Tag Archives: Air Commissions

Plunging Airline Traffic and Airfares Good News for Travel Affiliates?

Airline executives from around the world continue to paint a gloomy picture for their industry’s short- to medium-term prospects.  If you are a travel affiliate or a travel program manager with an affiliate network, you may want to take notice, for the airline industry’s plunging traffic and airfares could hold positive news for the travel […]

Virgin Atlantic Ups Its Support for Travel Affiliates

Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS), arguably one of the most ardent airline supporters of the travel affiliate channel, has reinforced its commitment to U.S. based travel affiliates by announcing a new commission bonus program.  Effective immediately through June 22, 2009, Virgin Atlantic will pay an additional 2.5% – 3% commission or $25 (whichever is greater) on […]

Air Travel Is For the Dogs – And Travel Affiliates!

The pet travel niche keeps growing, and that’s very good news for travel affiliates.  A new airline, Pet Airways, is set to begin its scheduled “pawssenger” service on July 14th, and the travel affiliate channel is a key element of their distribution strategy. TravelDividends wrote about the growing travel affiliate sales opportunities in the pet […]

Delta Air Lines, Commissions and Distribution – Déjà Vu All Over Again

Delta Air Lines (DL) stunned some folks in the travel and travel affiliate marketing industries on May 6th when it announced that they would pay a special 10% commission on all flights and fare classes on bookings made by June 30th for travel through December 15th, 2009 from New York City area airports to Mexico, […]