Sabre Expert

Course Code: VIEW104

Become an expert in Sabre 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!

Sabre is one of the industry standard booking and reservation systems, used by many travel companies worldwide.
Sabre has approximately 30% of the global market and has a very strong presence in the USA.
Airlines using this system currently include: American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Singapore Airlines and All Nippon.
Major travel companies using Sabre include: Expedia, Travelocity, Omega and Kayak.
This Sabre 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

Module 1: Airline Reservations

Lesson 1 - System access, encoding/decoding
Lesson 2 - Retrieving and Ignoring PNRs, Similar Name Lists
Lesson 3 - Displaying PNR fields
Lesson 4 - Basic city pair availability
Lesson 5 - Return city pair availability
Lesson 6 - Flight detail displays, decoding mixed class service
Lesson 7 - Selling from availability
Lesson 8 - Passenger names, passenger telephone numbers
Lesson 9 - Ticketing arrangement, received-from
Lesson 10 - Building complete PNRs, End transaction
Lesson 11 - Canceling segments, changing/deleting basic passenger data
Lesson 12 - Entering remarks, form of payment and psgr address
Lesson 13 - Frequent flyer, agency addresses
Lesson 14 - AFAX and GFAX, OSI and SSR
Lesson 15 - Changing and deleting non-essential PNR fields
Lesson 16 - Advanced city pair availability
Lesson 17 - Availability sales tags
Lesson 18 - Open segs, waitlisted segs, book-conf segs, ARNK
Lesson 19 - Cancel and rebook segments
Lesson 20 - Inserting segments
Lesson 21 - Reducing a party
Lesson 22 - Dividing a party
Lesson 23 - STARS
Lesson 24 - Advanced seat reservations, booking seats by area
Lesson 25 - Seat maps
Lesson 26 - Assign seats by nbr, change seat assigns, cancel
Lesson 27 - Intro to queues, q count, signing on and off q
Lesson 28 - Place PNRs on Q, change segment status, work thru Qs
Lesson 29 - Calculator functions, calendar functions, currency
Lesson 30 - DRS
Lesson 31 - Format Finder
Lesson 32 - Total Access, Direct Access Function
Lesson 33 - Multi Access function of Total Access

Module 2: Automatic Fares & Ticketing

Lesson 1 - Fare displays
Lesson 2 - Fare rules
Lesson 3 - Itinerary pricing using WP
Lesson 4 - Itinerary pricing - Bargain Finder
Lesson 5 - Itinerary pricing - secondary action codes
Lesson 6 - Itinerary pricing - stored fares
Lesson 7 - Ticketing
Lesson 8 - Issuing tickets from queue
Lesson 9 - Invoice and itinerary functions

Module 3: Car Hire

Lesson 1 - Cars Plus System, Vehicle Codes, Car Associates List
Lesson 2 - Shoppers car quote
Lesson 3 - Shoppers car quote from segment, booking from quote
Lesson 4 - Single Company Display, Booking from Single Company Display
Lesson 5 - Car quotes with modifiers
Lesson 6 - Car quote redisplay
Lesson 7 - Car sell from segment, with modifiers, segment modify
Lesson 8 - Car Location Lists, extra hour and day displays
Lesson 9 - Rules displays, policy displays

Module 4: Hotel Reservations

Lesson 1 - Intro to SHAARP hotel system, hotel index displays
Lesson 2 - Hotel description displays
Lesson 3 - Hotel rate description
Lesson 4 - Booking a hotel room
Lesson 5 - Hotel index displays with no dates
Lesson 6 - Hotel index displays by reference point
Lesson 7 - Hotel index displays with search qualifiers
Lesson 8 - Hotel index redisplay and update
Lesson 9 - Advanced Hotel Description
Lesson 10 - Optional fields in the sell entry
Lesson 11 - More optional fields in the sell entry
Lesson 12 - Hotel Segment modification

Assessment

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

Study Method

The Sabre 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 Sabre Training facility, which provides a Sabre Simulator so you can use the software as you learn. The course also refers to and uses a workbook (provided).

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 Sabre course you will receive the Sabre 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 Sabre 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.