Querying and Booking Train Connections 

Use

From the R/3 Travel Planning System you can query German Railroad train connections, order the appropriate rail ticket and reserve a seat.

If settings for a major customer ticket with the German Railroad and a rail card exist, the corresponding rates are taken into consideration when displaying the price and ordering the rail ticket.

Prerequisites

The settings described in German Railroad have been made in Customizing.

Procedure

Querying the connection

You have chosen Planning Manager and have entered at least the personnel number of the traveler.

  1. Choose Rail.

The Rail Request dialog box appears.

Enter the date, time, start and destination.
  1. Choose Query.

    2. You might have to enter a specific train station.

  2. Select the required and choose Select.

Reserving ticket and seat

  1. You can now specify whether you want a ticket with or without seat reservation.

    2. You can enter different preferences for a seat reservation.

  2. Choose Continue.

The train connection is now integrated into the itinerary of your travel plan.

Booking

After selecting all the other travel services required, you can book all the requests for this trip together:

  1. Choose Book.

    2. The trip is firmly booked via the connected reservation system. A PNR is created and is later displayed in the Existing Travel Plans list in the planning manager.

  2. To save the travel plan, choose .

Issuing the ticket

The ticket is issued by the travel agency or travel center and forwarded to the traveler.

 

See also:

Canceling/Deleting Travel Services (Planning Manager)

Booking Travel Services