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Ucuzauc.com is an air ticketing system selling through a website and mobile apps, with a full agency network beneath it. It was built by Creamobile and is still running today.
The problem
A travel agency selling tickets cannot rely on a single source. International flights come through a global distribution system (GDS), domestic flights through the airlines' own services; every airline has a different XML interface, fare rules and cancellation policy. Managing these on separate screens means a sales agent searching three different systems for the same passenger.
The second problem is scale: the system has to work not only for the agency itself but for its sub-agencies and points of sale. That requires different permission, pricing and reporting layers over one sales engine.
The solution: one search, six sources
The system brings Amadeus XML for international flights together with THY-AnadoluJet (Websdom), SunExpress, AtlasJet, BoraJet and OnurAir XML integrations for domestic flights, all in a single search screen. A visitor can pick outbound and return flights from different airlines and buy them in one transaction — combining carriers on domestic routes saves time and creates additional margin.
Agency and dealer network
IATA member agencies, sub-agencies, points of sale and websites all run through one system. On the agency side:
- Dealers log in with their own credentials and sell their own flights
- Cancellations and refunds are processed live on screen, with the amount refunded immediately
- Instant, daily, weekly and monthly sales reports; earnings tracked from the sales screen
- Passengers can be found by PNR, ticket number, voucher number or surname
- Product prices and costs are shown in local and foreign currency together
- Flight queries expose every component that makes up the fare
- The agency's own contact details appear on the ticket; corporate or individual invoices are issued from the system
Every action is traceable and reportable within the permissions granted.
Mobile applications
The iOS and Android apps for Ucuzauc.com were published in 2015. Users buy domestic and international tickets, build passenger lists to reuse on later purchases, and view purchased tickets from the device. Purchases can use the nine-instalment options offered by Bonus, World and Axess cards.
Other portals in the same ecosystem
Creamobile built three further portals for Barşan Turizm (BAB Group), an A-class TÜRSAB and IATA member agency: CorporateClub.com.tr for corporate air ticketing, Modabilet.com offering online reservations with airlines worldwide, and Barsanvize.com for visa processes.
Why not an off-the-shelf booking engine
Off-the-shelf flight search engines give you a search box and a result list. The problem solved here is not search but running an agency: the sub-agency's commission, how a cancellation is accounted for, which agency appears on the ticket and which point of sale the earnings are credited to. These are the questions of a business system, not a search engine.
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