Sabre Expert

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Learn everything you need to know about the Sabre booking and reservation system, from home!

Become proficient in airline reservations.
Learn about automatic fares and ticketing.
Understand the cars plus system, vehicle codes, car associates list.
Learn the fundamentals of the SHAARP hotel system.

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With many travel companies requiring a comprehensive knowledge of online booking systems, it is essential to be a competent user of Sabre. This course will train you to understand and use the Sabre Reservations System, one of the industry standard booking systems.

Sabre was developed by American Airlines in the 1960s and has approximately 30% of the global market. It is used worldwide, especially in the USA. Airlines using this system currently include: American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Singapore Airlines and All Nippon.

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 Duration

Up to six months.

Study Hours

Up to 90 hours access to the Online Learning Environment.

Course Outcome

You will receive a Sabre certificate.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.

Assessment

Online tests and end of course Sabre exam.

System access, encoding/decoding
Retrieving and ignoring PNRs, similar name lists
Displaying PNR fields
Basic city pair availability
Return city pair availability
Flight detail displays, decoding mixed class service
Selling from availability
Passenger names, passenger telephone numbers
Ticketing arrangement, received-from
Cancelling segments, changing/deleting basic passenger data
Entering remarks, form of payment and passenger addresses
Frequent flyer, agency addresses
AFAX and GFAX, OSI and SSR
Changing and deleting non-essential PNR fields
Advanced city pair availability
Availability sales tags
Open segs, waitlisted segs, book-conf segs, ARNK
Cancel and rebook segments
Inserting segments
Reducing a party
Dividing a party
STARS
Advanced seat reservations, booking seats by area
Seat maps and assigning seats
Introduction to queues
Calculator functions, calendar functions, currency
DRS
Format finder
Total access, direct access function
Multi-access function of total access

Fare displays
Fare rules
Itinerary pricing using WP
Itinerary pricing - bargain finder
Itinerary pricing - secondary action codes
Itinerary pricing - stored fares
Ticketing
Issuing tickets from queue
Invoice and itinerary functions

Cars plus system, vehicle codes, car associates list
Shoppers car quote
Shoppers car quote from segment, booking from quote
Single company display, booking from a single company display
Car quotes with modifiers
Car quote redisplay
Car sell from segment, with modifiers, segment modify
Car location lists, extra hour and day displays
Rules displays, policy displays

Intro to SHAARP hotel system, hotel index displays
Hotel description displays
Hotel rate description
Booking a hotel room
Hotel index displays with no dates
Hotel index displays by reference point
Hotel index displays with search qualifiers
Hotel index redisplay and update
Advanced hotel description
Optional fields in the sell entry
More optional fields in the sell entry
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

Course Duration

There is up to a six-month time limit on this course. You will have a total of 70 hours’ access to the Online Learning Environment. This is more than sufficient time to complete the course.

Study Method

This course is run online through our Online Sabre Training facility, which provides a Sabre Simulator so you can use the software as you learn.
Please note that 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.

Course Outcome

Upon completion of this Sabre course you will receive a Sabre certificate to use as proof that you are a competent Sabre user, which will be widely accepted by employers.

Dedicated personal tutor support
Dedicated learner services
Accreditation
Assignment marking and feedback
FREE CV critique service
FREE employability guide to help you impress future employers
FREE XO Student Discounts membership

It's not a problem. We offer a course replacement service, so if you get into trouble and your course pack is lost or damaged, our Student Support Team can provide you with a new set of materials for a one-time additional fee.