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Simple Search

There are two methods of searching flights: simple search and search by time-table. Search by time-table is the part of extended functionality. For more information on the topic, please see +??? Extended Search & Book capabilities . In this section we will dwell on simple search procedure.

To search for flights,

  1. On the Home page, in the Search form, click Flights:

  2. The flights search form appears:

  3. Specify the flight type:

    1. Roundtrip

    2. Oneway

    3. Multicity

Search for roundtrip flights

  1. For the roundtrip flights, specify the following basic search options:

    1. From: specify the departure location of the flight.
      You can both type the location manually or click Select from the list in order to select the required country, city and airport from the respective drop-downs. To return to the manual entering, click Add manually.

    2. To: specify the arrival location.
      You can both type the location manually or click Select from the list in order to select the required country,city and airport from the respective drop-downs. To return to the manual entering, click Add manually.

    3. Departure: specify the departure date and the preferred time of departure.
      To specify the date you can click 🗓 and click the required date in the calender or locate mouse pointer into the Date box and enter the date manually.

    4. Return: specify the return date and the preferred time of arrival.
      To specify the date you can click 🗓 and click the required date in the calender or locate mouse pointer into the Date box and enter the date manually.

    5. Tourists: specify the number of tourists and state the number of adult and child tourists in the reservation request.
      For every child, you should also specify their age in the special drop-down that appears to the right of the Children drop-down:

      Note for Maria

  2. Click Save to initiate search process.
    Alternatively, if you want to get more precise results, click Additional search options to expand the additional search parameters. The additional search options include:

    1. Sorting criterion: you can sort flights by price or by schedule. Click the required option.

    2. Class: with the class selection you can leave out unsuitable offers and choose to display only offers of certain classes (e.g. only economy class).

    3. Airline: select the preferred airline.

    4. Fare type: with the fare type you can leave out non-refundable offers.

    5. Flight type: with the flight type, you can select to display only charter flights or scheduled flights.

    6. Reservation system: select the reservation system of your choice.

    7. Supplier price: in case your permissions as a system user allow you to see the supplier price, click the check box in order to see not only client price, but a supplier price as well.

  3. Click Search to initiate search process.

Search for oneway flights
The procedure of searching for oneway flights coincides with that of the roundtrip, except that you do not have to specify the return date. Please, see Search for roundtrip flights for information about filling the search form.

Search for multi-city flights
With the multi-city flights, you can create a combined flight with the combination of several destinations.

To search for a multi-city flight,

  1. On the search form, click Multi-city. The search form appears:

  2. Set the required number of flights:

    1. To add another flight, click Add more flights.

    2. To remove a flight, click ❌ .

  3. For every flight, specify the following information:

    1. From: specify the flight departure point.

    2. To: specify the flight arrival point.

    3. Departure: specify the departure date.

    4. Departure take-off: specify the time of the day that seems most convenient.

  4. Repeat the procedure for every flight in the combination.

  5. Specify the number of passengers.
    For every child in the reservation, specify their age.

  6. On this stage you can either click Search to initiate search process or if you want to get more precise results, click Additional search options. The search form expands. For more information on filling in additional search parameters, please see Search for roundtrip flights.

Search by schedule by booking class
There is a possibility to search flight by schedule by booking class. Such enchantment is available only for Sabre supplier. It is permitted to choose one booking class within one root.

  1. Find Search by schedule oprion in additional search options on search form.

  2. See various booking classes on the search results.

Filtering Search Results

After you click Search, the page with the search results appears. Sometimes the number of found offers can be sufficient. In such cases filtering search results may be quite useful.

To filter search results, refer to the panel to the left of the search results page:

  1. In the form, specify the suitable filtering criteria, which include:

    1. Price: move the pointers along the bar to restrict the acceptable price range. Alternatively, locate mouse pointer into the box and type the specify the price range manually.

    2. Reservation system: in case you did not specify the reservation system in the advanced search options, you can filter the search results by the reservation system and leave off the unnecessary offers.

    3. Flight duration: move the pointers along the slider to define the acceptable flight duration.

    4. Stopovers: select the acceptable number of stopovers or select to display only direct flights.

    5. Fare type: with the fare type option you can choose to display only refundable offers.

    6. Baggage: in the baggage group, specify whether to display only offers with baggage price included into the final price or all the offers.

