Originally Posted by
rsercely
You are entitled to you opinion of course.
However, in the US, for most business travel, we work our 8-10 hours, _then_ are required to get on a flight for a total trip time of 3-6 hours, and almost always (at least in the US), we are not paid for any of this travel time.
IMHO - this absolutely makes the miles MINE!
When the company pays me for ALL of my travel time, they are welcome to the miles.
I do not know whether you and others pleading this are paid by hourly wages. After my bar exam I never got paid for any hour I worked but I received a package. And this always was for the job I did and not for the hours I was present.
As long as I am/was satisfied with the package I had no reason to complain. However, I would have never argued "I need to travel and need extra compensation for travel time" - my job involves international business. Given that I cannot really appreciate and argument "we understand this as extra compensation" (if so, it should be taxed accordingly
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Having said this, I use my miles regularily to upgrade my business flights which gives me greater personal comfort.