UATP Delivers Online Airline Ticket Purchases Through PayPal
Posted on: Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 09:04 CDT
WASHINGTON, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- UATP is helping to enable PayPal payments for online airline ticket purchases and has successfully launched the first client, Northwest Airlines , on June 28.
"PayPal has an enormous customer base that wants to buy travel and UATP is allowing that to happen, which is both good for those PayPal customers and airlines that are looking to accept alternatives to credit cards for online purchases," Ralph Kaiser, president and CEO, UATP said. "By working with PayPal, we've been able to facilitate convenient online payments for our airline members and PayPal customers -- it's a win-win situation."
Through the UATP network of over 220 airlines around the globe, PayPal is able to use the network to connect to the airlines and process payments.
"UATP is a great, innovative partner in helping us address the airline industry's need for online payments," said Tyler Hoffman, senior director of large merchant sales at PayPal. "By offering PayPal to airline sites, we're once again offering our service where our customers want to shop."
Making payments by PayPal is easy; consumers can choose PayPal as a payment method and conduct what they see as a normal PayPal transaction. Airlines will process the payment like a UATP transaction through the existing network.
With more than 143 million accounts, PayPal is a global leader in online payment solutions that allows a safe, easy way to pay for items and services online. With PayPal, travelers have flexibility to pay for tickets and can use debit cards, bank accounts, stored balances, or credit cards through their individual PayPal accounts.
UATP is the airline-owned global corporate travel payment network. For more information, visit uatp.com.
About UATP
UATP accounts are accepted as a form of payment for corporate business travel by airlines and travel agencies worldwide. UATP accounts are issued by: Aer Lingus, Air New Zealand, American Airlines , Austrian Airlines, Continental Airlines , Delta Air Lines , Japan Airlines (NasdaqOTC: JALSY), Northwest Airlines , Qantas Airways, Ltd., United Airlines , and US Airways (UAIRQ.OB). AirPlus International issues the UATP-based Company Account for: British Airways , Continental Airlines , and Lufthansa German Airlines.
UATP media relations contact: Wendy L. Ward +1 202-626-4077 wward@uatp.com
UATP
CONTACT: Wendy L. Ward of UATP, +1-202-626-4077, wward@uatp.com
Web site: http://www.uatp.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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