Virtual cards issued through Sabre Virtual Payments can now be used to pay
for air, rail and other services.
Sabre Virtual Payments
is a program that deploys a single-use virtual credit card to pay for components
of a trip and matches bookings to payments.
A Sabre spokesperson
confirmed the virtual cards could only be used for hotels in the past. Now,
they can be used to pay for airline tickets, ancillary sales, service fees, credit
card fees and rail services.
The GDS is also offering
a new software application, Sabre Virtual Payments Ticketer, for agencies.
Sabre said the application “augments the fulfillment tasks and charges the same
virtual card used for the air ticket when you buy associated seats and bags, charge
service fees or add incremental credit card fees to the transaction.” It also
integrates Sabre Virtual Payments with carriers that require immediate
ticketing.
According to Sabre, the
number of virtual cards it has issued in the last year has grown 150%.