Airline & Travel

Real-Time Fraud Prevention for Trusted Travel Experiences

Holistic fraud prevention strategy in online entertainment that analyzes deeper levels of fraudsters’ behaviour backed by a rich history of data and domain experts. The anti-fraud strategy is made to prevent financial loss on revenue opportunity, protect genuine customers and improve their satisfaction level.

Airline and Travel Companies That Have Trusted Us

Bots Drive Up Inquiry Costs by over 40%

Automated scripts and bots generate thousands of fake flight inquiries, inflating inquiry fees and straining booking systems.

Here’s How We Stop The Waste

We detect and block high-frequency bot traffic in real time with user profiling and device intelligence—cutting unnecessary query costs and freeing system resources for genuine travelers.

Seat Hoarding Accounts for Up to 10% of Flight Bookings

Fraudsters repeatedly hold and cancel seats without payment, especially during peak seasons, locking out legitimate customers and distorting demand.


See How We Protect Your Seats

Our risk engine identifies abnormal booking patterns and seat-holding behavior, blocking hoarding attempts before they affect seat availability. Keep your inventory open for real passengers and safeguard booking revenue.

Airmiles Abuse Impacts 1 in Every 100 Loyalty Transactions

Fraudsters steal or farm rewards through fake sign-ups, account takeovers, and collusive redemptions, draining program value and damaging trust.

How We Make It Effortless

Our system detects suspicious login and redemption behavior using device intelligence and behavioral analysis. It flags high-risk accounts, mule activity, and synthetic identities in real time, ensuring loyalty points stay where they belong.

Chargebacks Rise From stolen Cards Bookings

Fraud rings and rogue resellers book with stolen cards or fake payment credentials. When the true cardholder files a chargeback, airlines are left to absorb refunds, fees, and reconciliation headaches.

See How We Protect You From Chargebacks

We flag high-risk bookings in real time by detecting unusual issuer–country pairs, mismatched payer and passenger info, or abnormal agent activity. Link analysis traces reseller networks, helping you block repeat offenders and cut post-travel disputes.

Explore Risk Management Solution for Airline and Travel

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Dive into Case Studies and Its Real Impact

Case Study: Navigating Seat Hoarding and Inquiry Fee Loss for an Airline

As travel demand surges, so do airline risks. Discover how TrustDecision helped a Chinese airline curb seat hoarding & cut GDS inquiry fees in our latest study.
Challenges
  • Seat hoarding via flexible booking policies
  • Inflated GDS inquiry fees from web scraping
  • Automated bot activity across the user lifecycle

Why Email Data Quality Matters in User Registration and Marketing

Poor email quality not only hurts marketing ROI but also exposes platforms to all kinds of fraud. Learn how clean email signals strengthen risk profiling and protect brand reputation.
Challenges
  • Onboarding fraud
  • Marketing bounce
  • Operation cost

8 Best Device Fingerprint Providers: A 2025 Comparison

A 2025 benchmark of 8 leading device-fingerprint providers, offering clarity on strengths and trade-offs across the market.
Challenges
  • Vendor landscape
  • Key benchmarks
  • Regional strengths

FAQs About Fraud Prevention for Airline and Travel

How does the fraud pressure in airline & travel compare to other industries?

Payment fraud is a major threat. Fraudsters use stolen cards through third-party “booking agents” or reseller networks, complete the trip, and then disappear, leaving airlines with post-travel chargebacks and unrecoverable losses. So while identity-level risk may be lower compared to e-commerce, payment fraud pressure is still high and requires dedicated controls.

What makes your solution effective for airlines and travel platforms?

Our solution providesfull-journey protection, covering:

  • account registration and login security
  • seat-hoarding and bot detection
  • ticketing and payment fraud defense
  • loyalty point abuse prevention
  • booking-session and device risk analysis


We secure every critical touchpoint from search to payment to travel completion — reducing fraud losses while maintaining a smooth experience for genuine travelers.

How does TrustDecision use AI Models in fraud detection?

Our Large Multimodal Models capture complex, long-range fraud patterns that traditional models miss, enabling 98%+ fraud interception while reducing manual reviews by about 60%. They also strengthen the entire risk-control workflow — from data insights and feature discovery to model building and early risk warnings — making fraud detection more adaptive, accurate, and resilient.

How do you handle data compliance for cross-border operations?

We follow a data-localization-first approach. TrustDecision operates multiple global nodes so clients can choose a region that meets local regulatory requirements.


We also:

  • Work with clients to determine compliant data fields for transmission
  • Hold global certifications including SOC 2, ISO 27701, and PCI DSS
  • Fully support compliance audits and documentation for client due diligence

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