| Airfare Consolidators have been saving
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| | company offering travel products and
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| Travelers hundreds of dollars on airline
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| | services, ticket distribution and
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| tickets for years. The big question for
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| | settlement through a variety of channels
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| most consumers is: "Where do you find
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| | in the United States, Puerto Rico and the
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| these Consolidated Airfares?"
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| | U.S. Virgin Islands.
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| You guessed it, your Travel Agent. More
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| | 2) Or, Is your Agent a member of THE
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| and more travel agencies are developing a
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| | INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES TRAVEL AGENT
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| relationship with Consolidators. It is
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| | NETWORK? IATAN's mission is to promote
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| up to you to locate a trusting Agency
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| | professionalism, administer meaningful
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| that will purchase these tickets for you
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| | and impartial business standards, and to
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| without adding a huge markup. These fares
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| | provide cost-effective products, services
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| are called "unpublished airfares" and not
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| | and educational programs that benefit the
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| all travel agencies provide these types
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| | travel industry
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| of tickets to their clients.
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| | 3) Or, does your Agent have a "TRUE"
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| The Consolidated airfares change from
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| | Identification? TRUE (Travel Retailer
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| minute to minute and are based upon
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| | Universal Enumeration) System's sole
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| demand. It's like an "Airfare Stock
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| | purpose is to help provide sellers of
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| Market"
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| | travel with the assignment of travel
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| Very few companies take the time to up
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| | industry numeric codes that are
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| date the Consolidated Airfares online
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| | recognized by the travel supplier
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| through out the day. It's just too time
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| | community, including cruise lines, tour
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| consuming. So when clients need a
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| | operators, hoteliers, and car rental
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| ticket, the Travel Agency calls the
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| | companies.
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| Consolidators, gets the rate directly
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| | 4) As of the date of this article, if you
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| from the wholesaler (in many cases they
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| | live in California, Florida, Hawaii,
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| are the wholesaler) and relay the
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| | Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
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| information to the Travel Agent. The
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| | Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon,
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| Travel Agent then relays the information
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| | Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia or
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| to the consumer. Any delay in the
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| | Washington, your Agent would need to be
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| purchase results in a lost of the airfare
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| | registered with the State's Attorney
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| at the quoted price. This process can
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| | General's office as a Seller of Travel.
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| take a half a day to complete. Most
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| | 5) And/Or is a member of OSSN, (Outside
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| consumers want their Tickets NOW. When
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| | Sales Support Network) The International
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| dealing with Consolidated Airfares,
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| | Association for Independent contractors
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| patients is a virtue.
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| | and Home Based Travel Agents
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| Of course you want to locate a Travel
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| | The highest standards in the Industry for
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| Agent that you can trust. The
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| | consolidators are set by the United
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| credentials that you would look for when
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| | States Air Consolidators Association.
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| searching for a reputable Travel Agent
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| | (USACA) However, many of the
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| are:
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| | Consolidators only sale to Certified
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| 1) Does the Agent have an ARC Number? ARC
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| | Travel Agents with any of the
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| stands for the Airlines Reporting
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| | qualifications listed above.
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| Corporation - This is an airline-owned
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