Basic Passenger Fares and Ticketing


Master the basic pricing logic without the use of computer reservation systems.


How You Will Benefit

  • Verify if systems are correctly applying the new basic one way fare construction rules under the recently implemented Liberalisation Package
  • Learn about the various global indicators and other carrier fare selection criteria
  • Know how to accurately calculate normal unrestricted and restricted one-way fares
  • Understand when to apply specified routings versus the mileage system principle
  • Master the higher intermediate point check for fare components
  • Know how to change fare break points in search of a lower fare quote 
  • Acquire the skills to select the best special fare for the passenger's itinerary and recognise related ticketing entries 
  • Appreciate local combination of special fares and when to apply the most restrictive conditions

Designed for

  • New recruits, ticketing and reservation agents
  • Tariff and prorate analysts
  • Interline billing officers responsible for selling, issuing, controlling, accepting and auditing tickets

Course Content

  • Introduction to IATA Geography and the Passenger Air Tariff Set
  • Latest global indicators
  • Anatomy of a pricing unit
  • Fare selection criteria and currency rules
  • Mileage System versus specified routings
  • Higher Intermediate Point and Backhaul checks
  • Impact of electronic ticketing on fare construction and PTAs
  • Quoting midweek/weekend or seasonal fares for one way, round and circle trips
  • Round the world fare construction 
  • Collection of stopover fees, security fees and other surcharges
  • Children and infants' ticketing and fare construction
  • Special fare construction, analysis and related ticketing procedures for individual travel
  • Standard conditions 100 and 101
  • Special fare open jaw pricing units
  • Local combination of different types of fares
  • Collection of penalty fees
  • Simulation of ticketing entries found in the data elements of ET displays and TAT boxes

Classroom Courses

September 01 - September 12, 2008
Beijing, ChinaClass No :
October 12 - October 23, 2008
Cairo, EgyptClass No :
Please note that if no sessions are listed above, then this course is currently not scheduled for delivery in our IATA classrooms.

All IATA courses can be delivered to your offices and tailored to your organisation's reality and needs. If you have a group of 15 or more individuals for this course, please contact us at training.ymq@iata.org and we will provide you with information about bringing this course to your offices at a time convenient for you and your staff.

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