Amadeus Transfers now available in eKNF

In cooperation with Amadesus a new service type is now available in eKNF: Amadeus Transfers. You can find them in ADesk, depicted as an icon with an airplane and car combined.
Data sent from 1A to eKNF includes: Provider code, Record locator, Price, Date, vehicle type, Airport code, and destination address.

SPRK Farelogix tickets in eKNF

We are launching automated interface between SPRK Farelogix and eKNF.
If you are using the platform – contact us, we shall assist you in configuring the transfer.

New features available in the Flight Refund module

We have added a new functionality in the Flight Rerund window in eKNF: the ability to check and edit e-mail addresses that are going to be used to contact the travellers.
eKNF initially reads the e-mail from the passenger record in the PNR. This e-mail is displayed in the Email column. These e-mail can then be edited by the agent responsible for the process. We also added a filter that allows you to select only the records with the e-mail filled in, the ones missing e-mails, or both.

If you are not cooperating with Flight Refund yet, visit this page: https://flight-refund.eu/en/

Attention travel agencies using Worldspan and Galileo – tickets not going through to eKNF?

If you noticed a problem with tickets issued in Worldspan or Galileo, the reason for it may be stepped up communication security introduced by Travelport on 15/16 May 2018. From that daty TLS1.0 is no longer supported by Travelport and the required version is now TSL1.2.
This means that printers (HPM and GPM applications) running on Windows XP probably stopped working (Windows XP does not support TLS1.2). If you noticed such problems, we advice you to contact Travelport technical support.

Full explanation in the link below:
https://marketing.cloud.travelport.com/PCI_DSS_compliance

Automated data transfer between TripBooker and eKNF

Together with our partner TravelTech we activated a fully automated interface between the TripBooker booking system and eKNF.

Airline and rail tickets, and hotel bookings done via TripBooker are automatically transferred to eKNF. We also offer a single sign-on for eKNF users to TripBooker. This is available through the TripBooker button added to ADesk, RDesk, and HDesk modules of eKNF.

Travel agencies willing to use the TripBooker tool are invited to contact TravelTech to activate and configure their account.

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New travel management companies joined us this year

   

Thanks to your support we are dynamically growing and implementing new features. Thank you for being with us 🙂

In 2016 eKNF processed 1 100 000 transactions

For the first time in our history we exceeded one million transaction a year. Data from the 2016 shows that travel agencies using eKNF processed almost 1 100 000 transactions (air and rail tickets, hotel booking, cars, insurances, etc.). During the last two years we recorded the growth of almost 75%.In 2017 we are expecting further dynamic growth and the deployment of several new exciting features in our system. Stay tuned!

 

Airline tickets paid through Amadeus B2BWallet

eKNF detects transactions paid through B2BWallet – virtual credit cards available in Amadeus. Airline tickets paid through this service are visible in eKNF as cash transactions (form of payment: CA), with an additional description typical for credit cards: the card provider (in the example below: CA – Master Card), and the last 5 digits of the virtual card number)

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We are grateful to Amadeus GDS for the help necessary to develop this new functionality

eKNF can now import ERV insurance vouchers

ERV insurance policies can be imported into eKNF from ADesk. You can do this by clicking on ‘Dodaj ubezpieczenie’ -> ‘Wprowadź treść potwierdzenia’

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We welcome New eKNF users

This month four new travel agencies joined eKNF community: ATA Travel, Krak Tel, Swissport, and Time4Travel.

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Welcome!

Low cost passive segments and PNR creation for Sabre

eKNF now supports the mechanism of low-cost airline passive segments and PNR creation for Sabre GDS. After entering the low-cost ticket in ADesk simply click on the record locator number and select Sabre, to receive the complete PNR text which you can copy and paste into Sabre with three clicks of the mouse:

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Import of AIG insurance policies

eKNF is equipped with a tool to automatically import AIG policies.

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To do that:
1. Select and copy the whole content of the policy (CTRL+A, CTRL+C)
2. In ADesk click on ‘Dodaj ubezpieczenie’ and in the new window: ‘Wprowadź treść potwierdzenia’
3. Paste the policy (CTRL+V)

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iBank/ClientBank – a new tool to replicate any export configuration to a group of companies

A new tool is available for iBank/ClientBank users. A ready configuration made for one company can now be replicated to the rest of the companies belonging to the same group. To replicate the configuration click on [Wczytaj grupę klientów] and find the appropriate group on  the list. Click [Skopiuj] to copy the config.
Attention: You need to copy the config for each product category separately: by selecting it, and clicking [Skopiuj]

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Import of Amadeus daily document reports – air tickets sales control procedures

In Data Centre module select ‘Import raportów Amadeus’, and in section Import DZIENNYCH raportów Amadeus click on  [Wybierz pliki’] and select the report  file to be imported

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eKNF will confirm the successful import of the selected report.
Comparison report is available in ADesk modue. To perform the comparison between Amadeus and eKNF switch from ‘podstawowy’ mode to ‘ Porównanie z raportame AMA’

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Mikrosystem and TravelTECH launch our first common interface

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Traditionally Mikrosystem and TravelTECH are traditionally perceived as competitors, as both companies have in their portfolio mid-office systems. As it appears, we are also able, and willing, to cooperate. We have just launched our first common interface transmitting data between our systems.

