specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: United Airlines
providerId: united-airlines
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Airlines
  - Travel
  - NDC
  - B2B
description: United Airlines does not publish a self-serve API pricing page. Programmatic access
  to United (booking, NDC content, schedules, baggage, loyalty) is brokered through partner programs
  - GDS / NDC distribution partners, travel-agency contracts, and corporate / OTA agreements - rather
  than priced as a developer product.
sources:
  - https://www.united.com
notes: No public API pricing page exists. Programmatic content is delivered through NDC and GDS partner
  channels under bilateral commercial agreements; there is no developer self-serve plan to reconcile.
plans:
  - id: united-airlines-contact-sales
    name: Contact Sales
    type: enterprise
    description: All United Airlines API/content access is via NDC, GDS, or direct distribution partner
      agreements.
    entries:
      - label: Distribution Agreement
        name: distribution_agreement
        type: flat
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: NDC Partner Program
      - name: GDS Distribution
      - name: Corporate / OTA Agreement
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - negotiated
  plans:
  - name: Contact Sales
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - per-use