86% of merchants who apply are approved. No setup fees, no hidden costs.
Get Started FreeHigh-Risk Industries · Airlines & Booking
Most processors see a travel industry code and stop reading. We start with how your business actually sells: large ticket values, card-not-present bookings, and travel delivered weeks or months after the card is charged. PayKings underwrites airline payment processing for exactly that profile, and every fee is disclosed in the merchant service agreement before you sign.
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What airline underwriters ask for
Your terms, before you sign
86%
Of merchants who apply are approved.
20+
Banking partners, so your application goes to a bank that accepts travel.
Next-day
Funding for faster access to settled funds.
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Getting set up
Begin with our straightforward online application to start your merchant account setup process.
Provide essential documents to support your merchant account application.
Our experts guide you through the underwriting process to ensure a smooth and efficient approval.
Begin accepting payments seamlessly and focus on growing your revenue.
What's included
One account carries the full stack of airline merchant services:
Our airline payment processing solutions are built for high-volume carriers: underwriting that accounts for your monthly volume and average ticket size, with transaction routing options — including global routing where needed — across web, mobile, and call-center sales.
Booking platforms & travel sellers
Booking platforms need an airline payment gateway that connects to the systems they already run — whether travelers pay through your website, mobile app, or call center. An optional 3D Secure layer authenticates cardholders at checkout, and tokenization keeps passenger payment data out of your systems. The gateway connects to:
The same underwriting covers the rest of the travel ecosystem. If you run an agency, our guide to travel agency merchant accounts covers what underwriters ask of agencies specifically, and our travel merchant account solutions extend to hotels, cruises, and tours.
Ticket brokers, consolidators, and resellers face the same card-not-present exposure as the carriers they book for. We review your documentation, bank account, and business model rather than declining on industry alone, and once approved, brokers run on the same travel payment solutions our airline merchants use. Reviewing fraud prevention for travel and ticketing merchants before you apply helps you show underwriters a managed risk profile.
Merchant accounts for aviation extend beyond scheduled airlines. Charter operators and aviation services businesses deal with large transactions, advance bookings, and processors unfamiliar with how the industry operates — we match each business with processing suited to its transaction sizes and risk profile.
What we underwrite
One underwriting approach covers the businesses that sell travel, from scheduled carriers to the platforms and agencies that book for them.
What's included
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The difference
Built for the businesses other processors turn away.
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Everything you need to know about high-risk payment processing
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