Originally Posted by
wutlol
I do know of some individuals who actually have AA corporate travel accounts (NOT Airpass); these accounts allow for flex spending on certain fees and status challenges for employees.
The bad news? These individuals typically are spending mid 6 figures a year for themselves and their family members. So I’m not sure a $60-$100k CK Airpass holder will make the cut, especially as on of the goals of the programme is to increase revenue YoY from the account holder.
I’m happy to see if there’s a particular person in Corporate Travel who handles these cases if people want a PoC.
I'd be super grateful if you find anything and are comfortable sharing via DM.
Re: increasing YoY revenue -- as I noted above, I can't possibly see how this move will yield that result. Even if I stay with AA due to hub-hub commute lock-in (unlikely, it's much more likely I revise my business plans with a different geographic focus), I still would only do so with about a 40% cutback in flying (or more). Like going down to "just enough to make EP each year" levels from my pre-airpass days. I'd never get anywhere near current spend.
I'm still FML livid about this. It doesn't feel real yet because of the holidays and that I actually was gonna get to stay put for a few weeks at the end of the year. I'm not looking forward to January and February.