Place booking files on queue

HELP QEB or H/QEB

You can place booking files on any of the 100 queues assigned to your office (including programmatic queues). You can also place a booking in a specific category within a queue, or in a specific date range within a category. After you place bookings on queue, Travelport + begins a history trail of the queue entries you make.

Note: You can place the same booking file on multiple queues, but you cannot place the same booking file in the same queue multiple times.

The function identifier to place a booking file on queue is: QEB

For example, enter QEB to place BF on Q1.

Place booking files on a specific queue

To place a booking file on a queue, display the booking, then enter QEB followed by a slash (/), and the queue number.

Enter: QEB/55

To place a booking file on a queue at a branch location, display the booking and enter QEB followed by a slash (/), branch location pseudo city, and queue number.

Enter: QEB/E9G/39

Travelport+ responds with the message ON QUEUE followed by the booking record locator.

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Note: Once you place a booking in a queue, it is no longer active in your agent work area. To continue working on that same booking file, you must retrieve it.

Place booking files on a specific queue and category

To place a booking into a queue category, display the booking and enter QEB, followed by a slash (/), queue number, asterisk (*), category code (C), and the category name.

Enter: QEB/55*CJD

Use the following format example to place a booking file into a category at a branch location:

Enter: QEB/E9G/42*CMK

Travelport+ responds with the message ON QUEUE, followed by the booking record locator.

Place booking files on a specific queue, category, and date range

To place a booking file into a queue category date range, display the booking file and enter QEB, followed by a slash (/), queue number, asterisk (*), category code (C), category name, asterisk (*), date range code (D), and the date range number.

Enter: QEB/33*CDL*D1

You can place a booking into a queue category date range at a branch location.

Enter: QEB/E9G/50*CTE*D1

The message ON QUEUE appears, followed by the booking record locator.

Place booking files on multiple queues, specific categories

To place a booking file into multiple queues and categories, display the booking and enter QEB, followed by a slash (/), first queue number, asterisk (*), category code (C), category name, end item (+), second queue number, asterisk (*), category code (C), and category name.

Enter: QEB/33*CDL+40*CJD

The message ON QUEUE appears, followed by the booking record locator.

Additional formats         H/BFQP

Format

Explanation

QEB/42*CAB+40*CSR*D2

Place the booking file on Q42 category AB and on Q40 category SR, date range 2.

QEB/3RB

Place the booking file on queue 1 at branch 3RB.

QEB/3RB/35

Place the booking file on queue 35 at branch 3RB.

QEB/ABC/35/Y

Place the booking file on queue 35 at consolidator agency (queuing city ABC) and permit ownership of booking file to be taken over.

Note: The AAT CONS field indicates the queuing city.

QEB/35+40

Place the booking file on own queues 35 and 40.

QEB/7WV/42+78

Place the booking file on queues 42 and 78 at branch 7WV.

QEB/P

Place the booking file on queue 1 of NDC city in first phone field.

QEB/P/27

Place the booking file on queue 27 of city in first phone field.

QEB/Q

Place the booking file on queue 1 of the city which owns the booking file.

QEB/43+GA1/50

Place the booking file on own queue 43 and branch GA1 queue 50.

QEB/XX2/43+EA1/50

Place the booking file on queue 43 at branch XX2 and on queue 50 at EA1.

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