Onyx and Travel Agent Commission Reconciliation for Hotels
Terrace reviews every commission claim automatically, so your accounting team stops checking line items by hand and only works the claims that need attention.
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Find the commission errors losing your hotel money
Terrace checks travel agent commission claims before they get paid, flags overbilling, duplicates, missing stays, and questionable commissions, and gives your team a clear queue of claims to dispute or recover.
- Catch commissions that should not be paid
- Flag duplicate, invalid, and inflated claims
- Recover money before bad payouts become permanent
What is travel agent commission reconciliation?
Travel agent commission reconciliation is the process of validating commission claims submitted by travel agencies and agency billing platforms against your PMS stay records. For hotel accounting teams, this means confirming that each claim corresponds to an actual commissionable stay, the rate code and room revenue match the PMS, the agency information is correct, and the claim has not already been paid or disputed.
Platforms like Onyx CenterSource aggregate commission claims from hundreds of agencies and submit them to hotels in bulk. Validating each claim manually is time-consuming, and invalid claims that slip through represent direct cost to the hotel.
- Reject claims for stays that never happened
- Stop payouts on non-commissionable rates
- Flag overstated room nights and revenue
- Prevent duplicate and double-paid commissions
- Auto-generate audit trail for every decision
Where hotels lose money in Onyx commission review
Onyx errors are easy to miss when accounting teams review claims by hand. Duplicate claims, invalid commissions, missing stays, and bad resubmissions can get approved unless every line is checked before payout.
Duplicate claims get paid twice
The same commission can appear again under a different reference, agency, or resubmission. Without a full payment history, duplicate payouts are easy to miss.
Invalid claims slip through
Commissions can be claimed on stays that were cancelled, never completed, already paid, or should not be commissionable.
Wrong amounts are hard to catch
A claim may look legitimate but still be calculated against the wrong rate, night count, tax treatment, or commission basis.
Missing stays create false claims
If a claim cannot be tied back to a real stay, accounting has to decide whether to approve, investigate, or dispute it before the payment window closes.
Disputes take too long to assemble
Even when accounting finds an error, proving it means pulling stay records, payment history, and claim details together before the dispute deadline.
Errors repeat every month
The same agencies, claim patterns, and overbilling issues can keep recurring unless they are tracked and flagged automatically.
Automated travel agent commission reconciliation with Terrace AI
Terrace AI connects to your PMS and commission platform to validate claims automatically, surfacing only the exceptions that need human review.
Claim matching
Automatic claim-to-PMS matching
Terrace matches commission claims to PMS stay records automatically across reference formats and date ranges.
Rate check
Rate code commissionability check
Every claim is checked against your property's commission schedule to flag claims on non-commissionable rates.
IATA validation
IATA and agency validation
Agency name and IATA number on each claim are validated against PMS booking source records.
Stay comparison
Room night and revenue comparison
Claimed room nights and revenue are compared against PMS records and discrepancies are surfaced automatically.
Duplicate check
Duplicate and prior-payment detection
Terrace checks each claim against payment history to identify duplicates and previously paid submissions.
Dispute queue
Dispute-ready documentation
Invalid claims surface with supporting PMS evidence attached and ready for dispute submission.
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Frequently asked questions
Travel agent commission reconciliation is the process of validating commission claims from travel agents and agency billing platforms against your PMS stay records, rate codes, IATA details, and payment history to confirm each claim is valid before it is approved and paid.
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