1. User Guide
  2. Administration
  3. Financial Administration
  4. Rate Management
  5. About Rate Codes
  6. Configuring Best Available Rate Schedules

Configuring Best Available Rate Schedules

Prerequisites for Configuring Best Available Rate Schedules

The Best Available Rates Scheduler allows you to schedule the availability of your Best Available Rates by Day and/or Length of Stay, depending on the setting selected for the Best Available Rate Type OPERA Control.

When you initiate an availability search from Look To Book, the Best Available Rates display set returns the best available rates scheduled for that day and/or length of stay.

Note:

Only rate codes configured as Best Available Rate Code Type are available for scheduling.

Adding Best Available Rate Schedules

  1. From the Administration menu, select Financial, select Rate Management, and then select Best Available Rate Schedule.

  2. Click New and complete the following fields:

    1. Property: Enter or select the property.

    2. Rate Code: Enter or select one or more rate codes from the list. Note: You can create multiple rate codes in the same action when the Best Available Rate Type OPERA Control is set to BAR by Day.

    3. From Date: Enter or select the from date of the schedule.

    4. To Date: Enter or select the end date of the schedule (no greater than five years after the From Date).

    5. Days of Week: Select the days of the week for the schedule.

    6. Length of Stay: Select the length of stays for the schedule (enabled when the Best Available Rate Type OPERA Control is set to BAR by Length of Stay).

  3. Click Save or click Save and Continue to add another.

Deleting a Best Available Rate Schedule

  1. From the Administration menu, select Financial, select Rate Management, and then select Best Available Rate Schedule.

  2. Enter search criteria and click Search.

  3. From the search result, select the Rate Schedule, click the vertical ellipsis, and select Delete.

Deleting Multiple Best Available Rate Schedules

  1. From the Administration menu, select Financial, select Rate Management, and then select Best Available Rate Schedule.

  2. Click Mass Delete and complete the following fields:

    1. Property: Enter or select the Property.

    2. Rate Code: Enter or select one or more rate codes from the list.

    3. From Date: Enter or select the from date of the schedule.

    4. To Date: Enter or select the end date of the schedule (no greater than five years after the From Date).

    5. Days of Week: Select the days of the week to be deleted.

    6. Length of Stay: Select the length of stays to be deleted (enabled when the Best Available Rate Type OPERA Control is set to BAR by Length of Stay).

  3. Click Delete.

Parent topic: About Rate Codes