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AIRPLUS. WHAT TRAVEL PAYMENT IS ALL ABOUT.

WHAT TRAVEL PAYMENT IS ALL ABOUT.

AirPlus Overview

Alexander Houston

S. 1

March 31, 2009


• 850 Employees

• AirPlus serves more than 32,000 corporate clients worldwide in 124 countries

• Parent company is Lufthansa Airlines

• Twenty years in business

• Worldwide headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany

• US headquarters in Washington, D.C.

• 80% market share in Germany / 50% market share of Europe

• Over 93 million transactions with a processing volume of 15.9 billion Euro

Who is AirPlus?


The Company We Keep


Best of Breed Solutions

Global online MIS reporting systemAirPlus Information Manager

Company Account

Central payment account for air, rail, and agency fees

Detailed data & customer specific information

Customized invoicing

Corporate Card, P-Card, P-Log

Issued to individual travelers for business related travel costs

Superior global acceptance

Multiple billing and liability options available

Supports financial & expense management systemsElectronic Invoicing

Dedicated account manager and customer service repService

Products work with any and even multiple agenciesTravel Agency Neutral


UATP – Universal Air Travel Plan

• Established in 1936 – the first charge card in the world

• The airline-owned global, corporate, airfare payment system

• Accepted by all major scheduled airlines in the world

• Provides the best air travel data possible with every transaction

• Lowest cost form of payment for airlines

• Managed by a not-for-profit organization with HQ in Washington, DC and offices in Geneva, Singapore and Sydney


AirPlus Company Account

• Leading UATP payment solution world-wide

• Primarily issued as a ‘ghost card’ and lodged with a travel agency

• Used to purchase air and rail tickets and agency services via an AirPlus Merchant Agreement

• Purchases are compiled into a clear invoice with flexible billing cycle

• Current sales can be viewed at any time through the AirPlus Corporate Travel Portal

• Collection of supplementary data

• Comprehensive insurance protection


Central Payment – A Best Practice

Improved control of travel policy

Increases use of preferred vendors

Improved adoption of self booking tools

Better compliance with travel policy

Better database for reporting and traveler tracking

Increased safety, security and compliance

Minimizes fraud and abuse potential

Reliable data source for tracking travelers

Independent source of data

Lower average ticket price

Advance purchase increases

Lessens incentive influence on purchasing behavior


Descriptive Billing Information

Supplementary data collected with every transaction and included on both printed statements and in the data warehouse

Up to nine descriptive fields can be defined

AirPlus collects the data both via the GDS and directly from travel agencies

Personal IDPersonal ID DepartmentDepartment Cost CenterCost Center

Internal AccountInternal Account Project NumberProject Number Order NumberOrder Number

Accounting UnitAccounting Unit DestinationDestination Departure DateDeparture Date

Sample Invoice


Electronic Data FeedsReceive your statements electronically in the format you

prefer

ATX

EDIFACT

XML

CSV

LARS (AirPlus proprietary format)

See your invoice online in the Portal the day its printed (PDF format)

Benefits of Electronic Invoicing:

Faster reconciliation

Improved accounting

No manual data capture

Reduced errors

AirPlus can directly feed any travel expense management system (e.g. Concur)


Insurance Overview2–3 Times the coverage of other products

AirPlus offers basic travel accident insurance at no cost up to:

$750,000 for accidental disability

$500,000 accidental death coverage

$125,000 medically necessary evacuation following an accident

“Door to door” coverage for benefits as the result of a traveling accident such as physical therapy, hospital stay, etc.

Additional coverage and upgrades are available for a surcharge

Insurance coverage from MasterCard is provided for all purchases madewith the AirPlus Corporate Card


AirPlus Corporate Card

• 22 million merchants in over 220 countries

820k ATM’s in over 100 countries

MasterCard purchase protection and rental car insurance

• Online program administration and access to transaction data

• Multiple billing and liability options

• Complete control over spending limits and approved merchants

• Customer logo can be put on card to reinforce business use

• Competitive currency exchange rates


AirPlus Purchasing Card

• Supported by the MasterCard network

• Level 3 data provided by over 110,000 merchants

• Extensive reporting capabilities with ‘build your own’ functionality – all of which can be downloaded

• Advanced features let you assign purchases to cost centers or general ledger accounts, split transactions and re-assign costs at any time

• Set up allocation rules, and establish pre-set spending limits by number of transactions per day or month, dollar limits or vendor type restrictions.

• MasterCard Purchase Assistance® and MasterCoverage® Liability protection built in

• Customizable purchasing authorization

gives you control over spending quickly and easily.


AirPlus P-LOG

• The AirPlus P-LOG is a one-time use virtual card

• Uses the MasterCard network generated in real time as needed

• Fixed dollar limit and time limit

• Capability to send fax of card image in real time to merchant

• Up to six customer designated fields can be captured

Flows through to reporting tools

Highly customizable, format and business rules can be built in

• Download the transactions directly to your General Ledger

• Manual online-user and automated mid-office

• versions available

• Automated version supports Webservices


Data ConsolidationBetter Data to manage and leverage yourtravel spend

AirPlus Company Account

AirPlus Corporate Cards

Other Corporate Card

Providers

AirPlus Travel Data

Warehouse

Data processing and

international data

consolidation

AirPlus

Information Manager


Why AirPlus is Better

Customized Travel Payment Solutions

• Reconciliation of the charge card statement simplified

• Onward billings and allocation of charges are automatic

• Access to detailed data with easy to use reporting tool

Personal Service

• Regardless of size…you are a name – not a number

• Designated account manager, implementation manager and customer service representative – NO 800 #’s

Global Coverage

• Localized products in 55 countries

• Solutions available anywhere


AirPlus International, Inc.

Alexander HoustonE-Mail: [email protected]

Cell: +1 (713) 385-3974

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