Method and system for creating travel packages

摘要

The present invention relates to on-line transportation reservation processing, and, in particular, to a system and method for identifying and purchasing travel packages on-line (Fig. 7). In one embodiment, pacl:age components are retrieved by a package server (800) in response to a query from a consumer (700). A best package component is identified from the retrieved package components (900). Then a listing of packages matching the best package component s depicted for the consumer with real-time prices to the consumer (899). In another embodiment, real-time prices corresponding to travel packages are related to published fares for package components. The relationship is calculated to maximize the real-time price relative to the price for published fares for the travel components.