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<strong>Sabre</strong> Cars<br />
Last updated<br />
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Agenda<br />
• Overview<br />
• <strong>Sabre</strong> Car Associates and Connectivity<br />
• <strong>Sabre</strong> Car Functionality<br />
– Car Shop<br />
– Car Quote<br />
– Car Rule<br />
– Car Sell<br />
– Non-Airport Functionality<br />
• Single Vendor List<br />
• Point of Reference List<br />
• GeoShop<br />
– Car Policy<br />
– eVoucher<br />
• Value Proposition<br />
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Overview<br />
• <strong>Sabre</strong> Cars --<br />
• Provides Direct Connect Connectivity<br />
– To over 30,000 car rental locations<br />
– To 2,000,000 cars worldwide<br />
• Provides the ability to<br />
– Shop for available rates<br />
– Compare vehicle types and total pricing<br />
– Check addresses and policies<br />
– Book the car and receive an immediate confirmation<br />
• Pioneered Direct Connect Availability and Total Pricing<br />
for cars which have both now become the industry<br />
standard<br />
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<strong>Sabre</strong> Car Associates and Connectivity<br />
Car Company<br />
2 ltr<br />
code<br />
3 ltr<br />
code MAN DCS DCA TP<br />
Ace AC IAC S A 2<br />
Advantage AD OAD S A 2<br />
Alamo AL QAA S A 2<br />
Americar AF AFC S A 2<br />
Del/Col<br />
Prod<br />
Avis ZI QZI S A 2 Y<br />
Budget ZD XZD S A 2<br />
Capps Vans CV CVZ S A 2<br />
Discount DS JDS S A 2<br />
Dollar ZR QZR S A 2<br />
Enterprise ET QET S A 2 Y<br />
Europcar EP XEP S A 2 Y<br />
Exoticar Express EE EEQ M<br />
EZ Car Rent EZ EZR S A 2<br />
Fox Rent a Car FX EFX S A 2<br />
Hertz ZE QZE S A 2<br />
Holiday Autos HA WHC S A 2<br />
Independent IA WIA S A 2<br />
ITS SL JTS M Y<br />
L&M Car Rental LM RLM S A 2<br />
Localiza Rent a car LL LLO M<br />
National ZL QZL S A 2<br />
New Frontier NF NFC S A 2<br />
Payless ZA WZA S A 2<br />
Practical ZP PZP S A 2<br />
Rent Rite RR WRR S A 2<br />
Sixt Rent a Car SX ISX S A 1<br />
Thrifty ZT QZT S A 2<br />
Unidas UN UNZ M<br />
Usave Auto Rental SV USV S A 2<br />
Total 29 4 25 25 25 4<br />
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<strong>Sabre</strong> Car Functionality<br />
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Car Shop Provides<br />
• Car rates and total pricing for multiple car vendors at a single location<br />
• Defaults display to TJR’s native currency<br />
• The least expensive option or up to 10 car types can be specified<br />
• Car vendors to be specifically included or excluded from the display<br />
• One way rental pricing and negotiated rates are available<br />
• Rate plan indicators to show whether rates are daily, week end, weekly, or<br />
monthly<br />
• Rate play type indicators to show whether rates are negotiated corporate,<br />
prepaid, or inclusive<br />
• Shortcut to vendor Policy and Rule<br />
• Reference sell capability<br />
• Can be invoked by shortcut when air segments are present<br />
• Optionally, Rate Code (/RC-) Promotion Code (/PC-), CD Number (CD-) and<br />
ID Number (/ID-) may be entered to further qualify the shop request<br />
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Car Shop Screen Example<br />
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Car Quote<br />
• Provides car rates and total pricing for multiple cars and<br />
products for a single car vendor<br />
• Display shows DCA vendor’s time calculation for the request<br />
• Defaults display to TJR’s native currency<br />
• One way rental pricing and negotiated rates are available<br />
• Rate plan indicators show whether rates are daily, week end,<br />
weekly, or monthly<br />
• Rate play type indicators show whether rates are negotiated<br />
corporate, prepaid, or inclusive<br />
• Short cut to vendor Policy and Rule<br />
• Reference sell capability<br />
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Car Quote Screen Example<br />
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Car Rule entries<br />
• Provides rate calculation details<br />
• Includes tax and surcharge details<br />
• Includes any applicable discounts from car vendor<br />
• Time calculation from car vendor<br />
• Indicate inclusive details if applicable<br />
• Show Guarantee/Deposit requirements if applicable<br />
• Note Miscellaneous requirements<br />
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Car Rule Screen Example<br />
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Car Sell<br />
• Reference Sell from Car Shop or Car Quote<br />
• Long Sell<br />
• Long Sell from flight segments<br />
• Direct Connect response from car vendor includes:<br />
– Rate confirmed<br />
– Approximate Price for request<br />
– Confirmation number<br />
– Instructional/informative text<br />
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Non-Airport Functionality<br />
• Single Vendor Location List<br />
• Point of Reference Location List<br />
• GeoShop<br />
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Single Vendor Location List<br />
• Response includes all locations for vendor coded to the input<br />
