Galileo Expert

Course Code: VIEW105

Become an expert in Galileo on-line booking reservations system!

A fantastic course for anybody looking for a career in the travel and tourism industry, you don’t need any previous knowledge to enrol!

Galileo is one of the industry standard booking and reservation systems, used by many travel companies worldwide.
Galileo has approximately 25% of the global market and has a very strong presence in Europe.
Airlines using this system currently include: Air Canada, Aer Lingus, Swiss Air and United Airlines.
Major travel companies using Galileo include: Ebookers, Portman Travel, P & O and HRG.
This Galileo course is recognised all over the world and is fully compliant with IATA's GDS (International Air Transport Association's Global Distribution Systems) requirements.

Course Content

Airline Reservations

Lesson 1 - System access to Galileo and encoding/decoding
Lesson 2 - Retrieving, displaying and ignoring BFs
Lesson 3 - Displaying optional BF fields
Lesson 4 - Timetables
Lesson 5 - Basic flight availability, flight details
Lesson 6 - Selling from availability
Lesson 7 - Passenger names and phone numbers
Lesson 8 - Received-from and ticketing fields
Lesson 9 - Building a complete BF and ending a transaction
Lesson 10 - Change, delete data; cancel itinerary segments
Lesson 11 - Creating optional BF fields
Lesson 12 - Creating additional optional BF fields
Lesson 13 - Creating service information fields
Lesson 14 - Changing and deleting optional BF items
Lesson 15 - Advanced flight availability
Lesson 16 - Follow-up advanced flight availability
Lesson 17 - Last seat availability
Lesson 18 - Carrier Specific Availability
Lesson 19 - Miscellaneous segment entries
Lesson 20 - Secured, Guaranteed, Standard and Request Sell
Lesson 21 - Cancel and rebook and insert segments
Lesson 22 - Inserting passenger data
Lesson 23 - Dividing a party
Lesson 24 - Advanced seat reservations
Lesson 25 - Seat configuration and availability maps
Lesson 26 - Assigning, changing, cancelling seats
Lesson 27 - Introduction to queues
Lesson 28 - Review BF items, queue placement
Lesson 29 - Changing segment status and flight time changes
Lesson 30 - Queue practice
Lesson 31 - Display Client Files
Lesson 32 - Move Client Files
Lesson 33 - Build Client Files
Lesson 34 - BF history
Lesson 35 - Miscellaneous Galileo functions
Lesson 36 - Galileo Information Sources

Automated Fares & Ticketing

Lesson 1 - Basic fare quotes and Best Buy entries
Lesson 2 - Fare quotes with segment and passenger selection
Lesson 3 - No stopover, selling/ticketing country, and sale date modifiers
Lesson 4 - Working with filed fares
Lesson 5 - Ticketing modifiers
Lesson 6 - Ticketing
Lesson 7 - Ticketing BFs from queue
Lesson 8 - Basic fare displays
Lesson 9 - Additional fare displays
Lesson 10 - North American fare displays
Lesson 11 - Fare notes
Lesson 12 - Fare components and notes

Car Hire

Lesson 1 - Car index displays
Lesson 2 - Vehicle-type codes
Lesson 3 - Low-to-high car availability
Lesson 4 - Low-to-high car availability from segment and index
Lesson 5 - Booking cars
Lesson 6 - Reference points, car availability modifiers
Lesson 7 - More car availability modifiers
Lesson 8 - Car update entries
Lesson 9 - Optional fields in car sell entries
Lesson 10 - Car segment modification
Lesson 11 - Car rules
Lesson 12 - Car description displays

Hotel Reservations

Lesson 1 - Hotel index and complete availability displays
Lesson 2 - Hotel rules displays and booking a room
Lesson 3 - Miscellaneous index entries
Lesson 4 - Hotel search qualifiers
Lesson 5 - Hotel display modifications and description displays
Lesson 6 - Hotel optional fields
Lesson 7 - Hotel segment modification

Assessment

Module 1: Airline Reservation Systems: Ten exercises, 10 quizzes and an online exam
Module 2: Automatic Fares and Ticketing: Two exercises, four quizzes and an online exam
Module 3: Car Hire: Four exercises, five quizzes and an online exam
Module 4: Hotel Reservations: Three exercises, three quizzes and an online exam

Study Method

The Galileo Expert course is designed for study by distance learning at home or at work. Students receive a course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support by mail or email. You can start at any time and have a full 12 months to complete the course. This is much longer than you need so you can work at your own pace.

This course is run through our Online Galileo Training facility, which provides a Galileo Simulator so you can use the software as you learn.

This is a self-study course. You will not be allocated a tutor as all support is self-contained within the course materials. You will however receive technical support.

Qualifications

Upon completion of this Galileo course you will receive the Galileo Expert certificate to use as proof of competency which will be widely accepted by employers. The training can even complement academic courses such as HND, Diplomas & VCEs where required.

Course Questions and Answers

Q: What skills are needed to enrol onto this course?

You do not need any previous experience to enrol on the Galileo Expert course.

Q: Is there a time limit for completion of this course?

You will have a full year to complete your course, which is much longer than you will need.

Q: Do I have to sit an exam?

You will need to sit an online exam, at home, which will be at the end of each module.

Q: Are there any additional costs?

No, everything you need is included in your course!

Q: What do I do if I still have questions?

For further information please contact us.