Travel Consultant - Remote VIP

American Express; United States; Remote; USD 46,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Flexible benefits

Learning platform access

Job summary

Amex GBT is seeking a VIP Travel Consultant to manage travel for exclusive corporate clients in the United States. The role offers shift premiums for alternative schedules and dual GDS experience.

You will advise, arrange, and optimize domestic and international travel across air, rail, and hotel while ensuring policy and security compliance. We value a customer-centric approach, strong communication, and collaboration within teams to deliver exceptional service and support the career growth

Qualifications

• Native GDS expertise (Sabre, Apollo, Amadeus).
• 3+ years corporate travel experience including fares, ticketing, car, hotel, air, and rail for domestic and international travel.
• Excellent professional communication (written and verbal).
• Attention to detail and integrity in handling traveler information.
• Ability to resolve issues quickly and independently or with suppliers.
• Teamwork and openness to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Advise and arrange travel for corporate business customers (US)
• Analyze travel options and proactively anticipate traveler needs to upsell services.
• Book domestic and international business travel across air, rail, hotel, and car.
• Utilize a Global Distribution System (GDS) for bookings.
• Ensure compliance with travel policies, provider policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Use positive service techniques and accommodate special requests.
• Prevent fraud by following security protocols afterhours.
• Collaborate within the team to coach, mentor and improve service levels.

Skills

GDS expertise

Travel industry knowledge

Job description

As a VIP Travel Consultant for Amex GBT, you will manage travel for some of our most exclusive and rewarding VIP clients, including business executives and famous names in the entertainment industry - We offer great shift premiums for those who work alternative shifts and who have dual GDS experience!

Shifts: 24/7 and Monday-Friday 12:30pm - 9pm ET.

We are most proud of our warm and inclusive culture, innovation in the travel tech space, internal promotions, and career advancement opportunities; most of our Traveler Care leadership started as a Travel Counselor, and you can find us in almost every other department at Amex GBT!

We are excited for you to experience our values (People, Passion, and Progress) in action, and look forward to your application.

What You will Do on a Typical Day

• Advise and arrange travel for corporate business customers (both individuals and groups) in the US
• Conduct analysis and research on travel options, and pro-actively anticipate traveler needs to sell additional services
• Arrange and book domestic and international business travel, in a variety of complexity, for air, road, rail, and accommodations
• Use of one of our Global Distribution Systems (GDS)
• Ensure compliance to customers agreed travel policy, service provider policies, and regulatory requirements
• Use positive telephone service techniques and act on special customer requests
• Prevent fraudulent callers from trying to book trips afterhours by following our security protocols.
• Collaborate within your team to coach, mentor, and provide constructive feedback to improve service levels

We look forward to sharing more detailed job functions and key performance indicators during the interview process.

What Are We Looking For?

• Passion for excellence in client service, including proactive anticipation of needs
• Native GDS expertise (Sabre, Apollo, Amadeus)
• 3 + years corporate travel experience, including fares, ticketing, car, hotel, air, and rail for domestic and international travel.
• Excellent professional communication (written and verbal)
• Attention to detail
• Act with integrity, and look after personal traveler information
• Resolving customer issues quickly and independently / with supplier
• Teamwork and openness to feedback

Location

United States

The US national base salary range for this position is from

$46,200.00 - $85,800.00

The national range provided includes the base salary that Amex GBT expects to pay for the role. Actual base salary will be based on factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the successful candidates relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and work location.

For information about our comprehensive US benefits programs and eligibility, please review our Benefits-at-a-Glance document.

The #TeamGBT Experience

• Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.