Sabre Commands Notes: Travel Agent Cheat Sheet
A practical Sabre cheat sheet for travel agents: availability, booking, names, phone, pricing and decoding commands, each with a ready example.
By Travel Genie · Published · Updated · 2 min read
What are Sabre command notes?
Sabre command notes are a short list of the entries a travel agent uses every day: checking seats, booking, adding names and contacts, pricing and saving. This cheat sheet groups the most common Sabre commands by task, with an example for each one you can copy and adapt.
Which Sabre commands build a booking?
A Sabre booking needs flights, names, a phone field, a ticketing arrangement and a received-from line. Check availability with 1, sell seats with 0, then add names with a hyphen, phone with 9, ticketing with 7 and received with 6. Save with ER.
| Task | Command | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Check availability | 1 | 115DECKHIDXB |
| Sell seats | 0 | 01Y1 |
| Add a name | - | -KHAN/ALI MR |
| Add a phone | 9 | 9922112345678-A |
| Ticketing arrangement | 7 | 7TAW15DEC/ |
| Received from | 6 | 6ALI |
| Save the booking | ER | ER |
| Display the booking | *A | *A |
| Retrieve by record locator | * | *ABCDEF |
| Cancel the itinerary | XI | XI |
Which Sabre commands price and decode?
Use WP to price the booking and WPRQ to price and store it as a price quote. FQ shows the fares for a route and date. To decode codes, use W/* followed by a city, airport or airline code. Read the full response before you quote a fare.
| Task | Command | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Price the booking | WP | WP |
| Price and store | WPRQ | WPRQ |
| Fare quote | FQ | FQKHIDXB15DEC |
| Decode a city | W/* | W/*KHI |
| Decode an airline | W/* | W/*EK |
Where are the Sabre passenger entries?
Name, passport and contact entries have their own detailed guides with examples for adults, children and infants. In short: names start with a hyphen, passport details use 3DOCS and contacts use 3CTCM and 3CTCE. Follow the related guides below for the full formats and checks.
How can I keep these notes one key away?
Magic Toolbar keeps command notes for Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre in one place on Windows. Its GDS decode search helps you look up codes quickly, and you can save your own entries to F1–F12 keys. Notes are a reference, so always check the response in your GDS.