Business Travel vs. Personal Travel
Jan 3, 2000 | 7:40 pm
#1
Original Poster
In Memoriam
Join Date: May 1999
Location: San Francisco UA1K; AA Gold
Posts: 937
Business Travel vs. Personal Travel
The question came up (during a visit with Flyme2 and dgolds): how much of our travel is business-related, and how much is personal. Post here, and I'll summarize the answers in a week or so.
As a simple rule, it's business if your company pays for it or you get to deduct it, even if part (all?!) of the motivation for the trip is personal. Also business even if you tack on a few personal days... Use your judgement - this is just intended to get a rough idea of "who we all are."
To start the ball rolling:
Total miles in 1999: 130,000
Business total: 0
Personal total: 130,000
[This message has been edited by johna (edited 01-03-2000).]
As a simple rule, it's business if your company pays for it or you get to deduct it, even if part (all?!) of the motivation for the trip is personal. Also business even if you tack on a few personal days... Use your judgement - this is just intended to get a rough idea of "who we all are."
To start the ball rolling:
Total miles in 1999: 130,000
Business total: 0
Personal total: 130,000
[This message has been edited by johna (edited 01-03-2000).]
Jan 3, 2000 | 8:20 pm
#3
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE 2MM, HH Dd, Bonvoy G; IC S; AA; DL
Posts: 14,496
I presume we are not talking reward flights here?
115,000 Business (qualifying miles); 325,000 total flight miles including bonuses
0 Pleasure other than reward trips (but really a lot of business was pleasure)
[This message has been edited by BlondeBomber (edited 01-03-2000).]
115,000 Business (qualifying miles); 325,000 total flight miles including bonuses
0 Pleasure other than reward trips (but really a lot of business was pleasure)
[This message has been edited by BlondeBomber (edited 01-03-2000).]
Jan 3, 2000 | 8:22 pm
#4
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Cubicle Btwn IAD & DCA
Programs: UA
Posts: 485
Total Miles in 1999: 37,075
Business: 18,304
Personal: 18,771
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Dan
"It is not doing the things we like to do, but liking the things we have to do, that makes life blessed." - Goethe
Business: 18,304
Personal: 18,771
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Dan
"It is not doing the things we like to do, but liking the things we have to do, that makes life blessed." - Goethe
Jan 3, 2000 | 10:48 pm
#9
Commander Catcop
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 10,259
NO!!! NOT NUMBERS AGAIN...
NOT including those other airlines:
Total U-A Miles: 75,855
BUsiness: 44,800
FUN Travel: 31,055
I'm not including the upgrades I've taken on Hawaii and Vegas.
This year: so far over 5K business miles.
10K fun miles...
(Of course i haven't taken these trips yet!)
[This message has been edited by Catman (edited 01-13-2000).]
NOT including those other airlines:
Total U-A Miles: 75,855
BUsiness: 44,800
FUN Travel: 31,055
I'm not including the upgrades I've taken on Hawaii and Vegas.
This year: so far over 5K business miles.
10K fun miles...
(Of course i haven't taken these trips yet!)
[This message has been edited by Catman (edited 01-13-2000).]
Jan 3, 2000 | 10:49 pm
#10
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Southern California - UA1K, Delta GM, Starwood Gold, Hilton Gold, AA Platinum
Posts: 1,456
Here is my total... (or are my totals)...
My total flight miles (paid) 115,000
Total business miles: 92,000 (110 segments)
Total pleasure miles 23,000 miles
Total award miles 10,000 (50,000 miles spent).
So mostly Business... Weekly....
My total flight miles (paid) 115,000
Total business miles: 92,000 (110 segments)
Total pleasure miles 23,000 miles
Total award miles 10,000 (50,000 miles spent).
So mostly Business... Weekly....
Jan 4, 2000 | 3:35 am
#14
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: CH-3823 Wengen Switzerland
Programs: miles&more, MileagePlus
Posts: 27,043
My tax advicers don't recommend to me, to give you my business/leisure-mileage percentages (applying your definitions) here 
[*]all my trips include an official business reason: there are wine producers, breweries, distilleries all over the world 
[*]all my trips are paid out of my own pocket 
... shared with Gisela's [*]all my trips are funtrips even if luggage is lost or stolen ... [*]I did fly in 1999 about 150'000 flight-miles (no mileage award-trips, but many upgrades paid with miles)
[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 01-04-2000).]
[*]all my trips include an official business reason: there are wine producers, breweries, distilleries all over the world [*]all my trips are paid out of my own pocket ... shared with Gisela's [*]all my trips are funtrips even if luggage is lost or stolen ... [*]I did fly in 1999 about 150'000 flight-miles (no mileage award-trips, but many upgrades paid with miles)[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 01-04-2000).]
Jan 4, 2000 | 5:08 am
#15
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Central New Jersey
Programs: UA-Platimum 2 MM, HH-Gold, MR-Lifetime Gold, Hyatt-Discoverist
Posts: 6,238
Total Miles 1999:148,200
Personal Trips: 36,500
Business Trips: 111,700
Travel on: CO 90% (Upgraded 98%)
NW 5% (Upgraded 100%)
UA/DL/AA/US: 5% (Upgraded 0
Personal Trips: 36,500
Business Trips: 111,700
Travel on: CO 90% (Upgraded 98%)
NW 5% (Upgraded 100%)
UA/DL/AA/US: 5% (Upgraded 0