Accommodations:

The Starwood group will be our partner for accommodation in this event and will provide special rates at the hotels chosen to host the events.
Starwood properties:

New York
Westin Times Square (rate of $249 for the night of Oct 31-Nov 1)

Frankfurt
Sheraton Frankfurt Hotel & Towers (rate 99€/night)

Houston
Sheraton North Houston at George Bush Intercontinental (rate 99$/night)

Seattle
The Westin Seattle (rate 149$/night)

You can pick any hotel you like. Note that the sheduled transportation and meeting points will always be at the designated hotels listed above.

Costs:
The pricing for the event will be in multiple blocks:

The scheduled flights

LH has published a group fare for those starting in the US (JFK-FRA-IAH) and we will soon have a group fare for those starting in Europe (FRA-IAH//SEA-FRA). In order to allow some of you to try out a different airline, LX has arranged for a one way group fare (JFK-xZRH-FRA).
The price currently is:
LH JFK-FRA-IAH: 3128$ all inclusive Business (booking class Z), 700$ in economy (booking class W/S)
LX JFK-xZRH-FRA: 1566$ in Business, 341$ in Economy (P)
OS JFK-xVIE-FRA: 1600$in Business (J)
CO: FRA-IAH: 1600$ in Business (Z)

For those starting in Europe:

LH FRA-IAH // SEA-FRA = aprox 3200$ in Business (Z), Economy pricing on request (about 10% cheaper than the published fare)

Feeders will be available (CO/UA in domestic USA, LH in Europe), however they will be 150$++ for CO/UA and 120€++ for LH, so you may be better off making your arrangements. There will be the facility to request a feeder in the booking form. If we have more than 10 (from OSL-FRA for example) we can apply for a group fare which will be about 10% lower than the W fares.


We are still working on lowering these prices and as things stand some discounts (aprox 5%) may apply to the group fare if certain conditions are met. Stay tuned.

Note: like last year these tickets are not upgradeable. Miles are earned just like you would for a regular ticket. The flexibility of these tickets will be restricted. Like last year there will be a change fee. Also we will collect a non refundable component on the tickets to avoid changes and cancellations that caused a lot of last minute headaches last year. The reason to restrict the tickets is that some abused the generosity of the participating airlines

CO is offering a 'meetingworks' discount for all scheduled CO metal flights to and from the events like last year which is 3-13% off on published prices depending on the fare booked.

The Charter

The charter price includes transportation and service from/to IAH-PHX-PAE//SEA. As mentioned above the repositioning leg back to the location where the charter came from is optional.

The pricing is: 1499$ for the F seating, 699$ for economy. We plan to collect the money in US$. The funds will be collected via paypal or you can mail a check in US $ issued by a US Bank to us. As per 14CFR 380 the funds will go into a secured account at JPM Chase.


Miles: the miles for the charter awarded will depend upon the actual charter provider. Right now we plan to ask the participating FFPs for the actual miles flown (aprox 4031) with a class of service bonus.

Status of the FFP credit:

M&M: will award bonus and status miles, CoS bonus (3x for F) and executive bonus (25% of actual miles flown for FTL/SEN/HON)
UA MP & CO OP: RDM and EQM, CoS, plus any applicable elite bonus
BD DC: interested in participating, details TBA