing to ponder about.