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MacNair Travel Management, a privately owned American Express Representative Office, announced that its clients have saved an accumulated $3.9 million in savings for domestic and international airfare tickets as of second quarter 2010 alone.
“If a company is looking for ways to reduce this second largest controllable cost, it is important to realize that not all travel companies nor systems are created equal,” MacNair Travel’s President & CEO Michael MacNair says. “There are more fares in more places than any time in history and we can help find them all and consider the right ones based on company expectations.”
MacNair Travel’s clients realized just about 21.5 percent in savings on domestic tickets and nearly 42 percent in international airfare between April and June 2010.
These average airfare figures are benchmarked against Topaz International, an organization that tracks airline ticket costs nationally. For 2010’s second quarter, Topaz reports that the average domestic ticket price was $543.62, and $2,984.05 for international fares. The combined average ticket price, reported by Topaz, for the April through March 2010 timeframe was $1,168.98
By contrast, MacNair Travel’s second quarter results for 2010 are an average of $426.85 for a domestic airfare ticket and an average of $1,736.31 for an international airfare ticket. This translates to a combined average ticket price of $647.78 or an average savings of $521.20 per transaction.
MacNair Travel continues to beat the national averages in domestic airfare by hundreds of dollars and topples international averages in savings for its clients partly due to its commitment to travel “leadership”. “The leadership comes in two forms,” MacNair explains. “Strategic leadership is used to develop our clients’ travel management systems and policies so we know where to direct travelers for the best value. Second is transactional leadership. For each trip we offer more fares and options than our competitors.”
When you offer more options and know when the company wants us to encourage the travelers to take them, fares go down, MacNair adds.
“To illustrate, just the other day we offered a traveler a fare in business class that was 50% less than the fare he wanted on his preferred airline to India,” MacNair says. “Our over 300 fare deals (secured through our partnership in the American Express travel network) and creative international rate team does not merely take orders. They offer more creative options than anyone in the business.”
Theodore is the Co-Founder and Managing Editor of TravelDailyNews Media Network; his responsibilities include business development and planning for TravelDailyNews long-term opportunities.
