CHICAGO, March 29,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AMTRAK, the one connected
platform for business travel, today announced upgrades to its
corporate booking solution to continue delivering travelers and
corporate travel customers the full selection of American Airlines'
flights and lowest fares, even as American changes how the
carrier's flights can be booked through third party corporate
booking platforms beginning in April.
In an effort to modernize the shopping experience for travelers,
American Airlines recently mandated that all travel agencies use
"New Distribution Capability" (NDC) technology to shop and
sell American flights by April 2023.
NDC was developed by airlines to distribute fares, offers, and
other products online faster and with more transparency than the
previous travel technology. For those booking tools not connected,
travelers will lose access to up to 40% of American's lowest fares
and face the tough choice: book higher American fares with their
current provider in order to maintain spend and safety visibility
or let travelers book lower American fares outside the system, but
lose spend and safety visibility.
Although many legacy travel management companies (TMCs) have
resisted transitioning – citing the difficulty and complexity –
AmTrav has been an outspoken proponent of modernization for many
years. In 2019, AmTrav became the first business travel platform to
process NDC bookings with American and today is one of a very small
number of providers ready to provide uninterrupted access to
American's lowest fares.
"Business travel tools already have a perception problem among
travelers, because so few corporate travel booking platforms have
been willing to invest time and money to modernize the user
experience," said AmTrav CEO Jeff
Klee. "We've taken a different approach. Because we build
all of our own technology with fewer dependencies on slow, legacy
third party systems, we can deliver for our travelers the type of
shopping experience they get when they book personal travel, while
at the same time providing their companies with the visibility,
control, and savings they need."
With its latest enhancements, AmTrav's "NDC ready" solution,
more than ever, brings business travelers and their companies:
- Lower Fares on American: Booking tools that have not
tapped into American's NDC content will be more expensive 40% of
the time.
- Access to All of American's Fare Brands: Compare and
choose from the full menu of American's offerings, including the
new Main Plus and Main Select bundles which include free extra
legroom seats, among other benefits.
- Full Choice of Seats: Get access to every available
seat, including Preferred and Main Cabin Extra, with perks from
your AAdvantage status (if applicable) automatically factored
in.
- Personalized Comparison-Shopping: A rich, complete
comparison-shopping experience to help travelers make smart choices
with details, photos, and reviews to inform fare rules, fees, seat
size, WiFi, entertainment, and so much more.
- Full Visibility and Control: Like any other booking,
American NDC bookings work seamlessly with AmTrav's real-time
reporting, travel policy and approval flows, unused ticket
tracking, and traveler locator services, keeping travel managers
and C-suite execs happy.
About AmTrav
AmTrav is an award-winning, modern technology and service
platform designed to make business travel personal and productive.
Companies of all sizes use AmTrav to book trips, find savings, set
travel policies, manage payments and expenses, and keep their
travelers safe. Travelers and companies love AmTrav's powerful
platform that provides a seamless travel management experience
supported by our experts who are always ready to help 24x7. More
than 1000 businesses trust AmTrav to go places, meet people, and go
further. To learn more about AmTrav and our approach to modernizing
air travel, visit www.amtrav.com.
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