Get Answers About Our Commission Programs
For many travel agencies and independent advisors, adopting a new partnership or changing an established workflow can naturally raise a few questions. As established travel professionals with decades of experience, our team understands that finding the right partner to help you grow your travel business is a major decision. Our goal is to make your transition to Allied Continental entirely simple, transparent, and painless.
Below, our advisors have compiled answers to the most common questions travel professionals ask us. If you don't see your specific question answered here, our team of travel industry insiders is always ready to talk and provide the clarity you need.
When reviewing travel agency earnings solutions, our transparent numbers tell the real story. Allied Continental empowers our network of over 600 travel agency partners with the weight of more than $2 billion in annual collective buying power, ensuring independent advisors gain immediate financial leverage. Access the exact same tier of benefits, supplier relationships, and financial leverage as the industry's largest corporate players!
Our team has spent years cultivating direct, negotiated contracts with more than 140 domestic and international airlines, including major carriers like Delta, American, and United. Because of these deeply rooted industry relationships, agencies utilizing our programs can consistently secure 6% to 20% in upfront gross commissions on the flights they already book every day.
The financial impact for our partners is substantial and immediate. In 2025 alone, our travel agency customers booked more than 14,000 flights through our programs, resulting in $611,618 in total commissions paid directly to them. By partnering with Allied Continental, you ensure that your travel business never has to do the heavy lifting of booking an airline ticket for zero reward again.
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Our core value proposition is simple: use our financial leverage to earn 6% to 20% in upfront gross commissions on the airline tickets you already sell, instead of making zero reward for your heavy lifting.
Because Allied Continental only makes money when you make money, our solutions operate on a shared-success model. Allied simply takes a percentage of the enhanced commission you earn — money you access with our $2 billion in collective buying power.
Allied Continental provides full transparency on your potential earnings upfront, while the highly granular details and exact commission splits are shared during your one-on-one discovery call after a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is signed to protect your privacy and our contracts.
Allied Continental is a host agency, not a consortium, and there is a distinct difference.
You do not have to leave your current consortium to partner with Allied Continental. In fact, many agencies remain with their established consortia for cruise and tour packages, but specifically utilize Allied Continental's exclusive agreements to maximize their airfare, hotel, and car rental commissions.
Allied Continental sits entirely behind the scenes as a supplementary engine to help your agency boost its bottom line.
Absolutely not. Joining our program comes with zero financial risk to your agency. There are no enrollment costs, no monthly fees, and no annual fees.
Allied Continental will never penalize you for your sales volume; whether you book one ticket a year or a million tickets, you receive the exact same benefits and executive support — there are absolutely no ticketing quotas.
Allied utilizes a standard one-year hosting agreement, but you maintain the complete freedom to leave at any time with just a 30-day notice.
No. A common fear for independent advisors is that a larger hosting partner might try to poach their clients.
Allied Continental acts as your true partner who sits entirely behind the scenes to help you grow. Our advisors respect customer choice and will never solicit or compete with you for your travelers.
Allied Continental has top-tier negotiated contracts with over 140 domestic and international airlines. This includes live inventory for all the major legacy brands your travelers request, including Delta, American, and United (with Southwest being the only major exception, as they do not offer these types of agreements).
For car rentals, you gain seamless access to enhanced margins with the world’s most recognized providers, including Enterprise, Avis, Hertz, and Budget.
If you aren't ARC-appointed or simply feel that dealing with complex ticketing rules and schedule changes is too much of a hassle, Allied has a path specifically for you. Through our Full-Service Ticketing Path, you simply research the flights on our BookAllied platform and send the details to us.
Our expert AirDesk team handles all the heavy lifting, including the actual booking, schedule changes, ticket exchanges, and refunds, while you collect the upfront gross commission.
If you are an established ARC agency, our GDS air commission program lets you book directly in your native system. If you prefer to skip the ticketing process, our Full-Service team takes over the entire back-end workflow so you still get paid upfront.
Still have questions about our zero-risk host agency programs? Apply today to schedule a one-on-one discovery call with our executive team and let us show you exactly how our shared-success model works.
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