Sabre’s GetThere Makes It Easier

Sabre’s GetThere online booking tool now features a new solution for corporations and business travellers buying United Airlines’ Economy Plus extra-legroom seats.

Now available globally, GetThere Air Extras allows business travellers to select and pay for these seats during the booking process and even gives them the option to pay with a personal credit card for times when a corporate travel policy does not allow for an upgraded seat.

United Airlines is the first airline to deliver this capability to travellers and is already selling its extra-legroom seats via GetThere Air Extras.

Yannis Karmis, vice-president of corporate solutions for Sabre, said: “Seat selection is becoming increasingly important to business travellers and a deal breaker when travel managers work on defining policy compliance. Often, frequent passengers experience full flights, and airlines allocate seats for preferred customers.”

Karmis explained that: “With our new solution, travellers with premier status can choose their seat based on the complimentary available seats shown, at the same time they book their flight. For travellers without premier status, we make it easy to select and purchase extra-legroom seats. And this new capability in GetThere allows travel managers to activate paid seats on an airline by airline basis, giving them greater control of their travel program while allowing them to improve the travel experience for employees.”

John Slater, United’s vice-president of sales for the Americas, pointed out that: “In addition to giving our corporate customers access to purchase United’s Economy Plus extra-legroom seating, this new self-service solution also gives them the option to split the payment between a corporate credit card and a second form of payment.”

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