American Express Business Travel Monitor
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The global travel management company said that the average domestic airfare negotiated for corporations by American Express Business Travel hit a six-year low in 2005. The average negotiated first-class round-trip fare on 160 major international routes tracked by the American Express Business Travel Monitor was $11,610, up 4 percent, in the fourth quarter of 2005. American Express said that the average negotiated round-trip business-class fare rose 5 percent, to $7,824, and for coach fares, the average rose 9 percent, to $2,226.