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AirPlus International said it will partner with MasterCard to directly issue in the United Kingdom by year-end its own AirPlus Corporate Card
and announced telecommunications giant BT signed on to use both "lodge and corporate card solutions to pay for all its business travel." AirPlus currently issues co-branded cards, but in cooperation with bank partners to handle client expenses during trips. The company said "BT will transfer most of their pre-trip travel spend onto the lodge card."