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I have worked in a wholesale travel agency in downtown few yrs ago. I used to sell air tkt to travel agency... very low pay.. (around CAD$11/hr) .. umm..it's kind of interesting when u try to find different routing to multi destinations.. interesting job..but not a good pay job..

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The company I used to work is a western company, so they do have health and dental (good one, too) benefit.. and if OT we will get extra pay… but we rarely OT la.. u also got some special air fare and discount hotels.. (one time, we can get discount rate @ CAD$800 for a Round trip to Germany with Luthansas Business Class)
they have 3 weeks pay training.. train u how to read airline contracts.. how to calculate fares from paper.. other than electronics.. teach u more on the Sabre... (many many useful commands) I am pretty sure their training is better than other chinese companies..but just their pay is very low..(CAD$10 to CAD$11) but if u want to learn more.. that is the place where u can go.. after a yr in my company..most ppl will move on to another call center (also in downtown)..starting wage is CAD$2600 + commission..coz $$ more ar mah..  that company is helping bank/ rewards center purchase tkt...they always looking for experience staffs from my old company (so that they dun need to train new hires)..but many many pressure in that company.. the supervisor will count you how many times u go to wc (my previous co-worker went there)..and u have to meet their sales target....

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原帖由 siuyudim 於 15-12-2008 21:19 發表
i just applied to flight centre and i have a phone interview tomorrow morning. i'm kind of nervous because i think the job will be quite interesting. at least lots of things for me to learn. do you gu ...

Some of my old co-worker went to flight center too.. if i remember correctly.. probably around 3 yrs ago.. their starting wage was CAD$12/hr + commission. Their entry requirement is 1 yr experience in travel industry. In there, to tell u honestly, u got not much stuff to learn,,the reason why is..they will only call consolidator (wholesaler) for rate and routing.. flight center like to call my ex-company (Holiday House/Sunquest). Those flight centre agent will just call us and tell us they want to go to this place and that place..give us ur best rate and best routing.and then I found it for them...email them itin & fare quotes.. then they will present it to customer.. some of those flight center agents sucks.. they have no knowledge at all..

They are top rated company..probably becoz they really pay out commission.. flight center slogan is "unbeatable" on their price.. but to tell u the truth..their fares are very high..they are not cheap.. they have huge mark up..

So when u go to interview.. probably what they need is customer service..problem solving..wide knowledge of Sabre commands...familiar with airport codes and airline routing... and some previous working experience..i dun think it is hard to get into flight centre~ but i suggest u to think deeply if u want to go to this industry..this industry is not a high pay job...that's y i quit..i love this industry..but i love money more

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you can assume avg monthly salary is CAD$1600 la.. commission is relatively SMALL. (dun expect too much)
For me.. i work anything that can earn more $$..so i can't really give u any good future reference.. now i do shipping and sales.. those boring office works.. but good pay....(but I did learn a lot of import/export, tariffs, logistics stuff while working as shipping..) so it's kinda like gaining extra experience..
If money is not a big concern for u..and u want to do sth that u really like.. then go for it.. but selling tkt do have pressure.. u really need to know what u are doing..or else u will easily misquote to ur clients...but dun worries la..practices make perfect mah~