Amidst a remarkable repositioning of corporate travel strategy including the closure of AirPass and reduction of corporate discounts and agency incentives, American Airlines in October tightened up agency benefits related to its company-based loyalty program.
"On October 3, 2022, the Business Extra system will begin excluding any unpublished fare tickets, including travel agency private fares, from the program flown revenue and points accrual," according to a copy of a message . . .
Before starting The Company Dime with David Jonas in 2014, journalist Jay Campbell a decade earlier created travel business newsletter The Beat. In 2006, Jay co-founded Travel Procurement magazine and in 2010 helped integrate them with Business Travel News. He served as BTN's editorial director until 2013. Jay made his travel industry media debut in 1993 at the Air Travel Journal of Boston while earning his undergraduate degree in journalism at Boston University. He would be happy to connect on LinkedIn. He's here at CorporateTravel.social on Mastodon.
