Study Reveals That American Express Online Booking Solution
Offers Lower Fares Than Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia
Debt Consolidation And Credit American Express Corporate Travel have announced the results of
a study confirming that in one-on-one comparisons, American Express
fares are significantly lower than those provided by both corporate
and leisure offerings from Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity.
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business travelers are rapidly moving to use online ticketing
offerings in the workplace, and that both Europe and Latin America
are poised to achieve the same adoption rates as North America in
the next few years.
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Improve Credit Rating The online pricing study was conducted by Harrell Associates, a
leading airline and travel consultancy, on behalf of American
Express. It found that American Express online airfares are:
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* 11% lower than Orbitz ($82 - $91 per ticket on average)
* 11% - 12% lower than Travelocity?($94 - $102 per ticket on
average)
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Credit Score Rating Scale This pokes another hole in the myth that the online travel
agencies are the more efficient choice for online booking, said
Rich Miller, vice president and general
manager for the Interactive
Travel Group at American Express. These results substantiate
what we have known anecdotally and through our own internal
research for some time. Online booking through American Express
delivers consistently lower fares than the online agencies.
Through the supplier discounts we are able to
negotiate, plus our ability to
book low cost carriers online, we can offer our clients
significantly greater value when booking online.
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Bad Card Credit Credit People Harrell Associates conducted an airfare analysis that identified
the top 110 heavily traveled routes (100 domestic / 10
international) for small business travel customers, and tested
these routes against a number of variables. Each route was tested
simultaneously across the following booking sources:
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Orbitz leisure site and Orbitz For Business site
Expedia leisure site and Expedia Corporate Travel site
Travelocity leisure site and Travelocity Business site
Credit Rating Scale In direct comparisons to Expedia, American Express returned
fares that were on average 11% lower than the Expedia Leisure site
and 9% lower than Expedia Corporate Travel, resulting in savings of
$74 - $92 per ticket on average.
Bad Credit Rating In direct comparisons to Orbitz, American Express returned fares
that were on average 11% lower than the Orbitz Leisure site and 11%
lower than Orbitz for Business, resulting in savings of $82 - $91
per ticket on average.
Credit Rating Agency In direct comparisons to Travelocity, American Express returned
fares that were on average 12% lower than the Travelocity Leisure
site and 11% lower than Travelocity Business, resulting in savings
of $94 - $102 per ticket on average.
Credit Rating Canada While the bulk of recent media attention makes it seem that it
is less expensive to book an airline ticket using the online travel
agencies rather than traditional players like American Express, our
research found just the opposite to be the case, said Bob Harrell,
founder and principal of Harrell Associates. The results of our
survey have proved that not only does working with a travel
management company like American Express save corporations
money through pre-negotiated fares,
but on individual fares, American Express is the lowest cost
provider serving Corporate America.
Bad Credit Mortgage Rating Underscoring business travelers increasing acceptance of online
booking tools, another survey by American Express released today
found that a majority of business travelers actually prefer booking
travel online
versus using the telephone. 53%
of those surveyed said they preferred booking online, versus
just 30% who prefer the phone. And, in a separate survey of
corporate travel managers, American Express found that Europe is
viewed as the next hot area for online booking adoption,
selected by over 40% of corporate travel managers. Latin America
was identified as the next largest opportunity for online
booking by 28% of travel managers polled. The surveys also found
that over 70% of travelers would recommend using an online
booking tool to their colleagues.
Good Credit Rating American Express business traveler research indicated that
online booking tools are becoming more traveler-friendly. The
survey found that 92% of respondents felt their online tool was
easy to learn to use, and 86% felt it was effective in helping them
book low airfares.
Credit Score Rating Chart The results of the business traveler study are based on a survey
of over 1300 business travelers from companies of all sizes on
their attitudes toward online booking, conducted by Advanis, an
independent market research company. American Express separately
conducted a survey of over 60 corporate travel managers to
ascertain their views toward interactive travel.
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