Three startups are helping travelers save on airfare when there is a price drop after they’ve already purchased a ticket, Reuters reported Friday (Oct. 30). JetBack, Junova and Refare use artificial intelligence to monitor fares and seek refunds or flight credits when airlines cut prices,...
American Express and Airbnb have announced a partnership that will offer eligible American Express U.S. Card Members more choices of places to stay when traveling and additional ways to earn points. With this partnership, eligible U.S. Card Members can book stays with Airbnb through AmexTravel.com or the Amex Travel App and...
Properties can now join Expedia Group’s global travel marketplace through their existing connectivity software, with a few clicks, and go live in less than 24 hours, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release. This simpler path is enabled by Expedia Group’s new Autonomous Onboarding,...
Banks have always paid for the trip. Now, they want to help plan it. Most travel decisions get made on travel sites and, more and more, in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, before a user takes their card out to pay. Banks and card networks now...
American Airlines is going to let eligible members of its AAdvantage loyalty program combine cash and miles when booking flights on its website (aa.com) and digital app, the company said in a Friday (Oct. 2) press release. American Airlines is rolling out this feature over...
For many consumers, planning a trip now includes deciding how to divide the bill as carefully as deciding where to go. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Credit Card Installments Outrun BNPL in Summer Travel Surge,” the November edition of The Pay Later Ecosystem Report, examined how...
This weekend’s gas prices are set to be the highest ever for a Labor Day weekend, AAA said in a Thursday (Sept. 3) press release. The national average gas price is $4.14, which is above the current Labor Day record of $3.82, which was set on Sept. 3,...
Watch more: Monday Conversation With Booking Holdings’ Daniel Marovitz Travel has always had a front door and an operating layer. The front door was the search box, the app or the website. The operating layer was everything the consumer rarely saw: payments, currencies, supplier relationships,...
Travelers could soon face more trouble finding low-cost seats as airlines adopt AI-powered pricing practices. That’s according to a report Thursday (July 30) by Bloomberg News, which charts the air travel industry’s evolution away from using analysts to come up with pricing rules, like rising fares once...