Travel$ense User's Guide (PDF, 139 MB) - NBAA
Travel$ense User's Guide (PDF, 139 MB) - NBAA Travel$ense User's Guide (PDF, 139 MB) - NBAA
190TRAVEL$ENSEThe enroute flight time estimates generated by Travel$ense do not take intoaccount prevailing winds, local weather or ATC conditions or delays, althoughthese enroute time estimates can be altered by pilots prior to obtainingcomparable airline flights to reflect more accurately actual conditions on anygiven day.Miscellaneous LimitsTravel$ense also has certain technical limitations, most of which will have anegligible effect on the majority of flight departments. They include:• Maximum number of comparable airline flights possible per corporate flightleg = 3 (limited by the reservation system)• Maximum number of airline alternatives saved per leg = 16• Maximum number of aircraft = unlimited• Maximum number of employee compensation levels = unlimited• Maximum number of trip purposes = unlimited• Maximum number of valuation methods = unlimited• Maximum number of saved passengers (in the passenger database) =unlimited• Maximum number of airports = unlimited• Maximum number of commercially-served airports = 1,350 (now at 1,209worldwide)• Maximum number of airlines = 1,000 (now at 936)• Maximum number of nearest commercial airports displayable = 100• Maximum number of comparable airline trips definable per corporatetrip = 10• Maximum number of priced flight combinations per airline trip = 10 (oneto two recommended plus up to eight user-defined) -> 100 total pricedairline “trips” per corporate tripQuestions about Airline ComparisonsHOW DOES TRAVEL$ENSE OBTAIN AIRLINE RATE AND SCHEDULE DATA?Through a real-time link to the leading centralized reservation system (CRS)available via the Internet (TCP/IP connection) or via CompuServe. All flightinformation and fare data is obtained at the moment you run the trip and isCopyright © 1999, National Business Aviation Association, Inc.
TRAVEL$ENSEcompletely current as of that time. This requires a free account on the CRS,which Travel$ense can obtain for you automatically.191The airline data include schedule and fare information for approximately 930airlines that are usable on Travel$ense trips containing up to 12 legs. This data isreal-time, not stored. Flights obtained have seats available now. If a flight isn’tpresented, it’s because there are no seats available for purchase at the time ofthe query. Real-world conditions like this drive all of the analyses thatTravel$ense performs.HOW DOES TRAVEL$ENSE SELECT COMPARABLE AIRLINE TRIPS?Like most passengers aboard business aircraft, Travel$ense is highly sensitive tothe efficient use of time. It is acutely oriented and designed to scheduleminimally equivalent time on site within each of the two to four travel optionschedules, one to three of which are user-defined business aircraft with thefourth via the airlines.It keys off time on site as defined by the passengers. Consequently, by choosingarrival and departure times, time on site also is passively defined by thepassengers as how much time they need in any one place to get their workdone. Once airport/site arrival and departure times are defined by thepassengers, Travel$ense provides the nearest practical equivalent trip schedules,calculating alternate schedules that allow the mission to be accomplished –matching minimal time on site goals – within any of the two to four traveloptions.Its first effort is to approximate an airline trip already defined by the businessaircraft’s schedule. For trips between airline hubs, with many airline flightoptions, this often is easy to do. For trips between small, infrequently servedairports, the scheduling of an airline trip that provides time on site at leastequal to that stipulated in the business aircraft trip can trigger overnight stays,either the night before, the night after, or both. As a consequence, the time onsite via the airlines can greatly exceed that which is needed. It is simply aconsequence of being bound to preexisting schedules versus managementcontrol of efficient scheduling using business aircraft (i.e., your schedule, notthat of someone else). Some practical flexibility is built into the program; theuser defines that flexibility, allowing time on site to be limited if the airlineschedules allow nearly as much time on site as that available via the businessaircraft schedule. The shipping default is 90 percent, which is user definable toany value your company decides upon.Many companies wisely and aggressively research airline schedules to findairlines, schedules and airports that result in the lowest possible employeetravel costs. In some circumstances, however, this can prove a false economy.Airports that require onerous drive times to reach a business site may costmore in employee travel time than they save in airfares.Copyright © 1999, National Business Aviation Association, Inc.
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190TRAVEL$ENSEThe enroute flight time estimates generated by <strong>Travel$ense</strong> do not take intoaccount prevailing winds, local weather or ATC conditions or delays, althoughthese enroute time estimates can be altered by pilots prior to obtainingcomparable airline flights to reflect more accurately actual conditions on anygiven day.Miscellaneous Limits<strong>Travel$ense</strong> also has certain technical limitations, most of which will have anegligible effect on the majority of flight departments. They include:• Maximum number of comparable airline flights possible per corporate flightleg = 3 (limited by the reservation system)• Maximum number of airline alternatives saved per leg = 16• Maximum number of aircraft = unlimited• Maximum number of employee compensation levels = unlimited• Maximum number of trip purposes = unlimited• Maximum number of valuation methods = unlimited• Maximum number of saved passengers (in the passenger database) =unlimited• Maximum number of airports = unlimited• Maximum number of commercially-served airports = 1,350 (now at 1,209worldwide)• Maximum number of airlines = 1,000 (now at 936)• Maximum number of nearest commercial airports displayable = 100• Maximum number of comparable airline trips definable per corporatetrip = 10• Maximum number of priced flight combinations per airline trip = 10 (oneto two recommended plus up to eight user-defined) -> 100 total pricedairline “trips” per corporate tripQuestions about Airline ComparisonsHOW DOES TRAVEL$ENSE OBTAIN AIRLINE RATE AND SCHEDULE DATA?Through a real-time link to the leading centralized reservation system (CRS)available via the Internet (TCP/IP connection) or via CompuServe. All flightinformation and fare data is obtained at the moment you run the trip and isCopyright © 1999, National Business Aviation Association, Inc.