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Old Aug 19, 2015 | 3:37 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_19

Practically speaking, I am not sure how this would work to turn over miles / points to an employer. One general FF account that everyone books under - but then the name on the account cannot match all? Maybe individuals have to transfer miles / points to a general account, but again would think there are restrictions or fees in place.

Would be curious as well to hear from someone from a company that does this how it works in practice.
Since it is hard to audit and control, in fact I never have worked for a company which having that policy in place ever tried to enforce it.

There are a couple of programs in which the company has a corporate account, .i.E. SAS Credits, which gets points credited for the booking/paying of the flight but even there the individual flying will get miles credited to his own account.

Some companies have therefore agreements with the airlines for cheap tickets which will never give miles, i.E. book in special booking classes. That was the case for my last German company (100k+) and for my current employer for some regions with picky tax agencies.
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