airport code, such as LAX<br />
• Address information displayed<br />
• Short cut to a displayed location’s policy is available<br />
• Short cut to display a Car Quote for a displayed location is<br />
available<br />
• Short cut to sell a displayed location is available<br />
• Most useful searching in countries where geo codes are not<br />
yet available.<br />
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Single Vendor List Screen Example<br />
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Point of Reference Location List<br />
• Displays car rental locations in distance order from a point of<br />
reference<br />
• Countries currently supported include US, Canada, GB, France,<br />
Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, Italy,<br />
Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, and Sweden<br />
• Display can include/exclude specific vendors<br />
• Points of reference include<br />
– Airport OAG code<br />
– City<br />
– Postal or ZIP Code<br />
– Rail Station Name or Wildcard<br />
– Point of Interest<br />
– Address<br />
– Hotel Reference<br />
• PNR Segment Number<br />
• <strong>Sabre</strong> Property Number<br />
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Point of Reference Location List Screen<br />
Example<br />
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GeoShop<br />
• Combines search from a point of reference and shop for rates<br />
and availability into one transaction<br />
• Default display is sorted by distance from the point of<br />
reference<br />
• Display sorted by approximate price is also available<br />
• Available rate, approximate price, distance/direction, and<br />
address details are displayed<br />
• The closest open location for each car company is shopped<br />
and displayed<br />
• Option to shop up to five locations per vendor<br />
• Reference Sell by line number<br />
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GeoShop Screen Example<br />
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Car Policy<br />
• Location Information—address, phone, hours of operation, and<br />
airport shuttle if applicable<br />
• Vehicle Types Offered—example passenger/luggage, makes<br />
and models<br />
• Requirements and Restrictions—license, driving record,<br />
additional drivers, age, age surcharge if applicable, methods of<br />
payment, one way and geographic restrictions, fuel, and taxes,<br />
fees, and surcharges<br />
• Delivery and Pickup Services<br />
• Insurance and Waivers<br />
• Special Services and Equipment<br />
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<strong>Sabre</strong> Cars eVoucher<br />
• Launched in May 2008<br />
• Enables <strong>Sabre</strong> subscribers worldwide to:<br />
– issue electronic car vouchers for participating vendors<br />
– modify car reservations and re-issue car vouchers for<br />
participating vendors<br />
• Agency must have an agreement with the car vendor to issue<br />
car vouchers<br />
– <strong>Sabre</strong> does not vouch for the creditworthiness of the subscriber<br />
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Product Availability<br />
• Participating vendors<br />
– Hertz: Implemented.<br />
– Sixt: Implemented<br />
– Europcar: Implemented<br />
– Avis Europe: Implemented<br />
– Alamo/National (Citer in France): Implemented<br />
• Participating markets<br />
– Global availability to all agencies<br />
– Dependent upon each vendor<br />
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Example:<br />
eVoucher details entered at time of booking<br />
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Example<br />
eVoucher details entered with car modify entry<br />
test<br />
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Value Proposition<br />
<strong>Sabre</strong> Cars<br />
• Offers access to virtually all car content worldwide<br />
• Gives you all the information you need to know about a<br />
particular car vendor’s location<br />
• Direct Connect and Total Pricing makes it easy to compare the<br />
actual cost of car offerings and includes a record of the<br />
approximate price in the car segment<br />
• Provides airport or non-airport locations<br />
• Makes shopping and booking fast and easy increasing agency<br />
revenue and productivity<br />
• One-stop shop and book helps you better serve clients and<br />
increases customer loyalty<br />
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Benefits<br />
• <strong>Sabre</strong> Cars product offers a fast, easy and efficient means to request<br />
rates and availability, quote rules and policies and confirm car rentals<br />
worldwide<br />
• Agency Benefits<br />
– Powerful<br />
– Flexible<br />
– Efficient<br />
– Easy to use<br />
– Hundreds of car types ranging from inexpensive economy cars to luxury<br />
SUVs<br />
– Securely book corporate rates<br />
– Cross car rental company shopping by car type<br />
– Ability to quickly include car bookings to complete the itinerary<br />
– Agency receives credit for every automated car booking that results in an<br />
actual rental<br />
– Benefits agencies of all business types<br />
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