Typically, a commission is paid to a travel agency when one of its employees books a reservation with a car rental operator. In addition to the commission paid to the company, incentives are sometimes offered to the individual travel agents to encourage bookings.
In order for CARS+ to track the agent's
bookings properly, some set-up steps are necessary. Refer to the chapter of
the manual titled Edit Incentive Campaigns for details regarding the set
up.
To access the Edit program, type INCPAR (RET) at any menu "OPTION:" field or the appropriate line number on the Vendor Maintenance menu. The screen will then display:
| OPTION: __ INCENTIVE PARTICIPATION Campaign Code Vendor Code 0001 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 0008 0009 0010 0011 0012 0013 0014 0015 0016 0017 0018 1SAVE 2LINES +183ERASE 4LINES -185 6 7 8 |
The screen offers a series of 2 fields:
The left column -- Enter the campaign code
The right column -- The number of a vendor who is participating in the registered campaign.
If more than one vendor is participating in a single campaign, you will need to enter the campaign code in the left column once for each vendor participating and then enter the vendor number in the right column.
Pressing "F2" from the Main "OPTION:" field advances the screen 18 lines at a time to see more records. Pressing "F4" from the main "OPTION:" shows the previous 18 lines.
NOTE: Data must be entered in both fields in order to save the record.
Enter data as follows:
|
CAMPAIGN CODE |
Enter up to 10 alphanumeric characters representing an incentive campaign code. This code must have already been created in the Edit Incentive Campaigns program. EXAMPLE: Type: NV12345 (RET) |
|
VENDOR CODE |
Enter up to 8 alphanumeric characters representing a vendor who is participating in the incentive campaign. EXAMPLE: Type: 12345678 (RET) |
PRESS "F1" AT "OPTION" TO SAVE. (Unlike other screens in CARS+, when "F1" is pressed, the data will remain on the screen.)
Here is an example for illustration:
| OPTION: __ INCENTIVE PARTICIPATION Campaign Code Vendor Code 0001 NV12345 12345678 0002 NV1234 00001234 0003 JAN 12345678 0004 JAN 45895231 0005 JAN 48901253 0006 JAN 57752203 0007 DEC45678 A123 0008 JAN A123 0009 NV1234 A123 0010 JAN B123 0011 NV1234 B123 0012 0013 0014 0015 0016 0017 0018 1SAVE 2LINES +183ERASE 4LINES -185 6 7 8 |