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Booking anatomy

Modified October 5, 2017 | Created April 24, 2017 | Jeff Valair

Filed under Module 1: Bookings

The anatomy of a booking form details a single one-way booking including the passenger(s), luggage and full billing.

General

The critical customer information and their departure information.

  • Overview

  • Name


    Name of the owner of the booking.

  • Booked by


    Optional.  The 3rd party who made and can make changes to this booking.

  • Agent


    Optional.  Travel agent or account manager who manages this booking and is commissioned, if applicable.

  • Reference


    Optional.  An external reference field for tracking with 3rd parties.

  • Flags


    Optional.  Flags, if available, will display above customer information.

  • Jump


    This allows you to quickly open another booking for this customer.

General | Schedule

  • Overview

  • Schedule


    Schedule information with departure date and time, departure and arrival location for reference.

  • Checked


    Toggled flag for checked in.

  • Change


    Change the schedule of the booking.
    » Find Availability

  • Board / Boarded


    Toggle checkbox for boarding at the gate.
    If there is no gate, you wish to mark the booking boarded at check in.

  • Class and Weight


    In a passenger booking scenario, this is number of seats, the class and the passenger weight.
    In a shipping scenario, this is the number of pieces, the class and the freight weight.
    The icon button can be clicked to set the default booking options for the selected customer.

  • Tier


    » Core Concepts: Tiers

  • Chart


    Shortcut with the current breakdown of the tier.

  • Pricing


    The pricing group assigned to this booking.

  • Billing Lock / Unlock


    This billing lock allows for name, group and schedule changes without affecting the billing to the customer.
    This can be effective when a special price is given to a customer.

  • Fare


    » Core Concepts: Fares

  • Reset Billing


    Refresh the billing based on the latest pricing and fare.

  • Status

  • Transportation


    Optional.  The pickup and dropoff methods or locations.

  • Alert


    Optional.  A highlighted private note for internal employees which is displayed on the manifest.

  • Priority

    Optional. Set the priority of the booking to high, normal or low.

General | Passengers

  • Overview


    [Delete] will remove a passenger from the group
    [Space] will toggle the checked flag for a passenger

  • Enable Group Booking


    This checkbox toggles the group booking functions.

  • Split Booking

    Allows passengers in a group booking to be split off into their own booking.

  • Synchronize Billing

    Resets the billing for the booking based on the passenger list.

  • Add


    Add a passenger to the group booking.

General | Passengers | Details

  • Overview

  • First and Last name

  • Linked to Address Book

    When a customer is linked to the Address Book, their gender, seats and weight is automatically entered.
    The booking can also been looked up from this customer’s profile in the Address Book.

  • Gender


    Selecting the Gender (aka passenger type) will automatically set the seat, weight and fare type.

  • # of Seats

  • Weight

  • Fare

  • Alert

  • Checked


    Is used to denote when a passenger in a group booking has checked in.
    This can be useful when tracking passengers who arrive separately.

  • Enabled


    An alternative to deleting a passenger from the booking, a passenger can be removed from the booking while the details are still kept on file.

General | Luggage

All the luggage can be combined into a single entry for number of bags with combined weight.

Alternatively, you can enter each bag separately, which allows for individual movement of each piece of luggage.

  • Overview


    [Delete] to remove luggage from the list.

  • Bags


    # of bags.

  • Weight


    Weight of the luggage.

  • Ticket


    Optional.  A custom ticket reference for the luggage.

  • Add


    Add the luggage to this booking.

General | Luggage | Details

  • Overview

  • Class

    # of bags.


    The class of the luggage.
    The class will generally be set automatically.


    Weight of the luggage.

  • Tier


    The tier of the luggage.
    The tier will generally be set automatically.

  • Status


    The status of the luggage.
    The status is managed by your administrator and usually includes a checked, cancelled and waiting list.
    The status determines if the bag will be part of the calculated manifest.

  • Ticket


    Optional.  A custom ticket reference for the luggage.

  • Routing / Transfer Luggage


    This allows a bag(s) to be moved to another schedule.
    This is useful when there are space limitations and luggage is needing to be shipped at another time.

General | Notes

Notes can be applied to a customer’s profile and to individual bookings.

The notes field can include long comments, email transcripts related to the booking.

  • Overview

  • Note


    Free-form notes field entry.

  • Add


    Add the free-from notes field.
    If the note field is blank, a window will open with additional options.

General | History

The history includes information on changes to the booking as well as a billing history.

  • Booking History

  • Billing History

Shipping

  • Overview

  • Enable Shipping


    Mark this booking as a shipment, opens up the shipping fields for entry.

  • Shipper


    The shipper of the package.
    Generally this will be the owner of the booking.

  • Dropoff by


    Optional.  The name or ID of the person who dropped off the package.  This can be a 3rd party delivery service.

  • Tracking (Shipper)


    Optional.  The method and internal tracking or reference number of the shipper.

  • Date/Time


    The date and time the package was dropped off.

  • Dangerous


    Optional.  Mark whether the package is dangerous goods.

  • Receiver


    The customer who the package will be delivered.
    This defaults to the shipping customer, sending a package inter-company.

  • Pickup by


    Optional.  The name or ID of the person who dropped off the package.

  • Tracking (Receiver)


    Optional.  The method and internal tracking or reference number of the receiver.  This can be a 3rd party delivery service.

  • Received


    The date and time the package was picked up.

  • Dimensional


    Optional.  Dimensional weight calculation.
    This can be use for calculating weight by volume for billing purposes.

  • Ready for Pickup or Delivery


    Mark the package as ready for pickup.
    This allows for packages to be internally tracked when they arrive at their final destination.

Billing

  • Overview

  • Invoice #

  • Billing Area


    All the sales, fees, taxes, payment and outstanding amounts are listed here.

  • Sales


    Sales items are comprised of inventory items.

  • Fees


    Fees are generally name, schedule changes and cancellation fees.
    These fees are fixed, so when a booking is changes and the billing is reset, these fees are not affected.
    Additional fees can be manually added if desired.

  • Taxes


    Taxes are automatically calculated based on the sales items.

  • Payments


    Multiple forms of payments can be added to an invoice.

  • Outstanding / Refund Balance

  • Fares


    Fares will automatically generate sales items based on the individual pricing and fare types in the booking.

  • Add

      

    Manually add sales items to the invoice.
    Clicking the drop-down arrow on the right side will bring up additional options.

  • Edit


    Change the pricing, tax details or commission of the selected sales item.

  • Remove


    Remove the selected sales, fee or pending payment.

  • Payment

      

    Enter a form of payment for the invoice.
    Clicking the drop-down arrow on the right side will bring up additional options.

  • Reverse


    Reverses the currently selected sales, fee or payment.

  • Refund


    Reverse the entire invoice and prompt to refund the form of payment.

  • Lock / Locked


    Lock an invoice from any changes to the billing, both manual and automatic changes when changing routes.

  • Mark Closed / Completed


    Mark an invoice is completed.
    This is when a booking has is complete and is ready to send to accounting.

» Create a booking

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