Welcome Travel Agents!
Whether you’re venturing into the travel industry for the first time, or joining the Sky Bird Travel & Tours community as a seasoned agent with years of collaboration, our unwavering dedication to providing you with diverse resources remains steadfast.
New Travel Agent Resources
Introducing the NEW Opteticket: PNR importing for Sabre and Amadeus to streamline your GDS ticketing.
WINGS: The WINGS Booking Platform is a gateway to low fares from Amadeus, Sabre, and Worldspan GDS! Register for FREE and begin earning higher commission checks every week.
Quarterly: For travel advisors with less than a year of industry experience. Check out our upcoming dates!
Monthly: Hosted every second Thursday of the month for Sky Bird Subagents to learn about the WINGS Booking Platform. Register for upcoming dates!
Customized: If you have a travel agency or a group of 10+ agents, we can customize the webinar experience for your team. Email cs@skybirdtravel.com
Insurance: Protect your clients’ trips from unforeseen circumstances and earn 15% commission with the award-winning AIG Travel Guard.
Dedicated Special Market Desks: Africa, China, Indian sub-continent, Latin, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific.
Groups Department: Our specialized team can help easily book travel arrangements for small and large groups (10+ passengers) at the same great rates.
Tours: Meticulously craft incredible tour itineraries that are curated to the specific specifications of each individual or group traveler.
Travel Blog: Weekly blog posts that focus on industry news, new destinations, helpful tips, and more! Catch up on our most recent articles here!
Airline Partners: View our Airline Contract List of over 90+ airline partners here.
Social Media
Follow us on social media, where we post popular destinations, up-to-date information, travel promotions, special sales, and more!
On Facebook, join our Sky Bird Travel Fare Insiders Group for daily content from a travel consolidator and a group of other travel agents like you.
Social Media
Follow us on social media, where we post popular destinations, up-to-date information, travel promotions, special sales, and more! On Facebook, join our Sky Bird Travel Fare Insiders Group to access daily travel content and a group of other travel agents like you.
Our Travel Blog
Our travel blog, updated weekly, is helpful and entertaining! We write articles focusing on travel updates, industry news, new destinations, helpful tips, and more! Catch up on our most recent blog postings or read more here!
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Social Media Marketing for Travel Agents
Top Indian Cities of 2023
Frequently Asked Questions
PNR means passenger name record. It’s 6 alpha-numeric characters that locate the reservation. There is one PNR for the GDS (see below) and one for each airline.
GDS (formerly CRS) means Global Distribution System. These are the computer systems where airlines load their inventory, fares, and schedules (Sabre, Amadeus, Apollo, Galileo, Travelport, and Worldspan are the GDS names you’ll hear).
Published fares are “published,” meaning anyone can buy a published airfare. Published fares can be bought from anywhere – online booking sites, travel agencies, and directly through the airlines.
Net fares are airfares not available online through flight booking websites or the airlines’ websites. These airfares are only available for travel agents through a Global Distribution System (GDS). Net fares are also known as private airfares, wholesale airfares, consolidator airfares, and unpublished airfares. All these terms can be used interchangeably.
The final payment, official name list, and ticketing are due 45 – 75 days prior to clients’ departure, depending on the carrier.
Some people in your group want time to explore on their own. If the airline cannot provide you with an acceptable fare for the deviation, Sky Bird’s Groups Department will make sure every client is accommodated and still gets a great price.
We know cancelled plans ignite stress and disappointment. We ease the sting by handling changes and cancellations to keep the process stress-free.
Any further questions, please email us at cs@skybirdtravel.com