Awe - takes all the fun and games out of flying. Used to be forced to buy tickets through a company approved sole source agency using brand X rather than using Southwest (which was far lower). Anytime you have a sole source of supply mandated it is fair game to suspect someone is in bed with someone else. Again, the execs who set this up rarely get caught and the kickbacks are rarely detected. Just another management perk.
Originally Posted by
cordelli
You have defined why some companies don't let you keep your miles, and why many require you to book through a service, be it in house or one of the majors like travelocity business, where the employee does not get to make those decisions without approval.
See also this thread which has a similar discussion about people no longer able to choose who they fly
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...h-pennies.html
and this one about the company either keeping the miles or requiring employees use any they obtain on company travel for company travel
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...any-miles.html
While both may not be that common, they are way more common than they were not too long ago.