Lesson 2 - Sales Flight Booking Code

In this lesson, you will learn how to:

  • Create a Sales Flight Booking Code


Create a Sales Flight Booking Code

Discussion
A Booking Code identifies a product. Contained within a Sales Flight Booking Code is the detail of the product, for example the route, the airline's address, flight classes etc.
Sales Flight Booking Codes are created in the flight destination folder.

 

 

 

 

 

 


For example, the team in Sweden will enter a booking code for a flight from Stockholm to Rhodes in their Catalogue within the destination folder Rhodes.
RhodesEuropeGreeceSouth East EuropeApollo Sweden Catalogue
Within the destination folder you will find the following folder structure:
We will create a new Sales Flight Booking code in the Outbound folder within Sales Flights.

OutboundSales Flights

 

 

 

 

 

 


Scenario
Our IATA Manager has negotiated a new contract with the Scandinavian Airline SAS.
In this lesson we will create a Sales Flight Booking Code for a flight from Stockholm to Rhodes.
Step-by-Step: Create a Sales Flight Booking Code

  1. Select Travel > Services
  2. Select Catalogue 11/12 > Europe > South East Europe > Greece > Rhodes > Sales Flights > Outbound.
  3. Select Create New Booking Code


The Booking Code window will be displayed.

  1. Enter Stockholm – Rhodes in the Booking Name field.
  2. Enter ARN RHO in the Booking Code field.


A Scheduled or Charter Sales Flight booking code has six characters. All other booking codes (hotels, transfers, etc) contain ten characters. The following naming convention must be adopted when creating a Sales Flight booking code:
A R NR H O Departure
IATA-locator
Arrival
IATA-locator

Flight Booking Code naming convention
The naming convention for a Charter Sales Flight Booking code is dictated by DaVinci.

Position

Description

Example

1 - 3

IATA location of departure

ARN – Stockholm Arlanda

4

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5 - 7

IATA-location of arrival

RHO - Rhodes


  1. Select Charter (Flight) [C] in the Requirement field.


  1. Select the Invoice Supplier field.
  2. Select SAS Charter (NV) from Invoice Supplier field.


  1. Select the Options 1 tab.
  2. Select Confirmation of important notes field.


 

 

If Warnings are to appear in, for example, Genesis or CETS the Confirmation of important notes field must be selected.

If this flag is checked the Warning tab is displayed. A warning may be used, for example, to notify clients that there is a supplement for special meal requests.

 

 


  1. Ensure Flight is selected in the Format field.


  1. Select Options 2.
  2. Select Rhodes in the Destination field.


To save the Sales Flight Booking Code:

  1. Click OK.