Scan340 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 70 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 954 times:
Do American/Canadian travel agents still get commision for selling international tickets on American carriers? I remember reading an article in the chronicle that said that American carriers stopped paying agents commision for domestic tickets, just wondering if they pay for international?
Timberwolf24 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 562 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 930 times:
No. Most US airlines ended commision on all transactions done by travel agents.
Searpqx From Netherlands, joined Jun 2000, 4343 posts, RR: 12 Reply 3, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 918 times:
Lowfareair, don't quite follow you there. The US air travel market is the most deregulated and competitive one going. Its precisely because of the competition and multiple options a pax has to purchase a ticket that DL (and the other carriers) no longer felt tied to the traditional ticket distribution scheme (that's been in place since the 1930s). Even so, several carriers see an opportunity to perhaps gain a competitive advantage by maintainig comissions to agencies. If that's not competition in action, I don't know what is.
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Lowfareair From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 908 times:
Searpqx: It's not that, it's the fact that airlines just follow each other on changes. If one raises fares, they all do. If one lowers comissions, they all do.
BTW: I'm talking about the majors, who have at least several percent marketshare apiece.(Southwest is the exception).
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