View Poll Results: EXP - on your own dime or company funding?
I do this on my own dime (all personal flights, maybe 2-3% corporate for that one-off flight)
94
35.07%
I do this with minimal corporate payment (less than 20% of miles paid for by company)
17
6.34%
I do this with a mix of personal and corporate (20% - 75% corporate payment)
43
16.04%
I do this primarily through corporate funding (75% or more company paid)
114
42.54%
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POLL: EXP on your own nickel or the company dime?
Jul 21, 2008, 2:26 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SJC
Programs: AA EXP, BA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton diamond, Marriott Platinum
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POLL: EXP on your own nickel or the company dime?
Separate from AADER (although this certainly skews results for this year) I thought a poll about how EXPs get there (who pays) would be interesting. (This is going to be turned into a poll by those who have the power to do such things.)
This is meant in general, and not necessarily for this year. Even if not EXP this year, but have been in the past, please answer. For this year, I'm looking for people who would have made EXP anyway, without factoring AADER.
So, of folks who make EXP:
1. Who does this without any corporate payment (defined as all personal flights, maybe 2-3% corporate for that one-off flight)
2. Who does this with minimal corporate payment (less than 20% of miles paid for by company)
3. Who does this with a mix of personal and corporate (between 20% and 75% corporate payment)
4. Who does this primary through corporate funding (defined as greater than 75% pair for by the company).
I'm in category 1.
(And I do know that this has been discussed in other threads, but I thought a poll would be more scientific.)
Cheers.
This is meant in general, and not necessarily for this year. Even if not EXP this year, but have been in the past, please answer. For this year, I'm looking for people who would have made EXP anyway, without factoring AADER.
So, of folks who make EXP:
1. Who does this without any corporate payment (defined as all personal flights, maybe 2-3% corporate for that one-off flight)
2. Who does this with minimal corporate payment (less than 20% of miles paid for by company)
3. Who does this with a mix of personal and corporate (between 20% and 75% corporate payment)
4. Who does this primary through corporate funding (defined as greater than 75% pair for by the company).
I'm in category 1.
(And I do know that this has been discussed in other threads, but I thought a poll would be more scientific.)
Cheers.
Jul 21, 2008, 2:30 pm
#2
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Stuck Between the Moon and CLD or SAN, Your local Taco Bell
Programs: AA EXP/LT PLT, DL PM, UA Silver, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,509
I'm mostly corporate payment, though in the past couple years ~1/3rd-1/2 has been personal.
Jul 21, 2008, 2:31 pm
#3
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Louisville, KY
Programs: Destination Unknown, TSA Disparager Diamond (LTDD)
Posts: 57,952
7 cents
Jul 21, 2008, 2:36 pm
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SJC/VCE
Programs: AA PLT (2.9+ MM), HH GLD, Hyatt Diamond, SPG PLT
Posts: 10,161
Category 2.
Jul 21, 2008, 2:37 pm
#5
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Fll/mia/bkk
Programs: AA explt, 5 million miler
Posts: 206
I'm in my 5th year of ExPlat and it has all been my dime. I have been averaging about 150,000 BIS miles per year.
Jul 21, 2008, 2:37 pm
#6
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Finally back in Boston after escaping from New York
Posts: 13,644
Category 3. I'm probably 50/50.
Mike
Mike
Jul 21, 2008, 2:44 pm
#7
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EP, AA AC
Posts: 4,268
Category 2 this year. Next year, just never know!
Jul 21, 2008, 2:49 pm
#8
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: BMI based alternates CMI/PIA/ORD/IND/STL
Programs: AA Platinum Lifetime, Hilton Lifetime Diamond
Posts: 367
100% corporate travel and whatever travel I do personal is on miles.
Jul 21, 2008, 2:50 pm
#9
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fernandina Beach, FL
Programs: Global Entry, 4MM, Lifetime AAdvantage Platinum
Posts: 258
Category 1
100% Personal Travel (MRs)
100% Personal Travel (MRs)
Jul 21, 2008, 2:51 pm
#10
Join Date: May 2005
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, spg gold, hhdiamond
Posts: 1,594
mrs nytango and I,, 100% our nickles and dimes ( many), last two years exec plat.. 4yrs plat
Jul 21, 2008, 2:55 pm
#11
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
Programs: BAGold; AA3MMPlat; UA1MMGold; FBGold; MarriottAmb; AccorPlat; HHGold; ICPlatAmb; HyattDiscoverist
Posts: 4,378
I will make EXP this year, entirely on Category 1 flights. While it will be with AADER's help, I would have done so anyway; as a result of AADER, I'll simply take a couple of fewer trips, burn a couple of CR-1s on UA, and/or do more travel of my LHR travel on BA.
Jul 21, 2008, 2:58 pm
#12
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: NYLON - AA EXP 1MM, SPG Gold
Posts: 1,234
I am Cat 1
(This year would fall into cat 2 - for a round trip TALT)
(This year would fall into cat 2 - for a round trip TALT)
Jul 21, 2008, 3:07 pm
#13
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: East Coast
Programs: UA Lifetime Gold, AA Lifetime Platinum, Delta PM, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,522
Both. 60% Corp, 40% personal (mostly MR)
Jul 21, 2008, 3:18 pm
#15
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SJC
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