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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: ADTF
The Agency Distribution Task Force was set up in 1984 by the IATA Traffic Committee to review the worldwide agency distribution system for air travel.
The Agency Distribution Task Force was set up in 1984 by the IATA Traffic Committee to review the worldwide agency distribution system for air travel.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: adult fare
In international scheduled air travel, adult fares apply once a passenger reaches their 12th birthday; child fares apply roughly from 2 to 12, and infant fares apply under 2. The entry notes that student and youth discounts are often offered, but that age rules vary widely within countries and across transport modes, giving UK rail examples for domestic and international rail age bands and youth fares.
In international scheduled air travel, adult fares apply once a passenger reaches their 12th birthday; child fares apply roughly from 2 to 12, and infant fares apply under 2. The entry notes that student and youth discounts are often offered, but that age rules vary widely within countries and across transport modes, giving UK rail examples for domestic and international rail age bands and youth fares.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: adv
“Advanced,” used in Boeing aircraft nomenclature.
“Advanced,” used in Boeing aircraft nomenclature.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: Advance Booking Charter (ABC)
An Advance Booking Charter is a charter arrangement where rules require a minimum advance booking period to protect scheduled carriers. The entry notes that before April 1973 many travellers crossed the Atlantic using Affinity Group charters, but abuses led to ABC approval under the UK CAA and US CAB from 1973. Later regulatory relaxations produced many alternative low transatlantic fares, leaving little difference between ABC rates and low scheduled fares such as APEX.
An Advance Booking Charter is a charter arrangement where rules require a minimum advance booking period to protect scheduled carriers. The entry notes that before April 1973 many travellers crossed the Atlantic using Affinity Group charters, but abuses led to ABC approval under the UK CAA and US CAB from 1973. Later regulatory relaxations produced many alternative low transatlantic fares, leaving little difference between ABC rates and low scheduled fares such as APEX.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: Advance Passenger Information System
From October 2003 the US required comprehensive traveller data in advance for international air arrivals, including sending PNR details shortly after departure. While machine-readable passports provide much data, additional details such as home residence and US address are also required, and from 26 October 2004 travellers from certain visa-waiver countries needed machine-readable passports and were subject to fingerprints and photos on entry; the entry directs readers to CAPPS.
From October 2003 the US required comprehensive traveller data in advance for international air arrivals, including sending PNR details shortly after departure. While machine-readable passports provide much data, additional details such as home residence and US address are also required, and from 26 October 2004 travellers from certain visa-waiver countries needed machine-readable passports and were subject to fingerprints and photos on entry; the entry directs readers to CAPPS.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: Advance Purchase Excursion Fare
Originally a low scheduled fare (typically in the lowest/discount cabin class) requiring ticket purchase a set time before departure, ranging from months to days; the entry notes that “APEX-type” fares are now offered widely across transport operators.
Originally a low scheduled fare (typically in the lowest/discount cabin class) requiring ticket purchase a set time before departure, ranging from months to days; the entry notes that “APEX-type” fares are now offered widely across transport operators.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: advance timetable
A future-season timetable issued ahead of the final schedule to assist passengers and the travel industry in planning, often in summary form and subject to change once definitive timetables are published.
A future-season timetable issued ahead of the final schedule to assist passengers and the travel industry in planning, often in summary form and subject to change once definitive timetables are published.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: Advantage Travel Centres
The brand name under which the UK’s NAITA (National Association of Independent Travel Agents) operates.
The brand name under which the UK’s NAITA (National Association of Independent Travel Agents) operates.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: adventure
When used in phrases like adventure cruise, holiday, or tourism, “adventure” indicates travel involving excitement, discovery, discomfort, and some degree of risk, but the entry stresses the term is not precise and can range from very high-risk trips to carefully guided low-risk nature experiences.
When used in phrases like adventure cruise, holiday, or tourism, “adventure” indicates travel involving excitement, discovery, discomfort, and some degree of risk, but the entry stresses the term is not precise and can range from very high-risk trips to carefully guided low-risk nature experiences.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: adventure tourism
Recreational travel that may involve hazards, spanning extremely dangerous activities through to thrilling but comparatively safe pursuits. The entry notes a proposed term “active tourism” (combining adventure and culture in nature) but reports that professionals consulted did not recognize it as common wording, and it rejects definitions that restrict adventure tourism only to “soft” activities, listing examples such as rafting, ballooning, trekking, four-wheel driving, helicopter riding, and mountain climbing.
Recreational travel that may involve hazards, spanning extremely dangerous activities through to thrilling but comparatively safe pursuits. The entry notes a proposed term “active tourism” (combining adventure and culture in nature) but reports that professionals consulted did not recognize it as common wording, and it rejects definitions that restrict adventure tourism only to “soft” activities, listing examples such as rafting, ballooning, trekking, four-wheel driving, helicopter riding, and mountain climbing.