Sabre Cars

Last updated

Thursday, April 09, 2009

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• 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

Agenda

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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

Del/Col

Prod

Ace AC IAC S A 2

Advantage AD OAD S A 2

Alamo AL QAA S A 2

Americar AF AFC S A 2

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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• Single Vendor Location List

• Point of Reference Location List

• GeoShop

Non-Airport Functionality

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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 luxurySUVs

– 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