BDFare API Integration: The Fastest Path to Live Bangladesh Flight Inventory in 2026

What BDFare is and what it solves:

BDFare is the largest Bangladesh-built flight aggregator, founded specifically to give local travel agencies a single API endpoint for the airlines and supplier feeds most relevant to the Bangladesh outbound and domestic markets. Instead of contracting with 5 different GDS and direct airline NDC connections (months of legal work + technical lift), you integrate BDFare once and get Biman, US-Bangla, Novoair, NovoAir, regional LCCs and key Middle East / South Asia carriers in a unified JSON response.

For new and mid-size agencies, BDFare is usually the right STARTING point: minimum cost, fastest setup, deepest content on the routes you actually sell most often. Larger agencies typically run BDFare in parallel with a global GDS (Amadeus or Sabre) to cover EU / North America long-haul where BDFare's content depth is shallower.

Technical anatomy of the BDFare API:

Modern REST/JSON API with OAuth-style authentication. Endpoints cover: air-shopping (search outbound/return/multi-city), order-sell (commit a specific offer for booking), order-create (create the PNR with passenger details), order-cancel / order-change (modifications), balance (your wallet status). Response shapes are well-documented and stable — no surprise breaking changes.

Trip Designer's integration sits on these endpoints with our own retry / fallback / rate-limit handling. We also normalise the BDFare response into the same flight-shopping schema we use for Galileo / Sabre / Amadeus — so your agents and customers see one consistent UI regardless of source. Source tagging is preserved in the admin so your finance team knows which supplier each ticket came from.

Content and coverage strengths:

Strongest content: Bangladesh domestic (Biman, US-Bangla, Novoair, all routes), Bangladesh ↔ Middle East (Saudia, Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, Gulf Air, Oman Air for Hajj/Umrah/work-permit traffic), Bangladesh ↔ India (IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet via India consolidation), Bangladesh ↔ South-East Asia (AirAsia, Malaysia, Thai, Singapore — strong group fares).

Reasonable but not deepest: Bangladesh ↔ Europe (covered but Amadeus is usually cheaper for EU carriers), Bangladesh ↔ North America (limited; use a GDS instead). For your typical Bangladeshi outbound customer (Hajj / Umrah, Saudi Arabia work permit, Maldives honeymoon, Thailand tour, India family visit), BDFare covers 90% of your booking volume.

Trip Designer's BDFare delivery package:

What we deliver: full BDFare API integration into your Trip Designer admin and portal, wallet-funded booking (you fund the BDFare wallet, customer bookings debit it automatically), markup engine, ticket issuance with retry handling, refund / cancellation flows, and the white-label agent + customer portal layered on top. Timeline: 3-5 working days from credential receipt to live booking. No contracting delays since BDFare is a local supplier with fast onboarding.

Included: BDFare credential coordination (we can introduce you to their sales team if needed), markup rule setup, agent training, 30 days of go-live support. You typically start booking real revenue inside the first week.

Why agencies start with BDFare even if they plan to scale:

Three reasons. First, fast revenue: launching with a global GDS takes 3-6 weeks. Launching with BDFare takes 5 days. You're selling in the first week, building cash flow that funds the next steps. Second, operational validation: with one supplier connected, your team learns the Trip Designer admin, your processes get tested with real bookings, your finance flows get proved out. By the time you add a GDS, your operations are mature.

Third, cost: BDFare's per-segment cost is materially lower than direct GDS for Bangladesh-origin routes (because they're a layer on top of the GDS aggregating volume across many agencies). For new agencies, this is meaningful margin protection while you grow.

When BDFare alone is enough:

If your booking mix is 90%+ Bangladesh-origin domestic + regional (Middle East, India, South-East Asia, Maldives), BDFare alone covers your needs. Many successful Bangladesh agencies in the BDT 1-5 crore annual revenue range run on BDFare exclusively, layering hotels via Hotelbeds, tours via direct DMC contracts, and visas through their own operations team.

You add a GDS (typically Amadeus or Sabre) when: (a) you start selling Europe / North America regularly; (b) you serve corporate clients who demand the full content depth; (c) you grow large enough that supplier diversification becomes important for risk management. There's no wrong order to do this — start with BDFare, scale into a GDS when the maths supports it.

Cost economics:

BDFare runs on a wallet-prepaid model. You fund your BDFare wallet (typically BDT 50K-500K starting balance), every booking debits the wallet at the supplier net fare, and you pay a small per-segment service fee. Total cost-of-sales: typically 1-3% on top of net fare, much lower than running your own GDS for the same content volume.

Break-even path: most BDFare agencies are profitable from day one of selling because there's no fixed monthly platform cost (unlike GDS). Your only fixed cost is Trip Designer's subscription, which most agencies cover with the first 5-10 tickets each month.

FAQ:

Is BDFare reliable enough for my customers? Yes — BDFare powers a significant share of Bangladesh online travel bookings. Trip Designer adds redundancy: when BDFare returns no result or errors, we automatically fall back to other connected suppliers (or return "no flight found" gracefully).

Can I use my existing BDFare account with Trip Designer? Yes. Bring your credentials, we configure them in 30 minutes.

What about hotels and tours? BDFare is flights-only. Trip Designer integrates separately with hotel suppliers (Hotelbeds, Expedia TAAP) and your tour packages live in our native Tour module.

Refunds — how do they work? Through BDFare's API. Your operations team initiates the refund in Trip Designer admin, the request goes to BDFare, refunded amount returns to your BDFare wallet, you process the customer refund through your original payment method.

How to get live:

If you already have BDFare credentials: 3-5 day setup. If you need them: we introduce you to BDFare's sales team, they onboard you in 1-2 weeks, then 3-5 days for the Trip Designer integration. Total under 3 weeks from "yes" to live booking. Contact us via the card below or visit the API marketplace.