Growing out of a partnership between ezRez Software and PayPal, members of United Airlines’ MileagePlus loyalty program are expected next year to be able to use miles to pay for products and services directly from merchants who accept PayPal.
Under ezRez’s SaaS platform and digital wallet solution, members of airline and hotel loyalty programs would enable their members to use combinations of points and cash to purchase products and services using their PayPal accounts.
United Airlines is the launch partner for the service as ezRez intends to implement the solution with PayPal in 2012.
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