Originally Posted by
VickiSoCal
What makes you think companies aren't already doing this? Many, many companies use booking engines like Concur, with lots of rules in place and travel approval workflows that show what a employee booked and what other cheaper options are available. Even for people who fly international business class.
You're right. Corporate relationships with airlines have survived all sorts of inducements to employees to travel more, and to travel on higher fare codes:
- bonus elite miles and/or redeemable miles on higher fares
- higher upgrade priority on higher fare classes
- instant upgrades on Y/B fares
- eligibility (on some carriers) to upgrade with miles or SWU on restricted fare classes
- richer rdm bonuses with higher fare classes/cabins on new route promos
Fare-based rdm changes the calculus very little, and, as you point out, many firms with big travel spending already have the tools in place to manage behaviors.