This company is very, very similar to Travelbridge, so similar in fact that you should look into what the attorney generals office says about the practice of promising a travel agent ID card to individuals.
Summary of Injunctive Provisions:
The Final Judgment and Agreed Permanent Injunction has numerous injunctive provisions which address the fundamental concerns raised in the State's Petition including, but not limited to enjoining Defendants from:
1. Using the terms "Travel Agent rates, " "Agent rates, " or other similar terms in describing benefits their members are entitled to;
2. Representing expressly or by implication that their members are entitled to Travel Agent rates;
3. Representing expressly or by implication that their members are Travel Agents, outside Travel Agents, associate Travel Agents, or any other similar term that implies that their members are Travel Agents;
4. Issuing identification cards that state or imply that their members are Travel Agents, outside Travel Agents, associate Travel Agents, or any other similar term that implies their members are Travel Agents;
5. Failing to disclose in any oral or written solicitations that their members are not entitled to Travel Agents rates;
6. Failing to disclose in any oral or written solicitations that most major travel suppliers have policies which limit Travel Agent rates to individuals who work in the travel industry;
7. Failing to disclose in any oral or written solicitations that most major travel suppliers require, at a minimum, Travel Agents to possess a valid International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) ID card to be eligible for Travel Agent rates;
8. Failing to disclose in any oral or written solicitations that individuals must work at least 20 hours per week and earn $5,000 per year in commissions and/or salary in the travel industry to be eligible for an IATAN ID card.
If you are subject to any of these terms please notify the Texas Attorney General's Office.
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