UATP is an airline-owned global corporate travel payment network that processes over $13 billion annually. It allows corporations to pay for airline tickets using UATP cards, which saves airlines credit card fees. The document discusses how UATP works, the benefits for corporations, airlines, and UATP, and provides an overview of the UATP network and its participants.
2. What is UATP?
Airline-ownedglobal corporate travel payment network
Platform to track manage and grow corporate sales
−Annual UATP volume exceeded USD 13 billion in 2013
−Doubled in the last 8 years
Lowers airline distribution costs by eliminating or reducing credit card fees
−UATP saves the airline industry in excess of USD 200 million in credit card costs per annum
3. The First Card in the World Was…
1.UATP
2.Diners Club
3.American Express
4.Visa
5.MasterCard
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4. Airlines who issue their own UATP account & have the direct relationship with the corporate subscriber
Entities who accept UATP as a valid form of payment through distribution channels
Corporations who use UATP as their preferred method of payment for airline tickets
The organization provides the infrastructure & support to permit the program to operate & grow
Issuers
Merchants/
Acquirers
Cardholders
UATP
Participants in the UATP Network
7. UATP Compared to Other CardsOther Card BrandsUATP
Structure
Airlines are Issuers
Visa is brand, banks are Issuers
Lodged & corporate
Walking & personal
3-digit accounting code
Different number for each market
Virtually non existent
Additional acceptance costs
Covering all markets & channels
Market by market basis
Flat global rate
Vary from market to market
Global
Mostly local
Fraud
Agreement
Commission
Acquiring
Merchant Number
Account type
9. New Revenue Stream
Corporate clients can buy travel not only from the issuing airline, but also from more than 250 other global airlines
An airline Issuer of UATP earns commission revenue on every ticket sale made on a competing airline using its card
The average of current UATP Issuers is 55% “On Us” vs. 45% OAL sales
10. Cost of Corporate Cards
Airlines pay on average 2-3% commission on corporate credit cards
Accepting UATP as a Merchant costs 1.75% (IATA ICH)
Issuing an own UATP card costs the airline 0% on tickets bought with its own UATP card (“On-Us” Sales)
12. Web-based, hosted by UATP
Easy-to-use intuitive interface
Multi-currency
Statements available in multiple languages
System evolves with UATP
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UATP Card Management Platform
13. Full Suite of Standard Reports –file exports
Over 65K custom report combinations possible!
“Account Info Module” includes credit limit inquiry
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UATP Cardholder Client Portal
14. Borica–UATP Cooperation
In 2012 BoricaBankserviceand UATP signed a cooperative agreement
̶Initial goal was the creation of a Service Center in support of UATP Issuer airlines
̶Now in its third year of operation, the Service Center is expanding its role in support of new UATP Issuers
̶A call center to support corporate client cardholders is also in consideration
Next steps in this cooperative effort include software development resources to support the development of next generations of UATP applications
17. Background
First AFP processing launched in 2007
16 carriers currently utilizing UATP AFP processing
AmericanAir Berlin
AeromexicoBritish Airways
DeltaEtihad
IberiaTAM
SouthwestUnited
VirginJetBlue
Air CanadaAirTran
LufthansaUS Airways
70+ national markets and currencies enabled
4 new AFP airline implementations in progress
19. Benefits
For Airlines:
̶Simplifies integration allowing use of existing UATP connectivity and acceptance methods
̶UATP provides reports to assist with daily reconciliation of AFP payments
̶UATP processing minimizes Merchant modifications
̶No UATP processing cost to Merchant
For AFPs
̶Helps them sign up Merchant airlines quicker and easier
For UATP
̶Leverages UATP network infrastructure and processing capacity to lower costs for UATP Issuers
20. UATP Role
Contracts signed directly between AFP and airline Merchant
̶UATP not involved with commercial negotiations/terms
Settlement outside of UATP schemes (ICH or USS) and directly between AFP and airline Merchant
UATP supports implementation
21. UATP -AFP Integration
Existing airline Merchant connectivity to UATP authorization and acquiring services remain unchanged
New development limited to an API between airline website and AFP for initial customer authentication
AFP transactions are bundled together with normal UATP transactions in Merchant capture files to UATP
̶Are processed and appear on standard reports
Each AFP is assigned a unique UATP IIN
̶Single-use UATP number generated by AFP
Reconciliation of AFP transactions by Merchants may require additional reports, which are produced and offered as option to airline Merchants
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23. Optional Reports
Summary.csvfile contains the sum of each of the supporting detail files
Transactions.csvfile contains all of the sales and refunds submitted to ATCAN on that day
Debits.csvfile is a subset of the Transactionsfile containing only sales
Credits.csvis a subset of the Transactionsfile containing only the refunds
PendingTransaction.csvfile contains unprocessed AFP transactions
Exceptions.csvfile is a subset of the PendingTransactionsfile containing transactions which failed to process with AFP PreviouslyPendingTransactions.csvfile contains any transactions from a previous days which have now processed
ChargebacksAndReversals.csvfile contains AFP transactions that are being charged back
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