WASHINGTON -- Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP), an airline-owned
corporate travel payment system, launched a pilot program that
allows travel agencies to accept UATP cards directly as merchants.
UATP said that as merchants, travel agencies may accept UATP for
service fees and net fare tickets.
UATP said it is testing the program with a select group of
corporate agencies and plans an "aggressive expansion" throughout
2003.
Carriers participating in the UATP payment system include Aer
Lingus, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, American Airlines, Austrian
Airlines, British Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines,
Japan Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Lufthansa German
Airlines, Qantas Airways, Scandinavian Airlines System, United
Airlines and US Airways.