Patent ID: 7395231

Claim:
A computer implemented method for facilitating an automatic allocation of an agency fee and a travel cost that are associated with a travel-related transaction comprising the steps of: receiving a Passenger Name Record from a travel reservation system, wherein said Passenger Name Record includes information related to said agency fee and said travel cost related to said travel-related transaction; obtaining a user profile comprising allocation information, wherein said allocation information defines an allocation of said travel cost to a first billing account and said agency fee to a second billing account; charging said first billing account, according to said user profile, for said travel cost, wherein said travel cost represents charges associated with said travel-related transaction; determining said agency fee based upon said Passenger Name Record, wherein said agency fee represents an extra charge related to said travel-related transaction in addition to said travel cost; charging said agency fee to said second billing account according to said user profile; and providing an enhanced descriptive billing statement, wherein said enhanced descriptive billing statement: (i) recites said travel cost related to said travel-related transaction; (ii) separately recites said agency fee; and (iii) recites indicia indicating that said agency fee and said travel cost are related to each other.