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Sabre Cars
Last updated
Thursday, April 09, 2009

Agenda
• Overview
• Sabre Car Associates and Connectivity
• Sabre Car Functionality
– Car Shop
– Car Quote
– Car Rule
– Car Sell
– Non-Airport Functionality
• Single Vendor List
• Point of Reference List
• GeoShop
– Car Policy
– eVoucher
• Value Proposition
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Overview
• Sabre Cars --
• Provides Direct Connect Connectivity
– To over 30,000 car rental locations
– To 2,000,000 cars worldwide
• Provides the ability to
– Shop for available rates
– Compare vehicle types and total pricing
– Check addresses and policies
– Book the car and receive an immediate confirmation
• Pioneered Direct Connect Availability and Total Pricing
for cars which have both now become the industry
standard
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Sabre Car Associates and Connectivity
Car Company
2 ltr
code
3 ltr
code MAN DCS DCA TP
Ace AC IAC S A 2
Advantage AD OAD S A 2
Alamo AL QAA S A 2
Americar AF AFC S A 2
Del/Col
Prod
Avis ZI QZI S A 2 Y
Budget ZD XZD S A 2
Capps Vans CV CVZ S A 2
Discount DS JDS S A 2
Dollar ZR QZR S A 2
Enterprise ET QET S A 2 Y
Europcar EP XEP S A 2 Y
Exoticar Express EE EEQ M
EZ Car Rent EZ EZR S A 2
Fox Rent a Car FX EFX S A 2
Hertz ZE QZE S A 2
Holiday Autos HA WHC S A 2
Independent IA WIA S A 2
ITS SL JTS M Y
L&M Car Rental LM RLM S A 2
Localiza Rent a car LL LLO M
National ZL QZL S A 2
New Frontier NF NFC S A 2
Payless ZA WZA S A 2
Practical ZP PZP S A 2
Rent Rite RR WRR S A 2
Sixt Rent a Car SX ISX S A 1
Thrifty ZT QZT S A 2
Unidas UN UNZ M
Usave Auto Rental SV USV S A 2
Total 29 4 25 25 25 4
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Sabre Car Functionality
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Car Shop Provides
• Car rates and total pricing for multiple car vendors at a single location
• Defaults display to TJR’s native currency
• The least expensive option or up to 10 car types can be specified
• Car vendors to be specifically included or excluded from the display
• One way rental pricing and negotiated rates are available
• Rate plan indicators to show whether rates are daily, week end, weekly, or
monthly
• Rate play type indicators to show whether rates are negotiated corporate,
prepaid, or inclusive
• Shortcut to vendor Policy and Rule
• Reference sell capability
• Can be invoked by shortcut when air segments are present
• Optionally, Rate Code (/RC-) Promotion Code (/PC-), CD Number (CD-) and
ID Number (/ID-) may be entered to further qualify the shop request
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Car Shop Screen Example
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Car Quote
• Provides car rates and total pricing for multiple cars and
products for a single car vendor
• Display shows DCA vendor’s time calculation for the request
• Defaults display to TJR’s native currency
• One way rental pricing and negotiated rates are available
• Rate plan indicators show whether rates are daily, week end,
weekly, or monthly
• Rate play type indicators show whether rates are negotiated
corporate, prepaid, or inclusive
• Short cut to vendor Policy and Rule
• Reference sell capability
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Car Quote Screen Example
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Car Rule entries
• Provides rate calculation details
• Includes tax and surcharge details
• Includes any applicable discounts from car vendor
• Time calculation from car vendor
• Indicate inclusive details if applicable
• Show Guarantee/Deposit requirements if applicable
• Note Miscellaneous requirements
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Car Rule Screen Example
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Car Sell
• Reference Sell from Car Shop or Car Quote
• Long Sell
• Long Sell from flight segments
• Direct Connect response from car vendor includes:
– Rate confirmed
– Approximate Price for request
– Confirmation number
– Instructional/informative text
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Non-Airport Functionality
• Single Vendor Location List
• Point of Reference Location List
• GeoShop
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Single Vendor Location List
• Response includes all locations for vendor coded to the input
airport code, such as LAX
• Address information displayed
• Short cut to a displayed location’s policy is available
• Short cut to display a Car Quote for a displayed location is
available
• Short cut to sell a displayed location is available
• Most useful searching in countries where geo codes are not
yet available.
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Single Vendor List Screen Example
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Point of Reference Location List
• Displays car rental locations in distance order from a point of
reference
• Countries currently supported include US, Canada, GB, France,
Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, Italy,
Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, and Sweden
• Display can include/exclude specific vendors
• Points of reference include
– Airport OAG code
– City
– Postal or ZIP Code
– Rail Station Name or Wildcard
– Point of Interest
– Address
– Hotel Reference
• PNR Segment Number
• Sabre Property Number
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Point of Reference Location List Screen
Example
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GeoShop
• Combines search from a point of reference and shop for rates
and availability into one transaction
• Default display is sorted by distance from the point of
reference
• Display sorted by approximate price is also available
• Available rate, approximate price, distance/direction, and
address details are displayed
• The closest open location for each car company is shopped
and displayed
• Option to shop up to five locations per vendor
• Reference Sell by line number
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GeoShop Screen Example
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Car Policy
• Location Information—address, phone, hours of operation, and
airport shuttle if applicable
• Vehicle Types Offered—example passenger/luggage, makes
and models
• Requirements and Restrictions—license, driving record,
additional drivers, age, age surcharge if applicable, methods of
payment, one way and geographic restrictions, fuel, and taxes,
fees, and surcharges
• Delivery and Pickup Services
• Insurance and Waivers
• Special Services and Equipment
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Sabre Cars eVoucher
• Launched in May 2008
• Enables Sabre subscribers worldwide to:
– issue electronic car vouchers for participating vendors
– modify car reservations and re-issue car vouchers for
participating vendors
• Agency must have an agreement with the car vendor to issue
car vouchers
– Sabre does not vouch for the creditworthiness of the subscriber
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Product Availability
• Participating vendors
– Hertz: Implemented.
– Sixt: Implemented
– Europcar: Implemented
– Avis Europe: Implemented
– Alamo/National (Citer in France): Implemented
• Participating markets
– Global availability to all agencies
– Dependent upon each vendor
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Example:
eVoucher details entered at time of booking
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Example
eVoucher details entered with car modify entry
test
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Value Proposition
Sabre Cars
• Offers access to virtually all car content worldwide
• Gives you all the information you need to know about a
particular car vendor’s location
• Direct Connect and Total Pricing makes it easy to compare the
actual cost of car offerings and includes a record of the
approximate price in the car segment
• Provides airport or non-airport locations
• Makes shopping and booking fast and easy increasing agency
revenue and productivity
• One-stop shop and book helps you better serve clients and
increases customer loyalty
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Benefits
• Sabre Cars product offers a fast, easy and efficient means to request
rates and availability, quote rules and policies and confirm car rentals
worldwide
• Agency Benefits
– Powerful
– Flexible
– Efficient
– Easy to use
– Hundreds of car types ranging from inexpensive economy cars to luxury
SUVs
– Securely book corporate rates
– Cross car rental company shopping by car type
– Ability to quickly include car bookings to complete the itinerary
– Agency receives credit for every automated car booking that results in an
actual rental
– Benefits agencies of all business types
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