Advanced Skills in Journey Pricing and Ticketing (partner-taught or self-study)

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PARTNER-TAUGHT OR SELF-STUDY

About the course

90-hour partner-taught or self-study course

IATA Advanced Skills in Journey Pricing and Ticketing aviation training course

This course is for the travel professional with basic knowledge and skills in air journey pricing and ticketing who wants to be recognized as the company or office expert. You will gain confidence in pricing more complex journeys that apply exceptions to standard pricing principles. A key additional benefit are study units on ticket exchanges and reissues resulting in a refund or an additional collection for the new ticket price or a penalty fee collection.

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Course Code: TTTG-15

Course format

  • This is a self-study course, which will take you approximately 90 hours to complete, depending on your previous knowledge and experience.
  • The course materials are provided in e-book format.
  • You will have 6 months to complete the course and exam (enrollment validity), which starts from the date you purchase the course. After the enrollment validity expires, the users will not have access to the course content and will not be able to take the exam.
  • Performance will be based on an assessment. Please refer to the Assessment Information below for more details.

Recommended level

The recommended level for this course is Advanced.

Study with the help of an Instructor

If you would prefer to study this course with the help of a local trainer, enrol at an IATA Authorized Training Center near you.

Registration information

Registration

USD 400 (e-book)
Regular*
USD 400 (e-book)

English
*Please refer to our payment options and applicable taxes.

What you will learn

Upon completing this course you will be able to:

  • Spot potential under or over-collections caused by incorrect ticketing or faulty application of IATA pricing rules and procedures
  • Develop better problem solving and analytical skills when reading government and IATA regulations
  • Discover and offer the most affordable fares
  • Attract and retain customers based upon expertise
  • Master complex ticketing entries and fare rule interpretations to provide better service to your customers

Course content

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

  • Review of fare selection
  • Currency conversion and rounding
  • One way fare construction
  • Round and circle trip fare construction
  • Exceptions to minimum checks
  • Normal fare open jaw pricing
  • Pricing unit versus fare component
  • Lowest combination principle
  • Limitations on indirect travel
  • Introductions to ticket alterations
  • Reservation change
  • Exchange transactions
  • Reissues

Materials

  • IATA course manual and workbook to download
  • Online database of fares and rules
  • IATA Fare Formula Reference checklist

Who should attend

This course is recommended for:

  • Travel agency employees and managers
  • Travel agency owners
  • GDS technologists
  • Airline ticketing agents and managers
  • Air fares and ticketing specialists

Certificate awarded

Upon successful completion of the assessment, you will be granted an Award that you can print for your records.

Assessment information

Please read the IATA Training Unsupervised Online Examination Student User Guide for Partner-taught or Self-study exams.

  • Method: Unsupervised online exam The assessment can be taken at any time at your convenience.
  • Format: 60 multiple-choice questions
  • Time allowance: 3 hours
  • Passing grade: 70% correct answers
  • Number of assessment attempts: 2

Important note: The assessment should be accessed after you have completed the course module. Once you have started the assessment you can no longer access the course module.

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