GSA has developed an extremely successful Airline City Pair Program. This service originally covered only 11 markets, but over the last 20 years, it has expanded to over 5,000 city pairs. The airfares offered under this program average a 74 percent discount off comparable commercial fares -- saving the federal government over $2.0 billion annually.

In addition to the tremendous price savings, the Airline City Pair Program has many features which allow government travelers all the flexibility possible in planning official travel. The benefits of this service include:

• Fares priced on one-way routes permitting agencies to plan multiple destinations;
• No advance purchase required;
• No minimum or maximum length stay required;
• Tickets fully refundable;
• No charge for cancellations or changes;
• Last seat availability;
• No blackout periods; and 
• Nonstop service in 95 percent of the markets where nonstop service offered.