The Airline & Travel Payments Summit 2026 will return to Dublin in 2026 alongside the Mega Event 2026, bringing together professionals from the airline, travel, payments, fraud and loyalty sectors for a co-located industry gathering.
Hosted at the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, the events will focus on travel payments, fraud prevention, loyalty security, ancillary revenue, and the growing role of Agentic AI and a-commerce in the travel industry.
The conference agenda is expected to cover topics including PSD2, PCI DSS 4.0, payment acceptance strategies, loyalty fraud, account takeovers, alternative payment methods, B2B payments and payment standards for Agentic Commerce. Sessions will also examine how AI technologies are changing fraud management, customer journeys and travel retail operations.
The concurrent Loyalty Security Alliance (LSA) Spring Event 2026 will address loyalty fraud risks and account security challenges affecting airlines, hotels and travel companies.
Loyalty fraud involves the misuse or theft of points, miles, rewards, or programme benefits for financial gain. It often starts with account takeovers, fake account registrations, or weaknesses in programme rules. Over time, it can turn loyalty programmes from customer retention tools into targets for fraud, leading to financial losses, higher support costs, and reduced customer trust. Rewards fraud has grown significantly over the past decade, with global annual losses to loyalty fraud estimated at between $1 billion and $3 billion. Those instances account for roughly one-quarter to one-third of all digital fraud attacks.
ATPS 2026 is designed for professionals working in payments, fraud, loyalty and commercial travel operations, including airline payment leaders, fraud managers, loyalty programme teams, ancillary revenue specialists and online travel agencies.
Delegates attending the event will also have access to Mega Event 2026 sessions focused on loyalty programmes, co-branded credit cards, ancillary revenues and practical use cases for AI-powered commerce in travel.
Organisers say the 2026 programme will include case studies, panel discussions and networking opportunities for companies exploring the impact of Agentic AI, fraud prevention technologies and evolving payment standards across the travel sector.
