All electronic tariffs and amendments filed under this subpart, including those for which authority is sought to effect changes on less than bilateral/statutory notice under § 221.212, shall contain the following data elements:
(a) A Filing Advice Status File—which shall include:
- (1) Filing date and time;
- (2) Filing advice number;
- (3) Reference to carrier;
- (4) Reference to geographic area;
- (5) Effective date of amendment or tariff;
- (6) A place for government action to be recorded; and
- (7) Reference to the Special Tariff Permission when applicable.
(b) A Government Filing File—which shall include:
- (1) Filing advice number;
- (2) Carrier reference;
- (3) Filing date and time;
- (4) Proposed effective date;
- (5) Justification text; reference to geographic area and affected tariff number;
- (6) Reference to the Special Tariff Permission when applicable;
(7) Government control data, including places for:
- (i) Name of the government analyst, except that this data shall not be made public, notwithstanding any other provision in this or any other subpart;
- (ii) Action taken and reasons therefor.
- (iii) Remarks, except that internal Departmental data shall not be made public, notwithstanding any other provision in this or any other subpart;
- (iv) Date action is taken; and
- (v) Personal Identification Number; and
(8) Fares tariff, or proposed changes to the fares tariffs, including:
- (i) Market;
- (ii) Fare code;
- (iii) One-way/roundtrip (O/R);
- (iv) Fare Amount;
- (v) Currency;
- (vi) Footnote (FN);
- (vii) Rule Number, provided that, if the rule number is in a tariff, reference shall be made to that tariff containing the rule;
- (viii) Routing (RG) Number(s), provided that the abbreviation MPM (Maximum Permissible Routing) shall be considered a number for the purpose of this file;
- (ix) Effective date and discontinue date if the record has been superseded;
- (x) Percent of change from previous fares; and
- (xi) Expiration date.
(9) Rules tariff, or proposed changes to the rules tariffs.
(i) Rules tariffs shall include:
- (A) Title: General description of fare rule type and geographic area under the rule;
- (B) Application: Specific description of fare class, geographic area, type of transportation (one way, round-trip, etc.);
- (C) Period of Validity: Specific description of permissible travel dates and any restrictions on when travel is not permitted;
- (D) Reservations/ticketing: Specific description of reservation and ticketing provisions, including any advance reservation/ticketing requirements, provisions for payment (including prepaid tickets), and charges for any changes;
- (E) Capacity Control: Specific description of any limitation on the number of passengers, available seats, or tickets;
- (F) Combinations: Specific description of permitted/restricted fare combinations;
- (G) Length of Stay: Specific description of minimum/maximum number of days before the passenger may/must begin return travel;
- (H) Stopovers: Specific description of permissible conditions, restrictions, or charges on stopovers;
- (I) Routing: Specific description of routing provisions, including transfer provisions, whether on-line or inter-line;
- (J) Discounts: Specific description of any limitations, special conditions, and discounts on status fares, e.g. children or infants, senior citizens, tour conductors, or travel agents, and any other discounts;
- (K) Cancellation and Refunds: Specific description of any special conditions, charges, or credits due for cancellation or changes to reservations, or for request for refund of purchased tickets;
- (L) Group Requirements: Specific description of group size, travel conditions, group eligibility, and documentation;
- (M) Tour Requirements: Specific description of tour requirements, including minimum price, and any stay or accommodation provisions;
- (N) Sales Restrictions: Specific description of any restrictions on the sale of tickets;
- (O) Rerouting: Specific description of rerouting provisions, whether on-line or inter-line, including any applicable charges; and
- (P) Miscellaneous provisions: Any other applicable conditions.
- (ii) Rules tariffs shall not contain the phrase “intentionally left blank”.
- (10) Any material accepted by the Department for informational purposes only shall be clearly identified as “for informational purposes only, not part of official tariff”, in a manner acceptable to the Department.
(c) A Historical File—which shall include:
- (1) Market;
- (2) Fare code;
- (3) One-way/roundtrip (O/R);
- (4) Fare amount;
- (5) Currency;
- (6) Footnote (FN);
- (7) Rule Number, provided that, if the rule number is in a tariff other than the fare tariff, reference shall be made to that tariff containing the rule;
- (8) Rule text applicable to each fare at the time that the fare was in effect.
- (9) Routing (RG) Number(s), provided that the abbreviation MPM (Maximum Permissible Routing) shall be considered a number for the purpose of this file;
- (10) Effective Date;
- (11) Discontinue Date;
- (12) Government Action;
- (13) Carrier;
- (14) All inactive fares (two years);
- (15) Any other fare data which is essential; and
- (16) Any necessary cross reference to the Government Filing File for research or other purposes.