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Old Oct 3, 2023 | 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by Derekk
My company’s travel department also confirmed that the corporate leisure rates for our company went up significantly to 10-15% off the market rate(same as the automatically applied “emerald club member” pricing). They almost made it sounds like it was a concession they made to keep more favorable on duty rates with the significant decrease in post pandemic business travel. Since it seems to be happening to lots of companies, I’m starting to think it’s a strategy decision on the part of EHI.

I made personal rentals during the height of the pandemic that compared to my pre-pandemic business travel, but I’m probably an outlier on that one. Still disappointing as it feels like they could care less about the loyalty during those challenging times.
Loyalty programs are in name only; it’s about what additional (and maximized) revenue you are going to bring going forward not what you brought in the past.
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