One reason why I brought this issue up is that since corporations have same rights as people now, they can now influence the way frequent flyer miles and points are collected on the corporate level.
True, this idea was tried in the past, but those were the times when companies did not have the same rights as people. Companies, who hold lots of money, can start to influence airline companies to revise their IT systems to handle company names over the individual worker.
Right now, most travel IT systems credit miles and points based on the name of the individual flying or staying at the hotel. If "people" (aka "corporations") make enough demands, airlines can capitulate to update their systems as
peon worker A; flying/staying on behalf of ACME Corp with credit going to the ACME Corp.
And why wouldn't corporations and the travel industry not want to go to this? Corporations are the biggest money movers in this country, airlines and hotels need their business, I'm sure if many companies begin to call for this, airlines and hotels will update their systems to allow companies to earn miles and use them.
Besides, the companies can easily say "we don't owe you anything, you don't like it, tough luck go find another job in this economy." And just like how almost every major company in America shipped off jobs overseas, if enough companies get on band with this idea this can be the norm everywhere you try to go, leaving us with no options.
