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When Cheap Flights Cost More Than Consumers Bargain For
When Cheap Flights Cost More Than Consumers Bargain For
June 16, 2023  |  Travel Payments

When budget airlines experiment with route changes, the customer may ultimately pay the price. Picture it: After months of planning and saving, you finally book...

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Shift in Business Travel Forces Airline to Rethink Corporate Model
Shift in Business Travel Forces Airline to Rethink Corporate Model
June 05, 2023  |  Travel Payments

The rise of the connected economy, and the blurring of lines between digital and “in-person” realms, is shaking up the corporate travel market. Zoom —...

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42% of Consumers Trade Other Luxuries for Travel
42% of Consumers Trade Other Luxuries for Travel
April 17, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

This installment of PYMNTS’ miniseries based around consumer spending patterns focuses on the travel sector. Getting away from it all has been one of the...

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Airlines Turn to Orchestration as Consumer Payments Preferences Multiply
Airlines Turn to Orchestration as Consumer Payments Preferences Multiply
March 22, 2023  |  Travel Payments

As talk in payments circles turns more and more to localization and alternative payment methods (APMs), smart routing and payments orchestration is stepping up as...

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Airlines Optimistic Despite High Ticket Prices
Airlines Optimistic Despite High Ticket Prices
March 15, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Airline executives are optimistic about demand for travel this year, even as ticket prices climb. A Wednesday (March 15) report by The Wall Street Journal...

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Airlines and Travel Agencies Ride Tailwind of Payment Choice Online
Airlines and Travel Agencies Ride Tailwind of Payment Choice Online
December 05, 2022  |  Travel Payments

Increasing optionality in travel payments is helping to keep the sector’s rebound rolling. Al Enes, vice president of gig economy and travel at payments platform...

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JetBlue Offers $3.6B Cash for Spirit, Leaving Frontier on the Runway
JetBlue Offers $3.6B Cash for Spirit, Leaving Frontier on the Runway
April 05, 2022  |  Acquisitions

JetBlue Airways is offering $3.6 billion in an all-cash deal to buy Spirit Airlines, which would challenge the efforts by Frontier Airlines to do the...

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Airline Stocks Get Bounce From Strong Booking Trends That Defy War, COVID-19 and Cost
Airline Stocks Get Bounce From Strong Booking Trends That Defy War, COVID-19 and Cost
March 15, 2022  |  Travel Payments

Airplanes have a primary function: the ability to go up and down. So it is with the outlook for air travel in 2022 —one week...

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FLEETCOR Acquires Airline Software Company Levarti
FLEETCOR Acquires Airline Software Company Levarti
March 03, 2022  |  Travel Payments

FLEETCOR, the global business payments company, has acquired Levarti, the airline software company. Levarti offers a suite of solutions to automate passenger disruptions including passenger...

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