Accepting or Declining Farmed-In Reservations
You can view all incoming (farmed-in) reservations and the reservation details, and accept or decline the reservations, using an Internet browser to access the Affiliate Connect site.
Note:
- If you use one of the integrated back-office systems, you can use your back-office system to locate and accept or decline farmed-in reservations. Consult the documentation for your back-office system.
- For information on how to use Deem Car Fleet Management to find and accept or decline farmed-in reservations, see Using the Reservations Module or Using the Dispatch Module, depending on which module you use for dispatching reservations.
If you don't use an integrated back-office system, you can use an Internet browser to log into Affiliate Connect site and follow these steps:
Viewing Incoming Reservations
- To list all incoming reservations, click the Pending Reservation Queue link.
Tip: You can also click the numeric link in the "Farmed-In" column for Pending Unconfirmed Reservations within the Transaction Statistics on the home page: - A list of pending reservations from other providers appears.
Note: If the sending provider changes a reservation, the changed reservation appears in this list as a pending reservation.
Tip: To sort the list, you can choose Booking Date or Pickup Date in the Sort Type dropdown menu, and then click Get Reservations. - (Optional) You can click the link in the "Res No" column to view details about the reservation. Click the Back button at the bottom to return to the reservation list.
Note: If the reservation is a change request, the modified information in the reservation appears highlighted in yellow; for example, in the reservation below the phone number was changed: - (Optional) You can click the link in the "Provider" column to view information about the provider.
- Accept or decline each reservation as described in the following sections.
Accepting a Reservation
To accept a reservation, follow these steps:
- Click Accept for the reservation:
- The Accept Reservation page appears. Enter your confirmation number in the "Confirmation #" field:
- Choose the rate type from the Rate Type dropdown menu (either Flat or Hourly).
- (Optional) Add any instructions for meeting the driver in the "Meet Instructions" field.
- (Optional) Review the reservation information that appears below the Send Response and Cancel buttons:
- Click the Send Response button when you are ready to accept the reservation, or click Cancel to cancel the operation and return to the list of reservations.
Declining a Reservation
To decline the reservation, follow these steps:
- Click Decline for the reservation.
- The Decline Reservation page appears. Enter the reason in the Reason field:
- (Optional) Review the reservation information that appears below the Send Response and Cancel buttons.
- Click the Send Response button when you are ready to decline the reservation, or click Cancel to cancel the operation and return to the list of reservations.