AirTran Airways Now Accepting PayPal Payments For Online Ticket Purchases

AirTran Airways announced today that they will now be accepting PayPal as a Payment option for airline ticket purchases made via their website, www.airtran.com. This is the third airline we have written about here in the past year that has startied offering PayPal as a payment choice for Online ticket purchases.

Previously, Southwest Airlines and Northwest Airlines both announced a PayPal payment option. I am a big fan of strategic partnerships and love the fact that more and more BIG corporations are offering many choices for payment off of their websites. It just makes sense to me to offer any option that is popular and highly used by the audience you target. As I predicted earlier, once again, this most likely won’t be the last airline to join forces with PayPal, and possibly even other payment processors (ie. Google Checkout).

Here are some statements from AirTran’s VP of Marketing about the recent addition of PayPal:

We’re pleased to give AirTran Airways passengers enhanced convenience, security and privacy when they book travel on www.airtran.com. PayPal offers a proven and popular method for handling our rapidly growing online transactions.

Here are some statements from PayPal about the recent addition of AirTran Airways:

We are excited to welcome aboard AirTran Airways as the most recent airline to accept PayPal payments for online ticket purchases. We look forward to introducing millions of PayPal customers to AirTran’s low fares and friendly service using the security and convenience of the PayPal accounts.

AirTran recently had a very large sale on airline tickets, boasting fares as low as $39. The sale lasts through November 13th, 2007 and are good for trips taken before February 27th, 2008. AirTran also has an Online store, where they display and sell items related to the AirTran Airways brand. I was surprised to see though, that do not accept PayPal there (at least not that I noticed). Next, hopefully they go to work on their store, including functionality.

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By eCopt on November 1, 2007, last modified November 1st, 2007
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