This document discusses flight itinerary planning and basic rules to follow. It explains that flight itinerary planning involves knowing the point of origin and destination and outlines some examples. It describes three basic rules to follow: 1) Avoid crisscrossing or going back and forth unnecessarily, 2) Avoid backtracking, and 3) Minimize using varied airlines. Crisscrossing and backtracking flights are illustrated with examples and how a travel management company could plan better itineraries without them. The importance of direct flights over multiple connections is also highlighted.

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TLE GRADE 10
TRAVEL MANAGEMENT CYCLE
A. COUNTER COUNSELING
1. FLIGHT ITINERARY PLANNING
2. CRISSCROSSING
3. Backtracking
MRS. CATRINA SANTOS

2. COUNTER COUNSELING
• Includes suggesting what to do in a
specific destination. This involves
offering a specific tour that fits the
personalities of the tourist.
Promoting a tour includes giving
intelligent information about the
place and what the place offer.
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3. FRFLIGHT ITINERARY PLANNING
• ITINERARY – is planned route or journey; sometime called a
schedule or timetable that includes programs and tours
FLIGHT ITINERARY- Planning involves knowing the point or origin
and the destination of the traveller.
• In order to better understand flight itinerary planning , you have
to remember the International Air the International Air
transportation Association (IATA) that is the global trade
association for the airline industry governing body that creates
regulation for international air transport.
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4. FRIATA CODES
•The IATA has designated codes for airlines. Since there are
thousands of airline around the world, IATA has give them
identifying airline code. These are essential the the travel
industy for smooth airline operations and traffic around
the globe.
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The following table shows some example of local and
international airlines and their specific airline codes;
Name of Airline IATA Code
Cebu Pacific Air 5j
Philippine Airline PR
Sky Jet M8
Tiger Airway TR
DOMESTIC AIRLINE CODES

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INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE CODES
Name of Airline IATA Code
American Airlines AA
Cathay Pacific CX
Eva Air BR
New Zealand Limited NZ
Qantas Airways QF
Singapore Airlines SQ
United Airlines , Inc
UA

7. FRCITY AND AIRPORT CODE
•It is the place where aircrafts take off and land
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AIRPORT
•IATA Location identifier or station code
•Other travel-related establishment like railways, buss and
ferry companies, and CRSs
•3- letter code that represent the aiport
• - ticket, boarding pass or attached to a checked in
baggage to signify the destination

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AIRPORT AND CITY CODES
Name of City and Airline Code IATA Code
Auckland AKL
Austin AUS
Barcelona BCN
Beijing BJS
Boston BOS
Brisbane BNE
Brunei BWN
Brussels BRU
Cambodia PNH
Copenhagen CPH
Frankfurt FRA
Guam GUM
Hon Chin Minh, Vietnam SGN
Hong kong HKG
Kuala Lumpur KUL
Los Angeles LAX
Paris PAR
Rangon, Myanmar RGN
Rome ROM
San Francisco SFO

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AIRPORT AND CITY CODES
Name of City and Airline Code IATA Code
Sydney SYD
Tokyo NRT
Vienna VIE
An airport is considered international if an
airport offers customs and immigration facilities
for passenger traveling between countries

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City Airport Code Name Of Airport
Bacolod BCD Bacolod Silay International Airport
Cagayan de Oro CGY Laguindingan International Airport
Cebu CEB Mactan Cebu International Airport
Clark CRK Clark International Airport
Davao DVO Francisco Bangoy International Airport
General Santos GES General Santos International Airport
Iloilo ILO Iloilo International Airport
Kalibo KLO Kalibo International Airport
Laoag LAO Laoag International Airport
Manila MNL Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Puerto Princesa PPS Puerto Princesa International Airport
Zamboanga ZAM Zamboanga International Airport
LIST OF PHILIPPINE’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

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City Airport Code Name Of Airport
LIST OF PHILIPPINE’S LOCAL AIRPORTS

