Charter seat inventory
Charter seats, allotments and fares under control
Charter seat inventory is where tour operators run their own flights in booking24. You create flights or whole series, set seat counts and fares per season and passenger type, and give each agency a guaranteed or shared allotment. Every booking is checked against free seats and the agency's allotment before it is saved.
Why it matters
Charter seats are bought in advance, and every empty seat is money lost. With spreadsheets and e-mails to partner agencies it is easy to promise the same seat twice or to leave an allotment unused until it is too late to sell.
booking24 keeps flights, fares and allotments in one place. Agencies book from the seats they are allowed to sell, every booking is checked against free seats and allotments before it is saved, and you see who sold what on every flight.
How it works
Create flights or a series
Create a single flight or a series that repeats every few days, with separate seat counts for adults and children and for infants.
Set fares per season
Prices are set per adult, child and infant, for one-way and return trips and for main and off season. Airport and route taxes are added automatically.
Give agencies their allotment
Assign each agency its seats on a flight, guaranteed or not, or let agencies book from a shared pool. Bulk assignment comes with a preview.
Agents book against the allotment
Agencies search the public flights and book. Before the booking is saved, free seats and the agency's allotment are checked again.
Change prices in bulk
Change prices for many flights at once. Every change is kept in the price history and a notification e-mail goes out.
Guards around every seat
Guaranteed allotments stay protected
Seats held in an agency's guaranteed allotment cannot be booked by other agencies.
Allotments never drop below sales
An allotment cannot be reduced below the seats the agency has already booked, and every change is kept in a history.
No booking on stale availability
A booking must be completed within 30 minutes of seeing the price, otherwise it is refused and the agent searches again.
Seat counts are recounted
Seat counters are recounted after cancellations and imports and on a schedule, and a system check lists overbooked flights and exceeded allotments.
Exact counts only for those allowed
Agencies without the matching right only see that seats are available once more than nine are free.
Internal flights stay internal
Flights marked internal or external never appear in agency or public search.
Questions agencies ask
Can one flight be shared between several agencies?
Yes. Each agency gets its own allotment, guaranteed or not, and agencies can also book from a shared pool.
What happens when an agency's allotment is used up?
The booking is refused with a message that the agency's allotment for this flight is exhausted.
Can children and infants have their own prices?
Yes. Adult, child and infant prices are set separately, for one-way and return trips and for main and off season.
Can each agency have its own markup?
Yes. Markups, discounts and commissions can be set per agency.
Are bus trips supported as well?
Yes. Bus trips with intermediate stops are managed alongside flights.
Last updated 7 October 2026