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The subscription experiment in travel is gaining momentum. Will company’s ultimately make money on what in some cases are very low annual subscription prices? That’s the plan.
Russia’s Aviasales, a travel search engine, is jumping on the travel subscription bandwagon, and will launch a subscription program November 1.
The commercial launch of Aviasales More will initially be available to subscribers in Russia and Belarus, a spokesperson said, adding that the announcement of the subscription plan’s debut is scheduled for Friday.
Skift learned of the program through a LinkedIn post from Alexandra Vukolova, head of new partnerships at Travel Audience. Aviasales said the price for an annual subscription is $20.
“The main promoted feature of this subscription is an opportunity to get real money back not credits/vouchers,” Vukolova wrote. “The cashback amount will be transferred to a member’s card and can be withdrawn at any moment.”
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