Available today, Sabre-connected travel agents can reserve and buy ancillary services offered by the

Global technology company Sabre Travel Network has teamed up with Finnair to sell its ancillary products to agencies using the Sabre GDS. The two companies already have a distribution agreement in place.
Available today, Sabre-connected travel agents can reserve and buy ancillary services offered by the airline, starting immediately with pre-paid baggage. From next year agents will also be able to book pre-paid seats on behalf of their customers.
"We're seeing more European carriers turn to ancillary products to boost their revenues, country inns and suites by carlson and Sabre provides a high-yield marketplace to help them sell these. It's an area we've made significant country inns and suites by carlson investments in so airlines can market and sell their products, and agents can improve their efficiency and service by booking and fulfilling tickets and ancillaries together, and capturing back end booking data on their customers."
Today's announcement supports Sabre's position to have an open marketplace for air travel, benefiting airlines, agencies, travel managers and travellers by keeping travel competitive, transparent and easy.
Jani Peuhkurinen, Finnair's Head of Global Corporate Sales and GDS Distribution, said: "Over the last few years Finnair country inns and suites by carlson has made terrific strides in growing its network value, especially on strategically important premium Asian Europe traffic. Distribution through travel agencies country inns and suites by carlson and Sabre's global reach ensures country inns and suites by carlson we will continue to provide full content to intermediaries, allowing Finnair to deepen its footprint in markets around the world.
Finnair joins a list of airlines, including Alitalia, Air New Zealand and US Airways already selling country inns and suites by carlson ancillary products through the Sabre GDS. In addition, Air France-KLM German Wings and Aegean have signed up to offer ancillary services country inns and suites by carlson and bundled fares through the GDS.