Print or request transportation carrier tickets, using computer printer system or system link to travel carrier.

“Print or request transportation carrier tickets, using computer printer system or system link to travel carrier.” is a core task performed by Travel Agents. Among the occupation's 8 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#7 most important). About 97% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Gather information from physical or electronic sources. in Getting Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T4.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer. · importance 4.6
• Converse with customer to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required. · importance 4.6
• Compute cost of travel and accommodations, using calculator, computer, carrier tariff books, and hotel rate books, or quote package tour's costs. · importance 4.6
• Plan, describe, arrange, and sell itinerary tour packages and promotional travel incentives offered by various travel carriers. · importance 4.6
• Record and maintain information on clients, vendors, and travel packages. · importance 4.5
• Book transportation and hotel reservations, using computer or telephone. · importance 4.4
• Provide customer with brochures and publications containing travel information, such as local customs, points of interest, or foreign country regulations. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Travel Agents page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-743,
  title  = {Print or request transportation carrier tickets, using computer printer system or system link to travel carrier.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-743}
}