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Terms used on Afola Travel and in this documentation.
1 min readUpdated on 12 October 2026
- Afola Wallet
- Digital wallet linked to your account, topped up with Mobile Money, used to pay for tickets. Learn more.
- Agency
- A company’s physical departure point in a city (a neighbourhood). A company can have several agencies.
- Booking
- The set of tickets bought at once for one trip (up to 3 seats).
- Booking reference
- Unique identifier of a booking, to give to support.
- Class
- Comfort level of a trip: STANDARD, VIP, PRESTIGE, BUSINESS. Learn more.
- Company
- Partner transport company operating the trips.
- Credit / Debit
- Money in / money out of your wallet.
- FCFA
- CFA franc, the currency used for all prices.
- Mobile Money
- Orange Money or MTN MoMo, used to top up the wallet.
- Open / closed trip
- An open trip can be booked; a closed one cannot.
- Seat lock
- Temporary hold on a seat while you pay. Learn more.
- Ticket
- Personal travel document for one seat on a trip, delivered as a PDF.
- Trip
- A scheduled departure: company, departure agency, destination, date and time.
- Trip request
- A request sent to a company for a departure at your preferred date and time. Learn more.
- Wallet authorisation
- Approval given by email by a wallet owner so someone else can pay with it. Learn more.
- Wallet number
- Your wallet’s identifier, shown on the Wallet page.
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