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Construct Normal International Airfares
SOA THTSOP20A (IATA Fares & Ticketing I)
Travel & Tourism

This module has been developed to meet the requirements ofthe industry and the standards needed for travel agent licensing. It is packed with practical real-life activities and you will have real industry projects to undertake.

Your course is made up of tutorial workbooks (lessons), assignment projects and printed/online supplements.

You should allow about 40 hours to undertake this unit but you do have up to 5 years to complete the unit and graduate (as with all our courses).

When you successfully complete your course you will be awarded:

Statement of Attainment from the Certificate III in Tourism (International Retail Travel Sales) THT30302 for the unit of competency

THTSOP20A Construct Normal International Airfares

From the THT02 Tourism Training Package

This course is accredited by the ATTRP (Australian Tourism Training Review Panel)
The course covers IATA Fares & Ticketing I
The course meets the travel agency licence training requirements in all states and territories of Australia

Tutorial 19. Construct Normal International Airfares THTSOP20A (IATA Fares & Ticketing I)

Topic 1: International Airfares
Terminology
Airline Codes

Topic 2: World Schedules Guide
Airline designators
Aircraft types
City/airport codes
How to use the World Schedules Guide
Flight Schedules
Departure city information
Departure city information
Minimum connecting times
How to use MCT
Terms used in minimum connecting time chart
How to determine minimum connecting times
Time zones of the world
Elapsed flying time
GMT system
Actual flying time

Topic 3: International Fare Rules
General rules
Eastern hemisphere fare rules
Western hemisphere fare rules
Maximum permitted mileages
International Fares Tariff (training edition)
Identification codes
IATA terminology
Tariff Conference Areas
Hemispheres of the world
Sub-areas
Global Indicators
Trip Types/Country of Sale Indicators
One-way Trip (OW)
Round Trip (RT)
Circle Trip (CT)
Open Jaw Trip (origin sector-OOJ, turnaround sector-TOJ or double -DOJ)
Turnaround Open Jaw (TOJ)
Double Open Jaw (DOJ)
Round The World trip

Topic 4: Fare Calculations
NUC-Neutral Unit of Construction
Fares Tariff fare display
NUC conversion procedures

Topic 5: The Mileage System
Basic mileage calculations
Excess Mileage Surcharge (EMS)
Procedure to determine the mileage surcharge
NUC Rounding Procedures
Excess Mileage Allowance (EMA)
Higher Intermediate Point (HIP)
One-way backhaul rule

Topic 6: Taxes and Government Charges
Example of tax for Australia
Converting tax amounts
Belgium tax conversion example
Hong Kong tax conversion example
How to calculate taxes
How are taxes shown on an air ticket?
How are taxes shown, multiple taxes, on an air ticket?

Topic 7: IATA Ticketing
Ticket types
Multi-sector journeys
Sequence of coupons
International airline ticket legend
Calculations

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