ISSUERS

Why Should Airlines Issue UATP

Generate revenue and increase market share.  Watch the quality of your customer portfolio grow in terms of travel volume and yield.  Lower distribution costs and watch your bottom line increase with overall cost savings to the airline.  Become a UATP Issuer!

Benefits include:

No Merchant Service Fee for On-Us Tickets:  When a UATP issuing airline's card is used by a corporate client to purchase a ticket on that airline, the Issuer pays no merchant service fees--compared to the 1.5-3+% charged by other credit cards.

Revenue from OAL tickets:  When a Issuer's card is used to purchase a ticket on any other card-accepting (Merchant) airline, the Issuer earns most of UATP's merchant service fee on the transaction value. This results in both significant savings and increased revenue for card-issuing carriers.

Strategic Information:  Issuers receive valuable MIS data for all online and interline travel charged to their card. This data provides when, where, on which airline and at what cost their most important corporate clients traveled. This data can be used to help carriers understand their corporate clients' travel behavior and develop strategically targeted incentive and discount programs to capture greater market share of each corporation's travel spend.

Better Service to Customers:  UATP supplies Issuers with Level III data (only credit card with this capability) for every transaction charged to their card, regardless of ticketing airline, point of sale or geographic location of purchase. As a result, UATP provides the most detailed, centralized billing information for corporate customers, which saves them money and reconciliation time. Direct billing by the card-issuing airline also ensures that corporate customers will be credited for all of their flight activity and secure maximum benefit from loyalty agreements.

Establish Closer Relationships with Key Corporate Customers:  By understanding their customer's travel behavior, Issuers can work directly with them to develop the most effective loyalty and rebate agreements based on UATP's Level III data.

Shift Market Share to Your Airline:  Based on accurate market share data, Issuers can offer targeted incentive, discount and reward programs to meet each corporate client's specific travel needs and increase market share.

Leverage Against Fee Increases by Other Credit Cards:  UATP's “zero merchant service fee" for "on-us" transactions combined with the revenue Issuers earn from interline ticket sales gives airlines powerful negotiating tools with other credit cards.  UATP is a real alternative.

For more information, contact sales@uatp.com