Are you an aspiring travel agent?
This course provides you with a full introduction to the entire Sabre system, teaching you a range of core skills to start your career in the travel industry.Most travel companies are computerised and use a GDS (Global Distribution System) to book flights, hotels and car hire. Learning a GDS has many benefits, it could mean the difference to you securing your ideal travel job!
Sabre was developed by American Airlines in the 1960s and now boasts a huge worldwide usage. Sabre has around 30% of the global market and has a very strong presence in the USA.
Airlines that use Sabre include American Airlines, All Nippon, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines and Singapore Airlines with other companies such as American Express, Expedia, Travelocity, Kayak, Reed & Mackay, Hillgate and Omega also using this GDS.
It is perfect for a beginner as it gives you 40 hours of training time covering airline reservations, automated fares & ticketing, car hire and hotel reservations. This course is run online using a Sabre simulator so you can use the software as you learn.
This course includes: Flight Reservations, Automated Fares & Ticketing, Car Hire & Hotel Reservations
Maximum Completion Time:
50 hours to be spent within 6 months. In the event that you are unable to complete your home study course within the specified timescale, you can
request a time extension (Fees Apply)
This is a self study course including 3 quizzes and one final exam
Course Content
Lesson 1 - Signing In/Out, Retrieving a PNR
Lesson 2 - Encoding and Decoding
Lesson 3 - Flight Availability and Schedule Displays
Lesson 4 - The Mandatory PNR Fields
Lesson 5 - Building Complete PNRs
Lesson 6 - Optional PNR Information
Lesson 7 - More Optional PNR Information
Lesson 8 - PNR Management
Lesson 9 - Seat Assignments
Lesson 10 - Seat Maps
Lesson 11 - Rental Car Reservations
Lesson 12 - Misc. Car Displays, Rules Displays and Policy Displays
Lesson 13 - Hotel Reservations
Lesson 14 - Index search qualifiers and optional sell fields
Lesson 15 - Fare Displays and Fare Rules
Lesson 16 - Itinerary Pricing
Lesson 17 - Ticketing
Lesson 18 - Queues
Lesson 19 - Queue Tasks
Lesson 20 - Currency Conversion and Other Miscellaneous Functions
Lesson 21 - DRS and Format Finder
Lesson 22 - Timatic Web
