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APIS Industry Standard entries

To ensure that the customer’s check-in process is as smooth and quick as
possible please enter APIS passport details into the booking any time
before the departure day.Alternatively, customers can also enter this data
themselves, by visiting www.ba.com and selecting Manage My Booking.

Please note: Advance Passenger Information for infants can only be provided at the airport.

Amadeus

SR DOCSBA HK1-P-IRL-1234567890-GBR-10NOV60-F-31DEC08-
REED-RITA/P1

Galileo

SI.P1S1/DOCS*P/IRL/1234567890/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
REED/RITA

Sabre

3DOCS/P/IRL/1234567890/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
REED/RITA-1.1

Worldspan:

3SSR DOCS BA HK1/P/IRL/1234567890/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
REED/RITA-1.1

Please note:

Once you have entered this information in the pnr, the data will convert to
SK RESTRICTEDlines, which will only be visible to BA staff. In addition to
this you will only see a remark in the pnr saying
RM FINAL RULE APIS COMPLETE.

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Specification for travel to US (Passport only) 
/ UK (National Identity Card, if applicable)

From 4 October 2005 British Airways has been providing additional Advanced Passenger Information
to the US Authorities . The information submitted has been collected from a variety of sources,
including from Manage My Booking at ba.com, and through the GDS.

Please find below the Standard Industry entries for input of the Advanced APIS data information:

Amadeus

Passport info:
SR DOCSBA HK1-P-IRL-1234567890-GBR-10NOV60-F-31DEC08-REED-RITA/P1

Country of Residence:
SR DOCABA HK1-R-FRA/P1

Destination Address or Alien Registration/Green card:
SR DOCA BA HK1-D-USA-1600SMITHSTREET-HOUSTON-TX-77001
or
SR DOCS BA HK1-A-USA-99999999-GBR-10NOV60-F-31DEC08
-REED-RITA

or
SR DOCS BA HK1-C-USA-99999999-GBR-10NOV60-F-31DEC08
-REED-RITA

Galileo

Passport info:
SI.P1S1/DOCS*P/IRL/1234567890/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
REED/RITA

Country of Residence:
SI.P1S1/DOCA*R/FRA//PARIS

Destination Address or Alien Registration/Green card:
SI.P1S1/DOCA*D/USA/1600SMITHSTREET/HOUSTON/TX/77001
or
SI.P1S1/DOCS*A/USA/99999999/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
REED/RITA
or
SI.P1S1/DOCS*C/USA/99999999/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
REED/RITA

Sabre

Passport info:
3DOCS/P/IRL/1234567890/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/REED/
RITA-1.1

Country of Residence
3DOCA/R/FRA//PARIS-1.1

Destination Address or Alien Registration/Green card
3DOCA/D/USA/1600SMITHSTREET/HOUSTON/TX/77001
or
3DOCS/A/USA/99999999/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/REED/
RITA-1.1
or
3DOCS/C/USA/99999999/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/REED/
RITA-1.1

Worldspan:

Passport info:
3SSR DOCS BA HK1/P/IRL/1234567890/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
http://www.batraveltrade.com/trade/texapis1/public/en_gbREED/RITA-1.1

Country of Residence
3SSR DOCA BA HK1/R/FRA-1.1

Destination Address or Alien Registration/Green card
3SSR DOCA BA HK1/D/USA/1600SMITHSTREET/HOUSTON/TX/77001-1.1
or
3SSR DOCS BA HK1/A/USA/99999999/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
REED/RITA-1.1
or
3SSR DOCS BA HK1/C/USA/99999999/GBR/10NOV60/F/31DEC08/
REED/RITA-1.1

Explanations:

Passport and National Identity Card info:

Passport/Identity Card Information Information Required
I Document Type (National Identity Card)
Document Type (Passport)
IRL Country which issued passport/Identity Card (3 letter code**)
1234567890 Passport number/Identity Card number
GBR Citizenship
10NOV60 Date of birth
F Gender
31DEC12 Passport Expiry Date/Identity Card Expiry Date (ddmmmyy)
REED Surname (should match booking name and passport/Identity Card)
RITA First Name (should match booking name and passport name/Identity Card Name)
R Residence indicator

Country of Residence:

FRA Country of residence (3-letter-code**)
PARIS Mandatory City in Galileo/Sabre, can use default if unknown as not required for APIS

Destination Address or Alien Registration/Green card:

D Destination indicator
USA Destination Country (Three Letter Code)
1600 SMITH STREET First line of address (Street or Hotel)
HOUSTON City
TX 2 Letter US State code
77001 Zip code

or

A or C Alien Resident Indicator (will begin with either A or C)
99999999 Alien Resident number

** the 3-letter-country-code can be encoded/decoded with the following entries:

Amadeus: DC Country (e.g. DC CYPRUS)
Galileo: no entry available, Galileo provides a mask to enter the details where you can add the 2-letter-code
Sabre: HCCC/Country, follow up GC*CTY
Worldspan: no entry available, Worldspan provides a mask to enter the details where you can add the 2-letter-code

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Please note: that you are responsible for collecting the correct APIS data entries, from your BA customers,
so that our passengers will have no troubles entering and exiting the United States.
However, incorrect data entries will not be punished, nor will agents be held accountable for information
entered which is incorrect.
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