The Park Group

Product Summary

The Travel Agency Audit System (TAAS) program systematically audits air tickets sold for travel agency fare and commission claims and issues/adjudicates the debit memos generated as a result.

Key Features

The TAAS Program Includes:

100% audit of ARC/BSP generated tickets for proper commission deduction
Audit of appropriate filed and agreed fare applications
Audit of ancillary charges
Timely resolution of air ticket credit card chargebacks and BSP reversals
Issuance and adjudication of debit and credit memos to the travel agencies as a result of the audit process. Monies remitted by travel agency directly to the carrier via the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC)
Monthly reports summarizing debit memos:

Issued

Paid/canceled

Outstanding

Collection status

Summary of Consolidated Agency Sales
Combined Agency Sales Forecast vs. Actual by Territory and Region
Summary of Combined Agency Sales Forecast vs. Actual by Region
Travel Agency Account Tracking by Account, District or Region
Industry Top 5000 Producing Agents (International and/or Domestic)
Able to Work with You to Design Reports that Meet your Specific Needs

The TAAS Program:

Creates a "receivable" and a tangible revenue stream from debit memos issued and paid
Reduces fare and commission abuses
Recoups lost revenues
Acts as a deterrent to fraudulent practices
Gains the respect of the agency community
Creates negotiating leverage, even if some or all of the debit is waived
Relieves the client of the time consuming and sometimes unpleasant collection process

Report Descriptions

REPORT	DESCRIPTION
AC-1	ARC SALES SUMMARY
Lists all ARC information from the five banks By ARC bank reference numbers - tickets, of debit memos, $ amount of debit memos, of credit memos, $ amount of credit memos, total sales, taxes, fare total, net commission, cash total sales, net remit, total credit card sales, individual credit card sales totals and ECCB totals
AC-2	REVENUE DISTRIBUTION REPORT
By ARC week, lists total documents, sales, fare total, cash sales and net remit Previous five month activity Provides subtotals for each item above
AC-3	REVERSAL REPORT
Lists all ARC reversals By agency name, disbursement date, agent code, report period, reference bank number, carrier adjustment amount and any amounts paid by ARC Subtotals carrier adjustments amounts and amounts paid
AC-4	WEEKLY DEBIT MEMO REPORT
Lists debit memos generated in debit memo number order Lists debit memos generated in ARC number order Items include ticket issue date, passenger name, ticket number and ARC report date Lists agents fare, tax and commission paid Lists carriers fare, tax and commission Total amount due Agent name, city and state Grand totals amount due
AC-5	MONTHLY DEBIT MEMO PAID/CANCELED REPORT
Summary of all debit memos paid monthly in the same format as AC-4 Summary of all debit memos cancelled monthly in the same format as AC-4
AC-6	MONTHLY OUTSTANDING DEBIT MEMO REPORT
Lists all outstanding debit memos in the same format as AC-4
AC-7	MONTHLY COLLECTION REPORT
By agent, totals monthly, debits generated and debits paid and cancelled By agent, totals yearly debits generated and debits paid and cancelled By agent, totals yearly debits generated and debits paid and cancelled