Galileo GDS Foundation Certificate

Name: Galileo GDS Foundation Certificate
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The essential course for a travel consultant which will help make air reservations and issue a ticket using Galileo GDS

Created byCheryl Venan Dias

Last updated 1/2023

English

What you'll learn

Learn the history of Galileo and its journey into Travelport.
Identify quick and easy steps to remember Galileo formats.
Identify the mandatory elements to build a booking file.
List the optional elements that can be added to a booking file.
Quote the best prices for a passenger itinerary.
Learn how to issue a ticket from filed fares in a booking file.

Course content

9 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 22m total length

Introduction6:10
The video introduces the students to the core values of Antonios Services. Our aim is to build capacity for the travel and tourism industry by creating engaging courses that can add professional value to the learner.

Identifying Indicators.0:09
As discussed earlier, Galileo communicates with travel service providers through a coded language. This infographic will help you quickly remember the formats or commands required to encode and decode the required elements and work effectively with Galileo.
Understanding how the encode and decode commands work.2:12
Explanation of the indicators and how to use them to encode and decode multiple elements in Galileo GDS.
Simulation of the Entries7:19

Sample Booking File.6:19
Mandatory elements - PRINT
This infographics will help you identify the five mandatory elements of a PNR.
Adding the Phone Field (Simulation)2:39
After completing this section, the learner will be able to add the phone field and redisplay the phone field, which is a mandatory element for a booking file.
Adding the Received Field (Simulation)1:24
After completing this section, the learner will be able to add the received field and redisplay the received field, which is a mandatory element for a booking file.
Resources
What is Itinerary?7:45
After completing this section, the learner will be able to describe the components of an air tinerary.
Checking availability (Simulation)5:36
After completing this section, the learner will be able to display the inventory of any carrier by using the availability entry. Follow up on the availability entry for a return journey, adding a number or specifying dates for the availability entry. This is the first step in building an itinerary for the booking file.
Selling a Seat (Simulation)4:43
After completing this section, the learner will be able to:
Display the inventory of any carrier by using the availability entry
Determine the number of seats to be sold
Sell the seat from a selected availability line number
Adding a Name Field (Simulation)4:24
After completing this section, the learner will be able to:
Insert a single name field to a booking file
Add multiple names with similar family names or different family names to a booking file
Adding the Ticketing Arrangement (Simulation)3:00
After completing this section, the learner will be able to:
Add a generic ticketing field to a newly created booking file
Add an existing ticket number to a freshly generated return segment of the journey
Creating a Booking File with Child and Infant reservations.7:31
After completing this section, the learner will be able to:
Create a full PNR with child and infant entries.

Pricing entries (Simulation)2:43
After completing this section, the learner will be able to:
Apply pricing commands and quote the fares to the passenger
Display a filed fare and check the ticket modifiers
Updating the tiket modifiers1:26
After completing this section, the learner will be able to:
Change the pricing from a higher price to best buy offers
Display the old and new filed fares
Change booking class by using the best buy format
Ticket issue and display3:32
After completing this section, the learner will be able to:
Add ticketing modifiers to update the booking before issuing a ticket
Give the command to issue a ticket from the filed fares

Requirements

Knowledge of written and spoken english
Knowledge of travel geography
Travel industry jargon

Description

Travel enthusiasts who want to advance their careers in the reservation and ticketing industries should take this course. The learner is introduced to the fascinating world of travel software, which has now complemented the manual labor performed by many travel industry professionals around the world. All the necessary information for effectively using the Galileo GDS will be covered in the course. An interactive simulation is used to display each command required to create a booking file. The course begins with basic formats that can be used on a live GDS environment and gradually progresses into the skill sets required to build a booking file. The quick and easy steps will help you encode and decode cities, airports, countries, airlines, and their equipment with ease. The course covers both mandatory and optional elements that are required to build the booking file. This course will ensure that you make informed choices while working in a real-world setting. These simple steps will help you transition into this discipline with ease. You can move on to working on other GDS, such as WorldSpan, Sabre, and Amadeus if you are familiar with the formats of Galileo GDS through a comparative method. Your career as a business analyst, GDS instructor, and customer support representative at a hotel or travel agency will all be enhanced by taking this course.

The course includes:

Two job aids that will help you remember the formats easily.
A link to access the four-letter SSR Codes used by the aviation industry.

The course is taught by a travel industry expert who has worked on multiple GDS for over 24 years, and the instructor is always ready to answer any questions or any challenges you may face while scripting on the GDS.

Who this course is for:

Galileo GDS Foundation Certification is for those learners who have some basic understanding of the tourism industry.
Anyone who wants to know how actual supporting sytems of a travel graphical user interphase (GUI)
Software professionals who are into travel coding and want to know how to create a booking file for further testing
Complete handholding for a beginner at Galileo GDS.

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 6min

Introduction to Galileo GDS1 lecture • 2min

What can Galileo do for you?1 lecture • 5min

QUICK AND EASY STEPS TO REMEMBER BASIC GALILEO FORMATS!3 lectures • 10min

Signing into Galileo GDS.2 lectures • 3min

Building a Booking File10 lectures • 43min

Optional Elements of a Booking File2 lectures • 5min

Galileo Pricing commands for the booking file3 lectures • 8min

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