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A few years ago I tried writing a Python wrapper around SABRE's API to get pricing, route, and schedule data, which seemed to work reasonably well. It likely doesn't work anymore, but it was a fun exercise. https://github.com/Jamil/sabre_dev_studio

I wish I had access to the GDS data to get realtime seat/award availability, but I couldn't find any pricing information to get that information through Sabre's API.

Does anyone know how much that costs, or if there are any services which provide it as an API? I use ExpertFlyer for personal use, but ideally I'd want to get that information at the source…

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I’d really like to know this too, but been unable to get a price either. I also really want an API (ideally with historical data available) with fare pricing data too, but not been able to get a quote on that either.

You can both take a look at Amadeus for dev (Amadeus is the biggest GDS) https://developers.amadeus.com

More info on API here https://github.com/amadeus4dev/hackathon-starter/blob/master...

Disclaimer I work for Amadeus, but actually never used this API service, I'd be interested in your feedback

I’ll look into this API, thanks! Everything I’ve tried previously I ran into limitations that blocked me from building the project I was working on.

Top, do not hesitate to share your feedback, if anything can be improved I can try to forward it internally

Thanks for those links! Didn't know Amadeus had something similar.

Just like with Sabre, it seems all the "juicy" stuff is in the Enterprise API (which is opaque on pricing and setup -- you have to contact the sales team to get access).

Do you have any insight into whether it's possible for individual developers to get access to that enterprise API, and what the fees look like?

Would you have an example of a juicy stuff you are looking for? Seems to me most needs (flight search, seat maps, flight status, airport/airline infos) are covered by the self service API

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