American Airlines has extended its travel management company incentives for New Distribution Capability bookings through the end of the year, the carrier confirmed.
The bonus commissions, originally set to expire Sept. 30, are for NDC bookings of Main Select, Main Plus and Flagship Business Plus bundles. BTN stablemate The Beat reported in June that the commissions would be 10 percent, but American has not confirmed that figure.
The incentive program was announced after American ditched its preferred agency plans amid a reexamination of its aggressive NDC strategy of the previous 14 months—which created a lot of ill will among TMCs and corporate customers—and began to return content to EDIFACT.
BTN stablemate Travel Weekly first reported the commission extension.
