Uplift Inc.

Uplift is a payments company that lets travel providers sell trips in instalments. Its customers are airline and vacation sites, cruise lines and theme parks, which add the option at checkout so travellers can spread the cost.

The company says the option also lifts conversion, booking value, cross-sell and ancillary sales for the providers using it. Its own website now redirects to Upgrade, which presents the same service under the Flex Pay name.

What Uplift offers

• Flexible travel payments — lets travellers pay for a booking over time instead of in one go.
• Checkout integration — travel brands place the instalment choice inside their own booking flow.
• Lending capacity — digital lending funds the plans and sets the interest charged to travellers.
• Marketing metrics — aims to improve conversion, booking value and channel loyalty for partners.

Who it works with

Travel providers such as airline vacation sites, cruise lines and theme parks, and the travellers who book with them.

Key facts

• Now presented as: Flex Pay by Upgrade
• Application: travellers apply at checkout and receive a decision in minutes