• Travelport, Booked AI, Basis Theory and Mastercard completed a live AI-powered flight booking through a joint collaboration.
• The AI agent completed the purchase within a customer conversation using existing airline booking and payment infrastructure.
• The airline remained the merchant throughout, retaining control of payment processing without an intermediary checkout.
• Mastercard linked customer consent to the payment; tokenized credentials kept the underlying card number hidden from the agent.

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