Flight Price Cache API — Overview

What is the Flight Price Cache API?

The Flight Price Cache API is a RESTful web service that provides fast access to pre-computed flight availability and pricing data. It serves cached pricing from the TUI NewSkies system, making it ideal for high-volume display scenarios like metasearch integrations and booking widgets.

Purpose

This API enables:

• Metasearch Engines: Display cheapest flight prices across routes and dates
• Travel Platforms: Show calendar-style availability and pricing
• Partner Integrations: Access flight inventory for display and comparison
• Mobile Applications: Fast price lookups for flight widgets

Key Capabilities

Cheapest Flight Search (/cheapflights)

• Find the cheapest flight per route and date combination
• Filter by carrier, origin, destination, and date range
• Agent role-based filtering (product classes and classes of service)

Full Availability Search (/search)

• Detailed flight information with fare breakdowns
• Multiple product classes and fare options
• Support for one-way and return trips
• Flexible date range searching

Day-Level Offers (/dayleveloffers)

• Aggregated pricing per day
• Ideal for calendar widgets
• Efficient for displaying price trends

Route Discovery (/connections)

• List all available routes in the system
• Filter by carrier code
• Useful for building route selectors

Target Audience

• External Partners: Metasearch engines, OTAs, and travel platforms needing cached pricing
• Internal Teams: Applications requiring fast availability lookups without hitting the live PSS
• Frontend Developers: Building price comparison and calendar interfaces

Technical Highlights

• Protocol: RESTful HTTP/HTTPS
• Data Format: JSON
• Authentication: OAuth 2.0 (client credentials)
• Caching: Pre-computed results from NewSkies, refreshed periodically
• Rate Limiting: Spike arrest protection

Getting Started

1. Register on developer.tui and select flight-newskies-pricecache-api
2. Contact yoda@tui.de with your app name for AgentName mapping
3. Obtain OAuth token and test against the Test environment