In February, the total consolidated value of tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies fell $1 billion year over year to $7.2 billion, representing a 12.4 percent decrease, according to the Airlines Reporting Corp. The average U.S. round-trip ticket price was $488.
The total number of passenger trips settled by ARC for its agency clients fell 3.9 percent year over year to 24.9 million. U.S. domestic trips rose 1.3 percent year over year. International trips, however, fell 12 percent year over year, due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to ARC. The number of February passenger trips handled by agencies with at least 70 percent self-reported corporate and government business fell 1.4 percent.
Despite the drop in overall ticket sales and passenger trips, electronic miscellaneous document sales, which cover ancillary services like seat upgrades, in February rose 24 percent to $7.9 million YOY. EMD transaction volume rose by 38.6 percent over February 2019, totaling 136,000.
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