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Are Flights Cheaper on Cyber Monday? CheapOair Shares Encouraging Data!

American consumers have come to expect savings on their purchases made during what is increasingly known as the Cyber 5, the period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday.  There are deals to be had across the period, but research shows that Cyber Monday remains the biggest draw.  In 2020, Cyber Monday delivered $10.8 billion in sales, while Black […]

CheapOair Becomes First Online Travel Agency to Offer Native Enrollment in American Airlines’ AAdvantage®

Another company first has been achieved! Our loyalty program, CheapOair Rewards, gives customers a personalized experience and member-only deals. Customers can join for free and they earn points on every booking; to sweeten things up, they earn double points on every booking made in the CheapOair app. The program offers a seamless travel booking and […]

Fareportal’s CheapOair First OTA to offer AAdvantage® customer enrollment program in partnership with American Airlines

Continuing their focus on travel technology innovation, Fareportal, the company that powers online travel agencies CheapOair and OneTravel, announced this week that CheapOair, in partnership with American Airlines, has launched their AAdvantage® customer enrollment program.  CheapOair Rewards members are now able to sign up for the American AAdvantage® loyalty program with ease at the time […]

CheapOair iOS and Android App Development Moves to React Native

Recently, our Mobile Engineering team successfully migrated the development of our CheapOair apps for iOS and Android to React Native. React Native is an open-source mobile application framework that provides a single codebase, effectively eliminating the need to code separately for iOS and Android. Our team’s ability to share this codebase across platforms boosts their […]

Fareportal Mobile Apps Evolve to Single Code Solution with React Native

Fareportal, the travel technology company powering online travel agencies CheapOair and OneTravel, has successfully migrated its CheapOair apps for iOS and Android to React Native. With this technology consolidation, the company’s commitment to a lean, efficient travel technology organization is further realized, as React Native provides a single codebase alleviating the need to code separately […]

IVR System Enhancements

The coronavirus pandemic delivered a perfect storm to the Travel & Tourism industry virtually overnight. Fareportal was not immune to the rapidly evolving business and operational landscape. Call volume rose exponentially as worldwide travel restrictions went into effect, our Operations team scrambled to meet this unprecedented demand, and companywide our global teams were faced with […]

Employee Engagement Top Priority as Fareportal Launches New Initiative

Fareportal, the travel technology company powering online travel agencies CheapOair and OneTravel, has announced the launch of their companywide “Learn As You Grow” career development initiative. With Learn As You Grow, Fareportal employees are given access to a wide variety of learning opportunities via online courses.  Participation is encouraged via corporate communications outreach, and staffers’ time during the workday can […]

Fareportal Named Top 10 in Esteemed Travel Industry Power List

Fareportal, the travel technology company powering online travel agencies CheapOair and One Travel, landed the 10th place spot in the 2021 Travel Weekly Power List. This annual ranking, published by the prestigious industry journal, highlights travel industry leaders in the business and leisure travel space. “It is extremely gratifying to once again be recognized by the editors of Travel Weekly.  Travel […]

CheapOair Reports: Mature Market Travel Shows Signs of Recovery

According to the CDC’s latest information, 63.7% of Americans have now received the Covid-19 vaccine.  Not surprisingly, the highest vaccine adoption levels are in older age groups.  Persons 50-64 index 136 against their representative percentage of the population for vaccination; 65-74 index 170; and persons 75 and older index 164.  Overall, 86% of persons 65+ […]