When will I receive earnings for a pending booking?
Earnings for a pending booking are added to your balance only after the booking status changes to Confirmed.
Until the booking is confirmed, the earnings may stay in Pending status and be shown as Potential Earnings in the Performance report. Potential earnings are not added to your balance and are not included in payouts yet.
 
  • The confirmation time depends on the travel brand and the service category.
  • Some brands don’t send us information about the potential income, and it may be displayed as 0 until the booking status is updated to Confirmed
  • You can learn more about the status of bookings in the Pending and Canceled bookings article.

When earnings are usually added

Category When earnings are confirmed and added to your balance
Flights

Usually within 24 hours after the booking is made, once the brand confirms that the ticket was paid for. However, booking statistics for a few agencies, including Pegasus, are updated only once a month.

Note: Low-cost airlines, as a rule, do not pay a fee to agents for selling tickets. This means we cannot pay earnings to partners as we don’t receive it ourselves. You can find more information about low-cost airlines in this article.

Hotels & Accommodation Usually 2–4 months after the guest checks out. For example, Booking.com confirmation may take 60–90 days after checkout, while Trip.com may update statuses around 30 days after checkout.
Package Tours and Tours & Activities Usually on the tour start date or after the travel service has been provided. Some brands, including Viator and Youtravel, update bookings’ statuses and pay the earnings after the travel services have been provided.
Car & Bike rentals Usually after the drop-off date, when the rental service has been completed. This is typical of such travel brands as Discover Cars, etc.  

Where to check the confirmation time for a specific program

Each travel brand has its own confirmation process and payout terms.

To check how long a booking may stay in Pending status:

  1. Open the program page in Travelpayouts program catalog.
  2. Find the Payout Process section.
  3. Check when bookings are usually confirmed and when earnings are paid, for example:

For more information on booking statuses, please refer to this article.