
All agents requesting a 2025 IATA membership must recently finish a MainStreet training curriculum.
- Agents who joined MainStreet before 5/16/2024 are required to complete the Annual Refresher Course (Click HERE for the ARC – you will be taken to an external site and may need to create an account.) and required to have booked at least $5,000 in travel in the past year.
- New agents who joined MainStreet on or after 5/16/2024 are required to finish their New Agent MainStreet Qualification before applying for an IATA membership.
Email Alaina@parksavers.com if you have questions, and/or visit the “Qualifying for IATA” tab.
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***Registering with IATA is not required in order for agents to sell travel.***
You should only register if you plan to use agent benefits in the same calendar year you’re applying for.
This application is a multi-step process so please be sure you actually qualify to apply for membership before you begin.
Please understand this will be a digital card and not a physical card. There is an app you’re welcome to download on your smart phone so you can have your digital card on you. Download the app here.
IATAN does not offer bonus commissions/incentives on bookings.
IATA does not offer marketing materials at this time.
IATA/IATAN ID Card
IATA Member Benefits
Travel professionals offer clients a wealth of expertise that shouldn’t be overlooked.
Your expertise should be recognized and rewarded. You deserve professional identification that gives you access to premium training and exclusive travel and non-travel deals so you can enjoy the same phenomenal experiences you offer clients.
The IATA/IATAN ID Card allows you to do all this and more:
- Ensure that your professional status is recognized worldwide and throughout the travel industry.
- Build your career and elevate your service with IATA’s courses and training programs.
- Travel the way you’ve always wanted with supplier concessionary rates on hotels, flights, car rentals, theme parks, family trips, and other travel benefits.
- Shop and save on everyday purchases and even gift cards.
A convenient digital solution
Our digital cards make verifying your professional status and elevating your travel experiences even more effortless.
- Use the ID Card Benefits app.
- Verify your professional status with suppliers in a single tap.
- Find exclusive travel deals.
When requesting an IATA Membership:
You must have booked at least $5000 in travel (not commission) within the past 12 months. You WILL need to submit proof of this during registration. MainStreet will confirm on our end.
All agents who request an IATA membership must be active MainStreet travel agents. We define “active” as follows:
Agents who joined MainStreet before 5/16/2024:
- Complete the Annual Refresher Course (Click HERE for the ARC – you will be taken to an external site and may need to create an account.)
- Agents can instead choose to complete the more thorough New Agent Qualification, as described in the third section below.
- Have booked at least $5,000 in travel (not commission, just client costs) in the past 12 months – Submit proof when applying, and MainStreet will confirm on our end.
Agents who joined MainStreet after 5/16/2024:
- Have booked at least $5,000 in travel (not commission, just client costs) in the past 12 months – Submit proof when applying, and MainStreet will confirm on our end.
Complete the full New Agent Qualification process, as outlined below:
- Finish your MainStreet training
- Certify (finish the training) for a theme park supplier
- After earning your training certificate, email the certificate to alaina@parksavers.com
- College of Disney Knowledge or UniversalAndU training on the Universal Partner Community suggested.
- Submit a practice booking for that same theme park supplier
- This process includes practicing the entire booking process and answering a few basic questions to confirm you booked what you expected
- Click here for instructions on how to submit a practice booking
- Certify (finish the training) for a cruise line
- After earning your training certificate, email the certificate to alaina@parksavers.com
- Any of MainStreet’s affiliated cruise lines are encouraged and accepted. If certifying with Disney Cruise Line, you will need to complete the MainStreet Disney Cruise Line Supplemental training in addition to the College of Disney Knowledge.
- Submit a practice booking for that cruise line
- This process includes practicing the entire booking process and answering a few basic questions to confirm you booked what you expected
- Click here for instructions on how to submit a practice booking
- Certify (finish the training) for a hotel booking tool
- ALGVPro is recommended (instructions here). Other hotels or resorts affiliated with MainStreet also accepted.
- Submit a practice booking for that same hotel booking tool
- This process includes practicing the entire booking process and answering a few basic questions to confirm you booked what you expected
- Click here for instructions on how to submit a practice booking
For more details on Qualification, visit this page.
Email Alaina@parksavers.com with questions.