ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) today released data showing that air ticket sales by ARC-accredited travel agencies totaled $7.7 billion in April 2022, a 156% year-on-year increase on the other compared to April 2021.* Total month-on-month sales performance remained relatively stable due to a typical seasonal decline in passenger travel offset by air travel costs exceeding record levels. never seen for seven years.

The average round-trip ticket price in the United States continued its month-over-month rise in April 2022, totaling $585. This is an increase of 8% from March and 45% year-over-year. April’s average ticket price is the highest total recorded in the past seven years.

“April month-over-month sales and total passenger numbers are in line with pre-pandemic travel trends. We continue to monitor the impact of higher airfares on traveler demand,” said Steve Solomon, vice president of global customers and data products at ARC. “Before the pandemic, we generally saw a decrease in passenger travel from March to April and an even deeper drop in sales compared to what we have seen this year.”

Month after month, April 2022 results showed:

• Total sales decreased by 1%.

• The total number of passenger trips decreased by 10%.

• US domestic travel fell 11%.

• International travel fell 8%.

The total number of passenger trips settled by the ARC in April 2022 increased by 52% year-on-year, from 14.7 million to 22.5 million. U.S. domestic travel rose 41% to 14.5 million, while international travel rose 78% to 7.9 million over the same period.

EMD’s April 2022 sales increased 148% year-over-year to $14,837,620. EMD transactions increased 79% to 225,135 over the same period.**

More detailed information is available at The ARC Sales Statistics Page. A further breakdown of corporate, leisure and online ticket sales can be found on the ARC COVID-19 Data Page.

About CRA:

ARC accelerates the growth of global air travel by providing forward-looking travel data, flexible distribution services and other innovative industry solutions. We are a leading travel intelligence company with the world’s largest and most comprehensive air ticket dataset, comprising over 15 billion passenger flights representing 490 airlines and 230 countries and territories. Our solutions and expertise strengthen economies and enrich lives by connecting stakeholders across the travel ecosystem. For more information, visit arccorp.com.

Remarks:

*Ticket sales

• Findings are based on monthly sales data ending April 30, 2022, from 10,667 U.S. retail and corporate travel agencies, satellite ticket printers and online travel agencies . Results do not include sales of tickets purchased directly from airlines.

• The average ticket price (USD) is for a round-trip ticket settled through ARC for an itinerary that included only domestic travel within the United States.

• Passenger trips include the total number of passengers making a trip from one airport to another using direct or connecting flights. Newly issued trips are added and refunded trips are deducted to provide a clean view of passengers on the move.

• US domestic passenger travel includes the total number settled through ARC when the itinerary is entirely within the US. International passenger trips include the total number settled through the ARC when all or part of the trip is to airports outside of the United States or originates from outside of the United States.

• Total sales equals the total amount paid for a ticket, which includes taxes and fees.

**Electronic miscellaneous documents (EMD)

• Includes charges for products and services such as upgraded seats, checked baggage, unaccompanied minor, in-cabin pet, etc.

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Oxygene Ski & Snowboard School has launched a new online travel agency specializing in mountain holidays in 10 French ski resorts including La Plagne, Val d’Isère, Tignes, Courchevel, Les Menuires, Méribel, Val Thorens and Megève. Serre Chevalier and Grand Bornand will follow soon after.

Next winter (2022-23), Oxygene Ski Collection, or OSC for short, will be offering stays at some of the most prestigious ski resorts in the French Alps. The comprehensive package includes airport transfers, accommodation, lift passes, ski lessons, equipment hire and fun resort activities. However, there are no fixed rules in place, with the ability to customize the vacation experience 100%.

There’s also a huge selection of easy-to-book online winter activities – ski and snowboard lessons, cross-country skiing, Moonbikes, paragliding, snowshoeing, ski touring and speed riding, all provided by winter sports professionals. Oxygene ski school.

Summer 2022

During the summer of 2022, OSC will also offer all its expertise in Tignes, Val d’Isère, La Plagne, Courchevel and Méribel. Summer activities include electric mountain biking, rafting, canyoning and hydrospeeding on the whitewater rapids of the Isère.

