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.

Self-Study Course - Distance Learning

Always available
Location : All LocationsClass No : TTTG-21
Prerequisite(s)
  • Basic Knowledge of a Global Distribution System, such as Amadeus, Galileo or Sabre
  • Secondary/High School Leaving  Certificate/Diploma 
  • Good basic understanding of written English
  • Good Math
  • Good understanding of World Geography
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