    7. Airline: select the preferred airlines.

    8. Flight number: in case you search for a particular flight, locate mouse pointer into the bar and enter the flight number.

    9. Class: specify the preferred flight class.

    10. Booking class: specify the preferred booking class.

    11. Branded fare type: select the preferred service offerings arranged by the fare class.

    12. Airports: specify the preferred airports both for the departure and arrival flights. In case you want to return to the same airport, select the Depart/return same airport check box.

    13. Transfer airports: in case you allow stopovers, select preferred transfer airports.

    14. Departure/arrival time: move the pointers along the bar to set the preferred departure and arrival time.

  2. The results are automatically updated according to the specified sorting criteria.

Search Results

Charter search results are arranged in the form of the following table. The order of arrangement depends on the option selected in the search form (by price or by schedule):

In general, to proceed with the booking, scroll though the offers, choose the required one and click Book. You will proceed to the booking step.

To view the best prices for the nearest dates, click the bar of the same name above the search results:

The table with the actual prices for the closest dates appears:

To select an offer, click the price. The table of search results is re-arranges displaying the selected offer at the top of the table.

Saving offers

There are two methods of saving: saving offers to PDF and saving offers to basket.

To save the charter offers to PDF,

  1. In case you need to select only some of the offers, select the required ones:

  2. Alternatively, click the check box to select all the offers:

  3. Click Save to PDF. The list of selected offers will be downloaded to your computer as a PDF-file.

In case you have selected an offer and want to consider it later, you can save the offer to a basket.

To save an offer to a basket,

  1. Opposite the required offer, click Basket. Add offer to basket window appears:

  2. In the add offer to basket window, select the required basket and click Close.
    To add a new basket, click add to a new basket, enter the name of the basket and click Save.

  3. All the created baskets are displayed on the Home page. To view the saved offers, click the required basket:

  4. Inside the basket, the saved offers are displayed:

    1. To remove an offer from the basket, click ❌ .

    2. To proceed to booking an offer, select the required one, and click Save to reservation.

    3. To return to search results, click the Main window tab.

    4. To delete a basket, click the cross button on the tab you want to delete❌ .

Viewing the details

Flight details
To view the detailed information about a flight, click View details below the offer description:

The window with the detailed flight description appears:

Baggage information
To view the information on the baggage, below the offer details, click Baggage allowances:

The Baggage allowance window appears:

The amount of free baggage is indicated per person in the respective table column.

Viewing client price breakdown
To view the breakdown of the client price, click ℹ in the Client price column:

The Detailed price window appears:

Viewing cancellation terms
To view the cancellation terms of an offer, click Fare conditions in the Client price column:

The Cancellation terms and conditions window appears:

Booking flights

The next two steps of booking flights are:

  • filling passenger information;

  • confirming reservation.

Filling passenger information

  1. On the Passengers tab, fill in the information about passengers:

    1. Full name: enter First and Last name of a passenger, the Middle name is optional.

    2. Date of birth: specify the date of birth.
      Either click 🗓 and click the date in the calendar or locate mouse pointer into the box and type the date manually.

    3. Nationality: select the passenger's citizenship.

    4. Passport data: type the passport number and its expiry date.

    5. Contacts: enter a phone number and an e-mail.

    6. Frequent flier card: in case a passenger posseses a frequent flier card, select its type and enter the number.

  2. As soon as all the necessary information is specified, click Continue.

Confirming reservation

  1. On the Confirmation tab, select the payment method:

  2. Select the I have read and accept fare conditions, tour operator conditions check box.

  3. Click Book.

Voucher

The final step of booking a charter is getting E-Ticket.
After you click Book the supplier's message appears. It may contain information on the flight, visa requirements or other messages from the supplier. Click Continue in order to proceed managing the reservation and issuing an e-ticket.

To finish the reservation process, you need to have an e-ticket.
To receive an e-ticket,

  1. Click E-ticket:

  2. The Get document window appears:

  3. In the window, select either to download an e-ticket as a PDF-file or to send to an e-mail and click OK. As soon as you conduct all the checks and receive an e-ticket, set the reservation status to complete.

For detailed information on managing reservation, please see Reservations .

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