Travel Agency 101: Selling Domestic Flight Tickets

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Selling domestic flight tickets is one service you can offer to your walk-in and offline customers. By offering the service and being provided with the necessary marketing banners by these airlines, the product itself will create a buzz for your agency. This is a great help especially if your agency is located in a semi-residential area.  Also while these tickets can be purchased online easily, many passengers for this product are still not knowledgeable on how to purchase online.

You don’t need to go thru intensive training to be able to sell this product. Basic knowledge of  online booking will do. The airline concerned will orient you and your staff on how to do this in a  breeze. Accounting procedures, reporting, replenishments and other back-end support will also be taught.

The facility requires quite an investment though. Getting accredited with Cebu Pacific , Air Philippines, and Zest Air, for reference purposes, will require around P500,000 bond altogether; Air Philippines less than P100k, Zest Air a little higher. Cebu Pacific is in a much higher amount, however you will be able to sell all that they offer, including international flights.

Just a note, prices are the same as what online buyers see as there is no special price or commission even for agents. Your source of income will be the service fee which you are going to charge your customers, on top of the ticket cost. Despite this price difference between buying directly from the airline  and thru a travel agency, customers tend to buy from a nearby agency, as shown by the growing number of sub-agents for these domestic airlines.


Clariza Nalam
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ASEAN National Trainer, 2019
GDip Tourism Development & Management, University of the Philippines - Asian Institute of Tourism, 2019.
Currently pursuing MS in Tourism Development and Management, UP - AIT.


23 Comments

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  2. Thanks for a very informative blog. Can you please tell me, if there is no price difference between one who posts a bond and one who does not, what is the advantage of giving a bond, then? One can also sell international tickets even without a bond. Please expound, as I am really considering this bond. Thank you.

  3. Hello anyone can answer my question,where can apply for Getting accredited with Cebu Pacific , Air Philippines, and Zest Air, for reference purposes, and how much is needed to get a direct to there system, and what are the advantages if I have a access direct to the airline? if the prices are the same as what online buyers see as there is no special price or commission even for agents. Pls. Give some idea coz I’m planning to putting up ticketing and travel agency. Reply in my Gmail account friasrenante.rf@gmail.com

    Thank you so much and God bless us.

    1. Hello anyone can answer my question,where can apply for Getting accredited with Cebu Pacific , Air Philippines, and Zest Air, for reference purposes, I am newly registered in ticketing online and please do help me to be accredited zest air, cebu pac, Phil airline and air Asia.. and what are the advantages if I have an access direct to the airline? if the prices are the same as what online buyers see as there is no special price or commission even for agents. Pls. Give some idea coz I’m planning to putting up ticketing and travel agency.

  4. gud am. i need helo. planning to ooen ticketing office. i prefer becoming accredited with cebu pac, zest air, phil airlines . . can anyone tell me how and where to apply. much apprciated po yung tulong nyo. thank.

  5. Good Day Ma’am. This is from GB Tours and Travel, a newly registered ticketing outlet in Iligan City. Please help me to become accredited with cebu pac, Zest air, phil airlines, Air Asia with no cash bond needed or should I say.. I’m looking for a travel solution does not require cash bonds…ung company po na nagset ng credit limits for travel agencies..salamat po 🙂

  6. Hello good day.. I am newly registered in ticketing and please do help me to be accredited zest air, cebu pac, Phil airline and air Asia with no cash bonds.. I am willing to have this agency with no cash outs involve.. Thankyou so much

    1. Hi! Good day..This is from RVSR Travel and Tours, a registered ticketing outlet in Pasig City. Please help me to become accredited with Cebu Pacific, Zest Air, PAL, Air Asia with no cash bond needed or should I say.. I’m looking for a travel solution does not require cash bonds. thanks

  7. How to be a ticketing agent of Cebu Pacific ?.Im really interested kc..and what is the requirements ?

  8. Hi! Good day..This is from e-tikect Travel and Tours, a registered ticketing outlet in poblacion Siay Zamboanga Sibugay Province. Please help me to become accredited with Cebu Pacific, Zest Air, PAL, Air Asia and 2go. God bless

  9. Marami pala kami parehong situation
    Kakakuha ko lang ng license di pa kami maka start dahil walang alam paano maka directa sa cebu pac

  10. Hi po maam, ask lng po kng paano mag apply as direct agent to all airlines po kasi i’m planning to open a airline ticket outlet here in my place.

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