Travel and Tourism
IATA Global Distribution Systems Fares and Ticketing Course
How You Will Benefit
- Acquire an excellent understanding of the mileage system pricing and know how to interpret and read all GDS displays relevant to mileage system pricing
- Know how to identify and price different journey types (including round-the-world journeys and journeys travelled in different classes)
- Understand global indicators
- Understand fare rules and air fare taxes
- Be able to apply all minimum-fare rule checks
- Know how and when to use side trips
- Know how to add a manual fare to a GDS booking file
- Be able to use the IATA/UFTAA Fare Formula to correctly price a journey
- Know how to use a GDS to issue tickets for manually-priced reservations
- Know how to read each field of an ATB ticket
- Know how to use the Lowest Combination Factor
- Be able to construct and read a linear fare construction
Designed for
- Entry-level students
- Travel consultants
- Personnel of airlines, tour operators and consolidators
- Internet travel suppliers
Course Content
- Study one of these three GDS systems: Amadeus, Galileo or Sabre
- Introduction to air fares, analysing itineraries and retrieving fares from a GDS
- Introduction to the mileage system
- Practice pricing one way and circle trips
- Limitations on indirect travel, side trips and surface sectors
- Backhauls, circle trips, journeys in different classes of service and alternative fare break points
- Lowest combinations, round-the-world journeys, sales indicators and minimum checks
- Currency conversion, taxes and practice ticketing
IMPORTANT:
This course is available in Internet-based or CD-ROM versions. Both contain identical course content, and both are supported by a course Workbook.
- If you purchase the Internet-based version, you will receive the course Workbook as a pdf file download to the e-mail address you include on your enrolment form. No shipping fees apply.
- If you purchase the CD-ROM version, you will receive a printed course Workbook along with your CD-ROM. Shipping fees must be included with your payment.
This course requires the following minimum system requirements: Windows 95, Internet Explorer 5.5, 16MB memory.
365(internet format) / 435(CD-ROM format)
300 (internet format) / 370 (CD-ROM format)
SHIPPING FEES:
- Canada and USA: USD 25
- All other countries, except Canada/USA: USD 38
| Course Fee |
| Developing Nations* (USD) | 300 (internet format) / 370 (CD-ROM format) |
| Regular Fee (USD) | 365(internet format) / 435(CD-ROM format) |
| Note : Applies to residents of the following Developing Nations |
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