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Old Apr 25, 2011 | 10:36 am
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Ancien Maestro
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Originally Posted by pinworm
My company gives me a budget of X.

Therefore, so long as I stay under or at X, it should be no concern of their if I got a discount or not. They were prepared to give me X and I am within budget if I do not exceed it. So the $200 dollar flight vs the $230 should not matter.

However, I used to get funny looks when they found I was in F much of the time. They did not understand how airmiles worked. They simply thought I was being haughty. I could point out that I paid coach price for each F ticket, but it didn't matter.

However, I still come in below budget compared to my colleagues who insist that WN saves them money and fly coach all the time.
So long as the parameters in latitude is abided by, there shouldn't be an issue with the expenditures. Its value for the money, can be justified with the superiors, and its been approved, I don't see it to be a problem.
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