Examples of summer vacations in Val d’Isere with unique experiences include a luxury hideaway for eMTB (electric mountain bike) vacations or a selection of exclusive high-end chalets with a variety of artistic, musical and aeronautical themes located in Tignes.

Carefully selected accommodation

Each accommodation offer has been carefully selected, ensuring that attention to detail is provided throughout the OSC experience. Accommodation varies according to desires, needs and budget, with a choice between self-catering apartments, all-inclusive hotels and super luxurious chalets with unique decorations.

Customers can book online or make an inquiry with the Oxygene team by email or phone. The staff of Oxygene Ski Collection is present throughout the reservation and throughout the stay, to ensure the smooth running of all the holidays.

Online booking is simple and very secure, and additional cancellation insurance is offered. OSC is officially registered with the tourism association ATOUT FRANCE, providing additional peace of mind for guests.

Developed by local experts with over 30 years of experience

OSC offers a combination of professional expertise and local knowledge. Oxygène Ski & Snowboard School has been in existence since 1992 and Oxygène Immobilier since 1997. They both have the highest level of experience in their field. A family run organization – the founding leaders are siblings who know exactly how to create the perfect mountain vacation.

Emma Morison, Managing Director of Oxygene Ski & Snowboard School, said: “OSC is a unique platform where complete winter sports holidays can be booked and paid for in one place. Oxygene already has over 30 years of experience in the winter sports industry, and by partnering with Oxygene Immobilier, a specialized real estate agency in the French Alps, we have every corner covered.

OSC launched in April 2022 and bookings are now available for Summer 2022. There are a large selection of accommodation options for Winter 2022-23 available, with more coming very soon.

www.oxygeneskicollection.com

Donna Fredkove says her online travel agency, MyFlightSearch, canceled her Sun Country flight to Newark without notice. Now she wants help getting reimbursed for the new, more expensive tickets the cancellation forced her to buy. Can we help you?

Question

Last year I purchased round trip tickets through MyFlightSearch for my husband and I on Sun Country from Minneapolis to Newark. MyFlightSearch charged us $477 for these tickets.

The day before our outbound flight, we tried to print our boarding passes from the Sun Country website, but received the response that we needed to check in at the airport. When we arrived at the Sun Country check-in counter, a representative told us that our tickets were not valid. Sun Country staff called MyFlightSearch and found that the online travel agency had canceled our reservations. We had to book a new, more expensive flight to Newark.

Neither Sun Country nor the online travel agency had informed us of the canceled flight. While we were at the Sun Country check-in counter, someone from MyFlightSearch called me on my cell phone and said they had emailed me a notice. However, when I told him that there had been no emails or further contact from MyFlightSearch after we received the e-tickets, he admitted that he had in fact not informed, but that he “had tried”. He said that the amount I was charged had been refunded to my credit card account.

Neither Sun Country nor MyFlightSearch were prepared to take responsibility for canceling our tickets without notice. Sun Country charged us $1,279 for airfare when the original price we paid for our return flights was $477. We also had to fly to Hartford instead of Newark and get additional ground transportation from Hartford to Newark the same day at our own expense.

After getting home, I checked my credit card statements and found that MyFlightSearch had paid Sun Country a total of $477 in two transactions – one for $40 and one for $437. I only received the $437. I called MyFlightSearch and asked for the $40 refund, and they agreed to refund the money in 7-10 days to post it to my account. It’s been weeks and I haven’t received the refund. Can you help ? — Donna Fredkove, Minnetonka, Minn.

Responnse

The $40 fee is a booking fee associated with your reservation. You deserve a refund of fees and your fare. In fact, you should get more than that. MyFlightSearch should consider covering the additional expenses of booking a reservationless fare on the day of your travel. But I’m moving forward.

Of course, MyFlightSearch should have notified you when it canceled your flight. He should have owned the cancellation instead of first telling you that he notified you and then admitting that he didn’t. It should have offered the “prompt personal attention to your travel-related questions and requirements” that it promises on its site.

These online travel agencies are highly automated, so something definitely didn’t work the way it should. You didn’t want to cancel your flight, so MyFlightSearch shouldn’t have canceled it.

The “Check with us at the counter” warning is a huge red flag. When you see this, it’s time to call the airline. It may be nothing. But in my experience, it’s often a sign that something has gone terribly wrong.