12. FRFLIGHT ITINERARY
•Planning involves knowing the point of origin and
destination of the traveller.
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Example
•Mr. marzon from the Philippines wants to travel to
Frankfurt, Germany. He plans to leave via Ninoy Aquino
International Airport in MNL.
•MNL is point or origin or the beginning of the flight
•FRA is the end of the flight or his destination
•MNL- FRA
•MNL- FRA and FRA- MNL it should be planned as
MNL-FRA-MNL

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MNL-BCD
BCD-MNL
HKG-LAX
AX-HKG
CEB-PPS
HNL-SFO
SFO-HNL

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-identified and the preferred dates and time
of departure and arrival have been set.
-TMC staff –accomplish a flight itinerary
planning
-ETD(Estimated time of departure)
-ETA(Estimated Time of Arrival)

15. BASIC RULES IN ITINERARY PLANNING
MRS. CATRINA SANTOS

16. BASIC RULES IN ITINERARY PLANNING
The are three basic rules to follow
-CRISSCROSSING,
-BACKTRACKING,
-MINIMIZE THE USE OF VARIED AIRLINE

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1. AVOID CRISSCROSSING
-Crisscrossing or going and passing a
destination back and fort must be avoided .
This is a waste of time and may spell more
expenses for the travel

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EXAMPLE:
Mrs. Llynne Cosme is traveling to three
different places. This is part of her leisure
travel in Asia. She planned it herself and
this is how her flight itinerary was planned
initially.

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FLIGHT ITINERARY SHOWING CRISSCROSSING
City-Pair Possible Carrier
MNL-PNH Malaysia Airlines(MH)
PNH-HKG Malaysia Airlines(MH)
HKG-BWN Royal Brunei(BI)
BWN-MNL Royal Brunei(BI)

20. FRCRISSCROSS FLIGHT ARE PLANNED THIS WAY
MNL-PNH-HKH-BWN-MNL

21. FRCRISSCROSS FLIGHT ARE PLANNED THIS WAY
MNL-PNH-HKH-BWN-MNL
MS. CONSE CONSULTED A TMC
MNL-HKG-PHN-BWN-MNL
OR MNL-BWN-PHN-HKG-MNL

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TMC personell shows expertise when
they are able to correct and offer better
flight itinerary planning.
Ideal flight itinerary planning does not
only apply to international flights. TMC
personnel must be familiar with domestic
routes too as there are travellers who seek
their assistance even for domestic flight.

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EXAMPLE of DOMESTIC
Friends jack and Michael wanted to
have a domestic tour. They planned the
following itinerary without consulting a
map. More so a TMC personnel: MNL-CEB-
LGP-ILO-MNL.

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2. AVOID BACKTRACKING

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EXAMPLE:
Ms. Llynne Cosme plans to have a
second Asian trip after two months but by
this time she is bringing her friend along.
She particularly loves Cambodia that is
why she included PNH again in her
itinerary . She initially made her second
trip in the manner shown in the table.

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FLIGHT ITINERARY SHOWING BACKTRACKING
City-Pairs Possible Carrier
MNL-RGN Singapore Airline(SQ)
RGN-SGN Vietnam Airlines(VN)
SGN-PNH Jetstar(JQ)
PNH-MNL Thai Airways(TG)

27. FRBACKTRACKING FLIGHT ARE PLANNED THIS WAY
MNL-RGN-SGN-PHN-MNL
TRAVEL ADIVISORY HELPED HER PLAN AN
IDEAL FLIGHT ITINERARY SINCE THEIR
SCHEDULE IS FLEXIBLE.
MNL-SGN-RGN-PHN-MNL
OR MNL-SGN-PHN-RGN-MNL

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3.MINIMIZE THE USE OF VARIED AIRLINES
The two table previously shown illustrate the
different flight selections of Ms.Cosme.first
table Shows a better planning as it uses two
carriers only while the next table illustrate the
use of four different carriers until she reached
her final destination. This is inconvenient for
ms. Cosme, as she will be utilizing different
carriers and may possibly be costly.

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3.MINIMIZE THE USE OF VARIED AIRLINES
It is better and less troublesome for a traveller
to take direct flights as much as possible than
take connecting or many flights during the
course of his travel

30. TSTRAVEL SERVICE 10
Reference:
Technical Vocational Series
TRAVEL SERVICES
Raquel F. Verzosa
Thank You.