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Susan Boysen

American Express GBT
Flagstaff,AZ
22
years of professional experience

Results-focused International Travel Consultant with expertise in domestic & international corporate & leisure travel. Outgoing and approachable agent with 21 plus years of experience arranging air, car , hotel, cruise & tours for individual and group domestic and international travel. Proficient in Sabre. In-depth knowledge of international destinations, currency & customs.

Work History

Professional Domestic/International Travel Consultant

American Express GBT | 12 2019 - 10 2020
  • Maintained operational proficiency in coordinating both international and domestic travel accommodations for customers, arranging for airfare, issuing, exchanging and recalculating international airfares based on mileage as well as hotel and rental car reservations for ESPN
  • Tracked unused customer tickets to exchange toward future trips and personal expenses. Prepaid all air, cars, limo's & hotels
  • International rate desk specialist-Sabre trained
  • Researched most efficient and cost effective ways to travel intercontinentally and shared findings in company newsletter.

Government Domestic/International Travel Consultant

5 Years 5 Months
CWTSatoTravel | 05.2014 - 10.2019
  • Responsible Front Office: Consulting , booking , ticketing air, car & hotel reservations for Army & Air Force and their families for domestic & international relocation, change of station or deployment.
  • Consolidated: Six monthly card reports against military orders, invoices, tickets and refund adjustments including daily reports.
  • Army Emergency travel: Assisted Army & their families with emergency travel that fell outside the parameters of military travel.
  • Thirty walk-in clients daily plus phone reservations

Professional Domestic/International Travel Consultant

15 Years 2 Months
American Express | 01.1998 - 03.2013
  • Responsible: Consulting, booking airline, hotel and car reservations for the United Nations, Northrop Grumman & Raytheon
  • Responsible: Trained new agents new to the Northrop Grumman account on Northrop's travel policy and how to apply air contracts to travel to achieve the most cost effective outcome savings. Wrote a new travel manual for Northrop Grumman.
  • Savings: Saved Northrop & American Express over $1 Million in potential write-offs by checking , reviewing & recalculating airfares

Cashier

Walmart | 12 2021 - 07 2026
  • Processed customer transactions efficiently using point-of-sale systems.

Education

- French

Alliance France | Paris, Fr

French-1st degree

- French

L.A. Community College | Wilmington, CA

French, Art history

- Liberal Arts And General Studies

San Pedro High School | San Pedro, CA

Thespian honors

Skills

Sabre Trained-domestic & international travel specialist focused on customer service. Includes all aspects of trave including booking
ticketing
exchanging & refunding airline tickets.
Airline rate desk specialist-mileages and tariff's
Consulted
booked cars and hotels
cruises & tours domestic & international
Airline weekly reports and credit card reconciliation & adjustments
Front Office specialist
Call Center specialist
Executive travel-VIP desk

Timeline

Government Domestic/International Travel Consultant

CWTSatoTravel
05.2014 - 10.2019Read More

Professional Domestic/International Travel Consultant

American Express
01.1998 - 03.2013Read More

San Pedro High School

from Liberal Arts And General Studies
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L.A. Community College

from French
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Alliance France

from French
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Cashier

Walmart
12 2021 - 07 2026Read More

Professional Domestic/International Travel Consultant

American Express GBT
12 2019 - 10 2020Read More
Susan Boysen