| Course Name: IATA GDS Fares & Ticketing
Introduction
This is a self explanatory computer-based training (CBT) programme that teaches basic and advanced fare construction principles, as well as GDS entries to price journeys and issue tickets. It is designed for travel consultants or airline personnel, whose main task is to sell international air transportation on behalf of IATA Member Airlines. You will learn through realistic GDS simulation by choosing Amadeus.
Course Objectives:
- 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 traveled 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
Topics Covered:
- 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
Who will benefit from this course:
- Entry-level students
- Travel consultants
- Personnel of airlines, tour operators and consolidators
- Internet travel suppliers
- New recruits, ticketing and reservation agents;
- Tariff and prorate analysts;
- Interline billing officers responsible for selling, issuing, controlling, accepting and auditing tickets
Exams:
The exams are held twice a year i.e; in March and September. The admission months would be March/April for September exam and September /November for March exam
PAPER STRUCTURE
It consists of 100 questions. 60 questions will be on the course content and remaining 40 equally distributed among 4 different itineraries to be priced.
The exam will be of 3 hours duration. The minimum percentage to pass the examination is 70% in both the exams.
Duration: 50hrs |
