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Car Packages

Car Packages

The Car Packages service returns a list of car rental and flight offers for the destination and departure date specified.

The latest version number of the Car Packages carPackages resource is v1.

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Version Information

The most recent version of the Car Packages API is version 1. Previous versions are shown below.

Version Status End-of-life date
v1.0 Current N/A

API Endpoints

Car Packages has a REST API endpoint. Click here for more information on using British Airways Rest APIs.

The endpoints available are:

Endpoint URL
Live https://api.ba.com/rest-v1/v1/carPackages
Test N/A

API Methods

Method URL Resource Description
GET carPackages;origin=LHR;destination=NCL;departureDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z; Returns flight + car package offers for the desired origin and destination on a specified departure date.
GET carPackages;origin=LHR;destination=NCL;departureDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;returnDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z Returns flight + car package offers for the desired origin and destination on a specified departure and return date.
GET carPackages;origin=LHR;destination=NCL;departureDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;returnDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;pickUpDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z" Returns flight + car package offers for the desired origin and destination on a specified departure/return and pick-up date.
GET carPackages;origin=LHR;destination=JFK;departureDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;returnDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;pickUpDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;dropOffDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z Returns flight + car package offers for the desired origin and destination on a specified departure/return and pick-up/drop-off date.
GET carPackages;origin=LHR;destination=NCL;departureDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;returnDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;pickUpDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;dropOffDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;cabinCodeOutbound=M;cabinCodeInbound=M Returns flight + car package offers for the desired origin and destination on a specified departure/return,pick-up/drop-off date along with cabin details.
GET carPackages;origin=LHR;destination=NCL;departureDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;returnDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;pickUpDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;dropOffDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;cabinCodeOutbound=M;cabinCodeInbound=M;type=Automatic Returns flight + car package offers for the desired origin and destination on a specified departure/return,pick-up/drop-off date along with cabin details and type.
GET carPackages;origin=LHR;destination=NCL;departureDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;returnDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;pickUpDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;dropOffDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;cabinCodeOutbound=M;cabinCodeInbound=M;groupIdentifier=A; Returns flight + car package offers for the desired origin and destination on a specified departure/return,pick-up/drop-off date along with cabin details and groupIdentifier.
GET carPackages;origin=LHR;destination=NCL;departureDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;returnDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;pickUpDate=2014-03-16T12:00:00Z;dropOffDate=2014-03-26T12:00:00Z;cabinCodeOutbound=M;cabinCodeInbound=M;groupIdentifier=A;type=Manual Returns flight + car package offers for the desired origin and destination on a specified departure/return,pick-up/drop-off date along with cabin details, type and groupIdentifier.

HTTP Headers

Header Name Description Mandatory? In/Outbound Example
client-key Your unique key used to authorise access to the API. Yes Inbound n/a

Search Parameters

The various search parameters are described below:

Name Description Format Default Example Allowed values
destination Destination where car is required for hire IATA 3 character city code N/A MIA Valid British Airways served airports
departureDate Date of onward flight YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ N/A 2014-03-10T12:00:00Z => today and <= today + 365
returnDate Date of return flight YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ N/A 2014-03-10T12:00:00Z => today and <= today + 365
pickUpDate Date from when on you need the car YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ N/A 2014-03-10T12:00:00Z => today and <= today + 365
dropOffDate Date till when you need the car YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ N/A 2014-03-10T12:00:00Z => today and <= today + 365
duration Number of days car is required Numeric N/A 2 Any number
cabinCodeOutbound CabinCode of outbound journey char N/A M Any valid cabin code
cabinCodeInbound CabinCode of inbound journey char N/A M Any valid cabin code
type Type of the car required Text N/A Automatic Automatic / Manual
groupIdentifier Group of the car required char N/A V Any valid group Identifier

returnDate, cabinCodeOutbound, cabinCodeInbound, type, groupIdenitifer are optional.

Either drop-off Date or duration must be specified.

Supported Status Codes

You can view the standard status codes returned by our APIs here.

version 14 as of 10 years ago by Tom Hodge