Air Canada To Offer Ancillaries Via ARC App
Air Canada will be the first carrier to offer ancillary products to its travel agency-ticketed passengers using the Airlines Reporting Corp.’s (ARC) Better My Trip mobile app. The carrier will offer its Preferred Seats product, advance seat selection, advance meal purchase, On My Way enhanced trip interruption protection service and day passes to Air Canada’s award-winning Maple Leaf Lounges.
Better My Trip is a mobile trip management and monitoring app created by ARC for travel agencies to brand as their own. The mobile app improves an agency’s client travel experience by combining agency, supplier and post-ticketing airline content into one location, as opposed to downloading and deploying multiple apps.
Better My Trip also allows travelers to directly contact agents for support and service at any stage of the journey.Agencies deploying Better My Trip receive applicable commissions for bookings and purchases made through the app. Air Canada will launch the service with a major travel management company in the fourth quarter.
-- Michele McDonald