Originally Posted by
KBRDU
<snip> I'm thinking that maybe no one wants to create the expectation that people at my level can easily buy their own ticket and wait for reimbursement,although in this case, as you point out, it could be a carrot for the end user. OTOH, the end users are usually buying 100+ tickets at a time so maybe I'm unrealistic for thinking that saving a few hundred dollars matters at all.
If the end user is
buying 100+ tickets at a time unlikely they will be paying full retail fare. And the price on the ticket may not be what they really pay at the end. Is common with corporate's they get a $$ rebate from the airline/TA based on volume at the end of the qtr/year. If they are buying 100's 1 ticket savings few $$ will be eaten up by administration of a 1 off reimbursement.