Merchandising platform for airline industries

Abstract

Discounted ticket prices for flight itineraries are obtained by purchasing merchandises offered by the airlines or by the airline partners. For example, duty free merchandises, souvenirs or specialty items are purchased together with the flight tickets to lower the prices of the flight itineraries.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 searching for flight itineraries,
 wherein the search comprises using at least Global Distribution System (GDS) protocols for airlines configured to participate in GDS network; 
   obtaining monetary prices of the flight itineraries;   obtaining merchandising information for multiple flight itineraries of the flight itineraries,
 wherein the obtaining process uses New Distribution Capability (NDC) data transmission standards, Application Program Interface (API) protocols, or websites; 
   displaying values of the multiple flight itineraries,
 wherein a value of a flight itinerary of the values of the multiple flight itineraries is based on the monetary price of the flight itinerary and the merchandising information associated with of the flight itinerary.