airfares consultant

C&M Travel Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution

Private healthcare

Staff concessions

Job summary

A leading travel recruitment agency is looking for a Senior Account Manager to work as an Airfares Travel Consultant, either remotely or in a hybrid model. You will require extensive fares knowledge, experience with booking systems such as Amadeus, Galileo, or Sabre, and a background in travel. The role includes managing customer enquiries and selling multi-sector itineraries. Competitive salary of £27-30k is offered, along with uncapped commissions and excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with flight brokers or tour operator flights department.
• Background in travel agency or business travel is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Dealing with Travel Agents via telephone and e-mail.
• Selling Round the World and multi-sector itineraries.
• Assisting with group enquiries from customers.
• Managing customer service and pre-departure enquiries.

Skills

Excellent fares knowledge

Experience using GDS Amadeus

Experience using GDS Galileo

Experience using GDS Sabre

Understanding of the Ticketing process

Job description

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Base pay range

Direct message the job poster from C&M Travel Recruitment

Senior Account Manager at C&M Recruitment

Flights Travel consultant - Homeworking or hybrid

We currently have a new opportunity in Chester to work from home anywhere in the country or office based as an Airfares Consultant for a tour operator. Ideally from a flights reservations or flights tour operator background we are seeking someone with excellent Fares experience on a major GDS - either Amadeus, Galileo or Sabre alongside knowledge of the ticketing process too.

As a Flights Travel Consultant you will have:

• Experience from a flight brokers or tour operator flights department, a travel agent or travel agency, where you have had to book schedule fares and deal with ticketing or from a Business Travel background or ticketing team perhaps.
• Excellent fares knowledge
• Experience using the GDS Amadeus or Galileo or Sabre (extra points for all 3)
• A good understanding of the Ticketing process / fares

The role of the Airfares Travel Consultant will involve

• Dealing with Travel Agents, tour operators or similar via telephone and e-mail
• Selling Round the World and multi-sector itineraries
• Assisting with group enquires from customers
• Assisting with customer service and pre-departure enquires to include reissues and refunds

Other info:

• In return you will expect to earn a salary of £27-30k a year with an average OTE of around £7000+ depending on experience
• Commissions are made on mark ups and are uncapped so could in fact earn much more
• Working Mon – Fri 9am – 5.30pm or 9.30am – 6pm and 1 in 4 Saturdays 10am – 4pm with a day off in the week when worked
• Excellent benefits to include Pension contribution, Private healthcare and staff concessions

Interested?

To apply for this Airfares Travel consultant role, please e-mail your up to date CV to [e-mail] or call Kelly on 01612384490 quoting ref : 60322

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other

Industries

Travel Arrangements