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Airfares consultant

C&M Travel Recruitment
Posted 18 hours ago, valid for 10 days
Location

Chester, Cheshire CH36DD, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position available is for a Flights Travel Consultant, which can be done from home or at the office in Chester.
  • Candidates should have a background in flight reservations or a tour operator, with at least 2-3 years of experience in a relevant role.
  • The role requires excellent fares knowledge and experience with major GDS systems such as Amadeus, Galileo, or Sabre.
  • The salary for this position ranges from £25,000 to £27,000 per year, with potential earnings of around £7,000+ in commission based on performance.
  • Benefits include a pension contribution, private healthcare, and staff concessions, with working hours from Monday to Friday and one Saturday shift every four weeks.

Flights Travel consultant - HomeworkingWe 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
  • Issuing schedule Airline tickets 

Other info: 

  • In return you will expect to earn a salary of £25-27k 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 apply below or call Kelly on quoting ref : 59289

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