Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-14 Thread Phil Smith III
Rob van der Heij wrote: I recall someone telling at SHARE that the list of forbidden 6-char PNRs was extended on a regular basis, and that these changes made good conversation at lunch to determine who would find them offensive for what reason... ;-) In NL there were similar concerns when our car

Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-14 Thread Tony Thigpen
Many years ago I was working for a company acquired by CA. Once we were assigned our new user ids they soon became nicknames for many. Some were funny. One poor guy was BRIDE. I became THITO. Anyway, one person was automatically assigned a 'non-standard' name because his 'standard' userid was

Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-13 Thread Gregg
When I was an airline reservations sales agent, There was an internal eight character record locator and a functional entry HAD, which returned the six character PNR number. The six character was exchanged between airlines when there was interline itineraries, given to customers as

Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-13 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Gregg reed.gr...@gmail.com wrote: entries which would generate 'cute' 6 character responses.. I recall someone telling at SHARE that the list of forbidden 6-char PNRs was extended on a regular basis, and that these changes made good conversation at lunch to

Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-13 Thread Tony Thigpen
We has a similar problem with student ids at the local school public district. Each student was assigned the next 4 character string starting with and ending with (, AAAB, AAAC,...). While I was there, we actually rolled over back to . Over the years, the exclusion list had

TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-11 Thread Phil Smith III
A long, long time ago ( 20 years), someone told me that the six-character PAX number on an airline reservation was actually a TPF database record locator. Can anyone confirm or deny this? .phsiii

Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-11 Thread David Boyes
It definitely was at one point. That's why travel agents call it a record locator. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 12:46 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: TPF and PAX numbers A long, long time

Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-11 Thread martin . zimelis
of convenience. .Marty Sent from myTouch 4G - Reply message - From: Phil Smith III li...@akphs.com To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: TPF and PAX numbers Date: Mon, Jul 11, 2011 12:46 pm A long, long time ago ( 20 years), someone told me that the six-character PAX

Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-11 Thread James Laing - Hotmail
As far as I remember it's always been known as a 'record locator'. And as far as I remember on TPF it is the 'record locator'. But .. my memory maybe questionable! From: martin.zime...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 5:58 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: TPF and PAX numbers

Re: TPF and PAX numbers

2011-07-11 Thread Mike Rydberg
AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: TPF and PAX numbers A long, long time ago ( 20 years), someone told me that the six-character PAX number on an airline reservation was actually a TPF database record locator. Can anyone confirm or deny this? ...phsiii