We are grateful to our colleagues from TravelTECH for the efficient cooperation, and hope for more 🙂

 

A million transactions per year!

eKNF is present on the Polish market since 2010. During those five years we changed a lot. The software created by our programmers is now, undisputedly, the leading and most popular mid-office system in Poland.

We proudly present the statistical data showing how, during those years, grew the number of transactions (touristic services) processed in eKNF. In 2015 travel agencies sold and evidenced in eKNF close to a million transactions!

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Prace nad modułem MICE dobiegają końca

MDesk, czyli MICE Desktop, to dedykowany moduł eKNF przeznaczony do obsługi imprez typu MICE (ang. Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Events). Obsługa imprez tego typu przebiega inaczej niż w przypadku indywidualnych usług turystycznych, i wymaga innych – specjalistycznych narzędzi.
Najważniejsze funkcjonalności, w które wyposażony jest MDesk, to:

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Ewidencjonowanie imprez:

  • Tworzenie i edycja teczki imprezy
  • Tworzenie zamówień
  • Wprowadzanie list uczestników
  • Eksport list uczestników
  • Tworzenie listy usług – składowych imprezy
  • Dodawanie i rozliczanie kosztów
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Vouchery turystyczne:

  • Tworzenie
  • Sprzedaż
  • Ewidencja
  • Rozliczanie usług płatnych voucherem

How to get full item descriptions on transaction fee invoices

If a separate invoice is required for transaction fees, it may be necessary to include full item descriptions on that invoice – corresponding do the descriptions form the initial invoice. To achieve this, click on ‘Wczytaj pola tekstowe dla wszystkich produktów’ during the editing of the transaction fee invoice:

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The descriptions of all items from the original invoice will be copied to the transaction fee invoice:

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Merigo – Automatic import or manual input of exchange rates for hotel bookings

eKNF automatically imports exchange rates for Merigo hotel bookings. Some agencies though, have special agreements and use constant exchange rate values agreed with Merigo. These exchange rates can be manually entered in eKNF and used throughout the selected week. Click on ‘Kursy Merigo’ to enter the exchange rate editor and set the rate manually.

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Attention: only users with the appropriate rights in eKNF can change the exchange rates in the table. Please, contact our account executive if you need these rights.

Import of Signal Iduna insurance policies

Moduł ADesk, przeznaczony do ewidencjonowania biletów lotniczych i ubezpieczeń, pozwala na automatyczne wprowadzenie do eKNF polisy ubezpieczeniowej Signal Iduna. Mechanizm ten działa na tej samej zasadzie, co import biletów tanich linii lotniczych.

ADesk module dedicated to processing airline tickets and insurances has a built-in mechanism for importing Signal Iduna insurences created outside GDS systems. To import an insurance policy that way, open it, select all content (CTRL A), click on Dodaj ubezpieczenie -> Wczytaj treść potwierdzenia, and paste the content (CTRL V) in the edit box. The policy will be processed and stored in eKNF with all details.

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Insurance policies made directly in GDS systems Amadeus and Sabre are transferred to eKNF automatically.

Hotels – eKNF is now equipped with automatic interface to Conso

 

Conso joins the group of hotel integrators with the automatic interface to eKNF. Hotel bookings made in Conso are now automatically available for processing in eKNF.

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Travel agencies interested in activating the interface are kindly asked to contact their account manager in Mikrosystem

Air tickets – A new mechanism for the invoicing of transaction fees for refunds

eKNF is now equipped with a tool for invoicing of transaction fees for refunds on a new invoice (instead of correction invoice)

Yoi can now  issue two types of documents for each refund:

  1. correction invoice for the refund of the ticket
  2. new invoice for the additional transaction fee

To invoice the transaction fee for a refund on a a new invoice:

select the ticket (or tickets), and click on: Wystaw fakturę -> Do edycji -> Tylko opłaty.

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Hotels – eKNF is now equipped with automatic interface to Tripnet

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Tripnet joins the group of hotel integrators with the automatic interface to eKNF. Hotel bookings made in Tripnet are now automatically available for processing in eKNF. Travel agencies interested in activating the interface are kindly asked to contact their account manager in Mikrosystem to configure and activate the new data interface.