Hong Kong Flyer
Try this for a company policy:
- Last year we could upgrade to business class any flight 8 hours or greater, as long as it didn't cost more than 25% of the cost per leg.
- This year no upgrades are allowed under corporate policy. (they figure that they are being nice enough to allow us to accrue mileage with our carriers, that upgrades using miles are up to us.)
- Our corporate travel agent looks for any low-cost fare available (circumvented this by taking our travel agent to lunch, in exchange she books my itinerary with airline of choice.)
- Hotels are supposedly booked through the travel agent (again the lunch date worked),I book mine through the web for bonuses.
That is just scrapping the surface of the travel policy, but so far if I can't bribe and or work around it I just have to grin and bear it.
Cheers Scott