Travel Vocab

Question 1

ARCs role is to?

Answer 1

Collect payment from Travel Agents

Question 2

What does ATB stand for?

Answer 2

Automated ticket and boarding pass

Question 3

Circle trips are?

Answer 3

Journey with stopovers that return to the point of its departure

Question 4

PNR stands for?

Answer 4

Passenger name record

Question 5

What is a cabin?

Answer 5

Compartment of a plane

Question 6

What is a connecting flight?

Answer 6

Passengers change aircraft but not necissarly airlines

Question 7

What do most people refer a connecting flight as?

Answer 7

A second flight

Question 8

What are co-terminals?

Answer 8

Airports that are close enough to be listed together

Question 9

What does CBP Stand for?

Answer 9

Customs and boarder protection

Question 10

What are customs?

Answer 10

CBP checking on imports and exports

Question 11

When foreigns come to the US what do they have to pass?

Answer 11

Customs

Question 12

Why does a direct flight stop at an intermediate point?

Answer 12

It stops to get new passengers

Question 13

How are direct flights and connecting flights different?

Answer 13

Direct flights: Have 1 stop, flight number does not change.

Connecting flight: Passengers get of one airplane and go to another to arrive at their destination

Question 14

Customs and immigration facilities are not in?

Answer 14

Domestic airports

Question 15

What are E tickets?

Answer 15

Ticket less Tickets for an airline flight

Question 16

What is an Interline agreement?

Answer 16

Agreement between two airlines that handles passengers to book multiple segemnets on the same itinerary

Question 17

When a passenger flies interline, what happens to their luggage?

Answer 17

Moves from flight to flight with them

Question 18

What is an Interline connection?

Answer 18

Passengers change bother aircraft and airlines

Question 19

How is Interline connection and Connecting flights different?

Answer 19

Interline connection: Change bother aircraft and airlines

Connecting airlines: Only change aircraft not airlines

Question 20

Traveling In the same country boarders would be called?

Answer 20

Domestic Travel

Question 21

When an Interline agreement is accepted, What happens next?

Answer 21

Accepts tickets and transfers baggage

Question 22

What does IATA stand for?

Answer 22

International air transport association

Question 23

What is inventory control?

Answer 23

Seat inventory, fare increases when the day of travel is near

Question 24

What is a Leg?

Answer 24

Portions between cities

Question 25

Give an example of a leg…

Answer 25

Ex: (1:first leg) LAX-DEN -> (2:second leg) Den-JFK…

Question 26

What is a round trip?

Answer 26

A trip to a place and back to your destination

Ex: lax-nye -> (destination in NYE…) nye->lax

Question 27

Difference between one way trip and round trip…

Answer 27

One way trip: Travel without a return trip

Round trip: A trip to a place and back to your destination

Question 28

A connection is also referred to as a…

Answer 28

Stopover

Question 29

When booking an open jaw ticket, you will purchase this ticket as a…

Answer 29

Roundtrip ticket

Question 30

The term ‘Stop’ Is referred to…

Answer 30

Flight Segment

Question 31

Give an example of a flight segment…

Answer 31

A to city B, city B to city C and city C to city D

Question 32

When working on a connection, its important to check the…

Answer 32

Co-terminals

Question 33

Difference between a passport and a visa?

Answer 33

Visa: Permission to stay in a foreign country
Passport: Certifies our identity