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.