United Aggressively Courting TMCs

United Airlines has become one of the more aggressive airlines in courting travel agencies with compensation programs, according to travel management sources. The carrier's new TMC Plus model is said to offer agencies more flexibility, new ways of measuring performance and, in some cases, opportunities to earn compensation where none existed before. It represents just one change around the industry, including Delta switching agency models last year and US Airways overhauling its programs early t