Originally Posted by
elitetraveler
Would you like to check-out at Walmart or Saks and get a 4 percent surcharge for using your credit card regardless of what the merchant's actual discount fee is?
That's really not an illustrative parallel. AA is the supplier of services; agents using Travelport constitute a (non-unique) distribution channel. I don't care how much P&G charges Wal-Mart for Tide - I care only about Wal-Mart's price to me.