Patent ID: 7756731

Claim:
A method for issuing vouchers, comprising: storing a plurality of actual passenger name records in a tangible computer readable medium portion of a global distribution system, each actual passenger name record including at least identification data and travel related data; creating, via software operating on an electronic computer hardware platform, a fictitious passenger name record that includes at least identification data, fictitious travel related data, and a value, said fictitious travel related data representing at least in part false travel arrangements that do not exist; storing the fictitious passenger name record in a tangible computer readable medium portion of the global distribution system; receiving travel arrangements having a cost associated therewith; converting the fictitious passenger name record into an actual passenger name record, said converting including at least crediting at least a portion of said value against at least a portion of the cost; and storing the converted actual passenger name record in a tangible computer readable medium portion of the global distribution system.