visualFares Entry

visualFares Entry is HitchHiker's tariff management system that allows loading and maintenance of even the most complex tariffs and conditions.

Data is managed quickly, simply and precisely and the unique relational database structure of Hitchhiker’s visualFares Entry results in redundancy-free data.

With HitchHiker's visualFares Entry a tariff doesn't consist solely of city pairs, but of as many reusable elements as possible, such as feeders, seasons, add-ons, rules, routings and ticket templates. Different calculation models can be applied to various customer groups allowing for multi-channel fare distribution from a single database.

From visualFares Entry, fares can be distributed in various export formats such as:

» HitchHiker vfx (HitchHiker proprietary format)

» HitchHiker rff (HitchHiker proprietary format)

» STADAF (common standard format, please see www.stadaf.com)

» HTML (may be imported into word or excel for printout)

» Amadeus XML Interface to load Negofares from vF Entry

visualFares Entry is characterized by its extreme efficiency and user-friendliness. Processes are streamlined through intuitive data loading, simplified data maintenance and the possibility to service all customers from one single database without the need for multiple entries. Consequently, resources for data entry and maintenance are utilized more efficiently and expenses are reduced.

Since a tariff in visualFares Entry is clearly structured into the following entities: rule, routing, ticket and fare, errors during the fare loading and maintenance process are avoided.

Application structure
Due to the flexible structure of visualFares Entry a high quality printout and the conversion into complex databases is possible. Individual errors in parts of the sales chain can be excluded at the pricing stage.
HitchHiker‘s visualFares Entry meets the requirements of even the most sophisticated professional user.

Features

» Simple loading of tariff data - even with complicated conditions.
» Highly effective system performance and efficient data
maintenance - with a few simple mouse clicks.
» Fast search functionality.
» Accurate print-out of tariffs.
» A variety of the clients calculation models.
» Data exports in multiple data formats like (see workflow above).
» Flexible and highly customisable.
» Import of HitchHiker and STADAF Format
» Import of client data in CSV Format

Economic efficiency: cut costs

» Intuitive data loading
» Maintenance reduced to a minimum
» Service all customers from one database, with no need
for multiple entries

Quality control: avoid errors

» Enter each tariff only once
» Tariff data in one clear form for the whole marketing and
distribution chain: reduce time-to-market
» Smooth distribution without any loss of data