01 / COMMERCE SYSTEMS
Airline luggage logistics partner
Multi-airline Baggage Replacement Platform
- Shopify
- AWS
- Multi-airline APIs
- Agent portals
RELATED PRACTICES
- Situation
- A multi-year baggage replacement program serving several airlines, each with its own systems, rules, and agent teams.
- Problem
- The program began as separate airline-specific storefronts. Agents needed products, inventory, and ordering in one place, while each airline brought different integration, access, and security requirements.
- Approach
- Over a multi-year engagement, we evolved separate Shopify storefronts into a centralized, agent-facing portal supporting multiple airline programs. Multiple airline backend systems connect through APIs, coordinating product catalogs, inventory availability, commerce transactions, and fulfillment. Agent permissions, service workflows, and operational dashboards support the people managing replacements, with access and security requirements shaped around customer information and each airline’s operating rules.
- Impact
- Agents handle replacements from one centralized portal instead of switching between independent airline storefronts. Each airline’s rules stay intact, and new airline programs can be added to the shared platform without starting from scratch.
TECHNICAL NUANCES
- Separate Shopify storefronts evolved into one shared agent portal
- Airline-specific business rules preserved across multiple API connections
- Inventory, commerce, and fulfillment workflows coordinated across systems
- Agent access and careful handling of customer personal information
- Multi-year architecture evolution as airline programs joined
- Airline APIs
- Central agent portal
- Inventory & fulfillment