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Airline Sales Managers

Your one stop shop for information about UATP, the credit card issued by airlines and used by corporations to purchase air travel. Find details on why UATP works for corporations, why your airline issues UATP, how travel agencies can become merchants, which airlines and online booking sites accept UATP and much more…

Sales Tip

Utilize your travel agency partners to help with your sales efforts!

Because UATP has a relationship with Sabre & MeS, we now have an additional 750 travel agencies in the US that are Merchants of UATP! What does this mean? It means that all these agencies can offer a full solution for your UATP clients. Not only will the airline ticket be charged to UATP but the service fee will as well. This means your client is only paying one invoice (to you) and it will be easy to reconcile which service fee matches which airline ticket.

Here's how to get started:

• Check the list of UATP indirect travel agency Merchants here
• Identify the agencies in which you have a relationship
• Approach the agency & share information about your UATP program and the fact that they have a "full solution" via Sabre Card Services (the ticket and the service fee can be charged directly to UATP).
• This is advantageous not only for the travel agency but for the corporate UATP user as well - easy reconciliation, only one invoice, the travel agency won't have to separately reconcile charges for the client
• Develop a reward program for travel agencies for when they recruit a corporation to choose & use your airline's UATP product

QUICK INFO

Why should your Corporate client choose UATP?

How does your airlines benefit when you sell UATP?

Travel Agencies - How to Charge a Ticket to UATP
All travel agencies can accept UATP for airline tickets (as long as the airline is a merchant of UATP).

• Type "TP" as the Form of Payment in the GDS
• For airlines not using GDSs, visit their website and book tickets online using UATP as the Form of Payment
• Enter the UATP account’s expiry date where requested

What if an airline doesn't accept UATP and your clients want to buy a ticket? TELL UATP!!

Did you know?
Travel Agencies can become Merchants of UATP. The program allows them to not only save money but to better service your joint clients. Additional benefits include:

• Allows agencies to charge the service fee to the same FOP as the air ticket
• Ensures easy reconciliation for client
• Generates customer loyalty

EXPIRY DATE UPDATE

All UATP authorization inquiries must contain a valid and correct expiry date. Sales agents will need to ensure the UATP sales transactions are booked and UATP authorization inquiries are submitted with the cardholder's correct expiry date. Authorization inquiries received by the UATP system without an expiry or incorrect date will be returned in error. Authorization inquiries that do not contain the correct expiry date listed by the card Issuer with the UATP authorization system will be denied. Sales agents needing to obtain the correct expiry date should contact the cardholder or card Issuer. Questions about this communication can be directed to the Infrastructure Technology department at UATP at +1 202-626-4054. Click here for UATP card issuing airlines and contact information.

If you have questions, please contact Lori Schimenti at lschimenti@uatp.com