Glad we don't have that in our policy. Most of our consultants aren't usually staying in hotels that offer it, so it's probably not a huge issue.

That's interesting. Our policy states that you get $40 for dinner, $20 for lunch, and $20 for breakfast. How you spend that is entirely up to you.

Actually, all of this brings up a question I realize I haven't yet asked in the Box. This was exactly what is planned for the honeymoon: BKK is the destination, LHR the stopover (with either a train or a paid flight to/from EDI), HKG the open jaw for return (with a paid BKK-HKG o/w leg).

Yes. Now, however, the problem is - each of us has well over that number of RDMs, but neither has double that. Originally I was planning to try and do something crazy in order to get enough for both of us (he's got more than I do, but they're on UA so we were worried about *net blocking), but it's just not going to happen. So we're going to have to each make our own reservations, with separate PNRs. Luckily, it seems like the blocking has been recently getting better, not worse.

For those of you who have planned complex international awards for multiple travelers - have you ever done it this way? Are we going to be absolutely SOL on finding F availability on the same flights?

We can't actually book anything till August of this year, but there has already been much speculating.

Thanks to me moving to DC, and my weekly EQM count going up by almost 50%, I'll re-qualify for Platinum many months earlier than I originally anticipated. I'll have no problem hitting 100,000 EQMs on CO this year now based on travel completed year-to-date and the anticipated work travel I have on the schedule so far.

My RDM balance is rapidly increasing again as well. The extra 519 miles between IAH and DCA versus ATL is really helping me out.

:-:

Wow, that's extremely generous. $50/day here, although some clients lower that, but we can still expense the difference between the client's lower cap and the company's, and just not bill the client for anything over their cap. There are no stipulations on the $50 though. I could spend $50 on a single meal and nothing the rest of the day and it generally isn't questioned. I've also exceeded the $50 at times, but made sure I was under on other days of the same trip, so that in the end, it all balanced out for the week.

We have a pithy amount per meal where if we eat for less than that amount (e.g. Dunkin' and a muffin for brekkie) we don't have to provide a receipt. If you exceed the published amount, you have to provide a receipt.

But the reimbursement is always at what was actually spent.

I actually really like this system compared to a traditional per diem.

We used to be able to not submit receipts for cheaper meals, but that has changed. I always submitted all mine anyway. Reimbursement has generally, with the exception of a select few clients, been based on what was actually spent, with no traditional per diem. The one client I ever had with a per diem and no receipts required only gave us $25/day for meals, but the town was small, and food was cheap, so I could eat well and still come out ahead on those trips.

Good Afternoon Box. Heading to ATL in a little while, I'll be in the PC if by chance anyone is around.

Congrats and Good Luck to ALCO!!

I wish I could say the same, but the good news news is that I should easily make both HH Diamond and SPG Plat this year again.


+1. In the notes section I used to include explanations of why I orderd room service. Then one day I just left it out. Nobody said a word, expenses approved.

Wow. Just wow. Even our current PITA client isn't that draconian.

Coworker and I have finished this client two hours early. Time to head out of here and drive back to San Antonio. I'm not complaining about this development at all.

F round-up I've switched to agent orange.

I suppose it's different for me as my time is not directly billed to a client, though I am a dedicated resource for the client that the client pays for based on their contract with my company. It's an odd thing. I don't believe I need to submit receipts for anything relating to food that is under $80 in total for the day.

But my understanding may get a violent change when I submit my expense report. :eek: I did not go through the required travel agent because when I tried to do that they spelled my first name wrong (something TSA agents tend to frown upon) and still have not fixed it. I have proof of the ticket they booked and the ticket I bought myself from UA .bomb being the same price, so I can justify it, but I imagine it's going to be a :rolleyes: time getting it done.

Today my Blackberry bricked and I had to reload the software.

I didn't know all my contacts would be gone and I'm not going to be home until next Friday to reload.

:rolleyes:

Still just one more day till I arrive in Montreal and hit the ground drinking. ^

Is his little friend, ahem, fully ensconsed today?

He probably has a few. :rolleyes:

Que pasa?



re: Per diem

$80? :eek: We get $42 a day. It's :rolleyes: