Originally Posted by
BrotherBluto
For us given the current state of integration (or lack of), it would add a steep fee structure (on top of our regular booking fee) for each AA booking with an agent (BCD/Sabre) and even higher for each Concur booking (Travelfusion). Not worth it, especially given limitations that exist in the current iteration.
I imagine that is the true root cause for AA's push. It isn't necessarily about content (yet). It's about pushing the distribution costs on to customers.
Would love an agent's perspective on how much extra time it takes to use TF Desktop or the other interface (Spark?)
Something tells me it doesn't take any extra time at all and the additional fee is really a penalty imposed by the TMC to make up for lost GDS revenue.