Close out a specific OTA for certain dates
Sometimes you will have a situation where you are connected to many channels but you really want to close availability to one of them on some key dates.
Example: You are connected to 5 channels but want to block Expedia for Dec 25 to 31st
To get this done you will need to learn about a special modifier we have in Channex called "Max Availability"
Note: Make sure you change the channel rate plans or you will end up blocking all OTA's
Step 1 - Find the channel rate plan you want to block
You can see "1 Channel" on the rate plans. You will need to click on these to show the channel rate plans of the data you send to the OTA
Here is the expanded view, you will see the "Channel Name" and then the custom name you supplied in the channel
Step 2 - Show the Max Availability restriction
Click on the first filter and select "Max Availability"
Then you will see something like this:
Usually this setting will show as "N/A" which means it has nothing set.
Max Availability will change set the maximum availability of the rate plan, so if you set this to "0" you will essentially stop sales on that rate plan.
Step 3 - Set Max Available to 0
1. Click on the channel rate plan "Max Availability" it will pop up with this form
2. Uncheck the erase value checkbox
3. Set to 0
Save the 0 and then the rate should change to a red colour
Now you can see that channel rate is closed for that date