Hello Westjet! It's been announced AC has cut online TA commissions, but in typical AC fashion only to certain fare types. Econo now earns zero, as does Freedom and Executive Class fares. Latitude which was at 9% now earns only 5%, while Tango and Fun remain at 9%.
So much for matching WS commissions to remain competative. All things being equal between AC & WS, this development means I'll steer clients towards the latter rather than the former. I guess AC isn't interested in having TA's help them out of their current troubles.
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