Since your online travel agency canceled your flight, they are responsible for the refund.

You may have contacted a Sun Country executive to figure out what happened and ask for some sort of compensation. We list the names, numbers, and email addresses of Sun Country executives in our database. I think Sun Country could have helped you when your agent canceled your flight, helping you get to Newark at a reasonable price. Looking at your correspondence, it looks like you paid hundreds of dollars extra. He could consider reimbursing part of it.

In the end, it was up to your online travel agency to sort out the problem since they were the ones who canceled your flight. I think he should immediately refund your $40 booking fee and consider covering your additional flight costs.

I contacted MyFlightSearch on your behalf. He promptly refunded his booking fee but would not cover your additional costs. Maybe next time you should consider booking directly with your airline or using a human travel agent.

B2B payments and business intelligence service focused on hospitality Onyx CenterSource on Tuesday, September 21 unveiled a partnership with the online travel market Booking.com for a payment platform for travel agencies that work with the reservation service.

The platform, which was developed using Booking.com’s Amadeus integration, enables travel agencies to obtain payments for their share of completed stays booked through the portal.

“Onyx is the market leader in payment solutions for hotels and travel agencies, and we have partnered with Booking.com for over 10 years,” said Tony wagner, Senior Vice President of Commercial and Strategic Relations of Onyx, in the joint announcement.

“This new solution addresses a large-scale need of one of our major customers: a platform that will provide ‘revshare’ payments from affiliated travel agencies transparently on a global scale,” he said. he declares. “Booking.com has been at the forefront of innovation for affiliate offerings, so it makes sense to launch the new payment tool for their affiliated travel agencies, especially as the industry’s recovery accelerates. . “

The solution is configured specifically for Booking.com’s requirements and can help travel agencies enable automated, paperless payments, Wagner said, noting that the company will add more custom platforms over the next 12 months.

Affiliated travel agencies that register through the online portal automatically receive payments for qualifying bookings from that day forward, he said. Affiliate travel agents can add Booking.com transactions to Onyx’s RecoverPro transaction matching solution to improve visibility, Wagner said.

“This robust new payments platform uses the latest technology to ensure that our affiliate partners are able to seamlessly receive revenue sharing payments for their qualifying affiliate bookings, a key industry priority as the world is starting to open up again to travel, “said Thibaut leroux, senior manager of corporate partnerships at Booking.com, in the joint announcement.

Related: Onyx launches a virtual card for hotel customers

Last year, Onyx CenterSource launched a new virtual credit card for hotel and travel customers. Onyx has also partnered with payment processing provider WEX on virtual services for travel payments.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Biirdee, one of the top luxury travel agencies, has helped international stars and influencers save 30-40% on their flights to Cannes, France, when the festival returned after a pandemic hiatus in the spring of 2020.

With the extravagance ranging from July 6 to 17 this year, stars around the world have asked Biirdee for tickets to witness the glamor of the French Riviera.

“We are pleased to extend our services to the biggest names in the film industry who are eager to come to Cannes for the cinema showcase. These very stressful last minute threesomes are our ally, “said Eric Alberton, founder and CEO of Biirdee.

In addition to easing restrictions related to COVID-19 in France, the 74th Cannes film festival will mark the return of international travel.

Travelers can ask Biirdee’s travel specialists for safe vacation destinations to explore as countries deliberate on guidelines and policies to balance economy and health.

“Our agents have been at the forefront in helping travelers personalize their trip to ensure their complete satisfaction. Biirdee works for our customers 24/7 until they have returned home healthy and safe “, underlined Alberton.

Alberton’s point on personalization is crucial here as it sets Biirdee apart from other travel agencies. “We build fully personalized, multi-city last-minute trips using a variety of tools that we have at our disposal. has no experience, ”he explained.

It’s no wonder the agency has flourished for so long. Biirdee has been a leading travel partner for several years, booking first class and business class flights and offering the best deals on luxury travel.

“Whether your trip is last minute or planned well in advance, our agents can help – from managing ground transportation to booking hotels or restaurants at your destination, we’ve got you covered.” , says Alberton.

Check the Biirdee website to request a quote for international flights or domestic private charters.

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