Air New Zealand Air Points - Anyone have a documented corporate travel policy?

Not directly Air NZ but maybe some of you can help me?

I've got to write a new travel policy for my company and wanted to know if anyone out there had one that I could read to get some ideas about how they're structured / what they contain. My expectation is that I'll be writing something to the effect that flights under x hours are Y and over can be Y+ / C, that people should be encouraged to consider prices of trains over taxis, that hotel accomodation should be of an x standard, rental cars should be grade x, meals should be based on a per diem - stuff like that.

If you can help can you PM me?

Web site titled "How to write an effective travel policy manual":

http://www.travelpolicy.com/


How to find some examples of other's travel policies:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22travel+policy%22

methodology for project to write travel policy

1 - google search to see what the net can provide - find lots of resources and consider that a good starting point
2 - ask people who might share travel characteristics if they have live practical examples to supplement the above
3 - :rolleyes:

There was a thread on corporate travel policies on TravelBuzz (I think) a couple of months ago. Will see if I can find the link.

Here are a few recent threads

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414242&highlight=policy
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416504&highlight=policy
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410584&highlight=policy

Hope these help

methodology for project to write travel policy

1 - google search to see what the net can provide - find lots of resources and consider that a good starting point
2 - ask people who might share travel characteristics if they have live practical examples to supplement the above
3 - :rolleyes:

And, if you are doing this for your employer, only include the travel policies where flight over one hour are always to be in J/C/F ;)

And, if you are doing this for your employer, only include the travel policies where flight over one hour are always to be in J/C/F ;)

Do you think this is OTT?

"Any air travel where the scheduled flight time is greater than six hours may be booked in Y+ or C.

Any air travel, regardless of duration, undertaken by the author of this document shall be in F."

:p

:D

I'd imagine there'd be something in there for total cumulative flight time (2 4 hour flights on same day is just as tiring as one 6 hour flight), or else use a smaller number than 6 hours. Also an ability to book higher class if it is no more expensive than the cheapest available flexible (as defined in the policy to meet your company's needs) economy fare.

Don´t forget to include...

"All flights of over 5 hours to be at the lowest possible upgradeable economy airfare. Staff can if they wish utilise airpoints (purportedly earnt on company funded flights) to pay for upgrades".

Wrote this myself before I moved from a finance role to the real world and got stuck at the back of the bus for 2 years....... :(

Actually still getting stuck at the back of the bus :mad:

I know a very simple travel policy:

"Best available class of service on traveller's choice of carrier."

I am exactly in the same boat as the master poster!

Trouble is being Syd based it becomes the constant struggle of One World vs Star international!