Suppliers: American Express employs both local and global supplier negotiation resources to maximise travel supplier deals. One of our Network’s great strengths is the ability to influence and shift purchasing decisions. American Express will use its purchasing power to deliver the best possible economics to our partnership.

Partner agencies can take advantage of a range of preferred distribution agreements. For instance, our Worldwide Select Hotel Programme provides negotiated rates of up to 53% off hotels’ standard corporate room rates, available exclusively to customers who book through an American Express Travel Network location. In South Africa, American Express Travel has preferred supplier programmes with travel vendors in a variety of industries.

Travel Financial Services: All American Express offices offer our customers a range of financial services, including emergency replacement of a lost or stolen American Express Card, emergency funds access, and American Express Travellers Cheque sales and refunds, among others. As a partner in the Network, you can benefit from both the service fees paid to you by American Express on these products and services as well as the tremendous opportunity to cross-sell your own travel products to these customers once they are in your agency. In South Africa, certain conditions apply.