Flight Reservations Specialist:
An award-winning travel company is recruiting for a Flight Reservations Specialist to join their team. The Flight Reservations Specialist will be responsible for administering new bookings through varied systems including Galileo, whilst supporting the product support team and building relationships with airlines. This is a varied role that will work closely with other departments to improve performance including sales and also maximize any opportunities through the selection of fares. This role can be fully remote dependent on experience and offers a basic salary up to £27k and will be working on a small shift pattern. This role would be suitable for someone who is either a ticketing consultant, a reservations agent, or a travel agent looking to move into a more specialist role in travel.
Flight Reservations Specialist Responsibilities:
1. Managing fare and ticketing queues.
2. Offering the best options to the sales agents on flights and fares advising of the best products.
3. Checking fares on a regular basis to save and generate extra revenue.
4. Offering help to the sales team in using offline systems.
5. Maintaining professionalism and credibility with airline contacts.
6. Reviewing reports looking at trends and areas for improvement and reporting this to the Head of Operations.
7. Completing work to a high standard to strict timescales.
Flight Reservations Specialist Skills Required:
1. Ideally some knowledge of a GDS, ideally Galileo, but will consider Amadeus or Sabre; training will be provided.
2. Experience working in travel with a good knowledge of putting together long-haul travel itineraries.
3. The ability to find alternative carrier/route options.
4. The ability to work under pressure and prioritize a workload.
5. Knowledge of routes and fares and confidence in looking at alternative routes and fares.
6. Excellent attention to detail with excellent communication skills.
If you would like to apply for the role of Flight Reservations Specialist, please apply to rachel@candm.co.uk or call Rachel at 01612384491. #J-18808-Ljbffr