Collect points/miles for groups flights
Oct 2, 2018 | 11:43 am
#1
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Collect points/miles for groups flights
Good Morning,
I do spend near 5 million dollars every year on trips to more than 150 locations around the world for groups of 25 people, having no collected points or rewards using many different airlines. I know I cannot claim for miles per person flying or maybe I am wrong
Does someone here know more about this topic? What can I do to collect points for future trips?
I do spend near 5 million dollars every year on trips to more than 150 locations around the world for groups of 25 people, having no collected points or rewards using many different airlines. I know I cannot claim for miles per person flying or maybe I am wrong
Does someone here know more about this topic? What can I do to collect points for future trips?
Oct 2, 2018 | 1:14 pm
#2
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Airlines such as Delta have a corporate frequent flyer program. You register your business and you get miles for booking your employees tickets. The one bad side is the redemption rate for a free ticket is pretty ridiculous.
Oct 2, 2018 | 3:20 pm
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AA (with BA-IB) has a Business loyalty program. https://www.businessextra.com/
Business Extra helps reduce travel costs and gives more perks to the people that matter. It's free to join and you'll enjoy the benefits right away.
Your employees earn AAdvantage miles and your business earns points to use for:
Your employees earn AAdvantage miles and your business earns points to use for:
- Flights (for work or to give as a gift)
- First and Business Class upgrades
- AAdvantage Gold status
- Admirals Club membership
Earning Business Extra points
As a Business Extra member, your company earns Business Extra points each time you fly on American Airlines or on one of our partnering airlines. As of May 20, 2015, we've also expanded your earning ability on British Airways and Iberia. Plus you can earn points for tickets marketed by American Airlines and operated by Finnair, Japan Airlines, and Qantas*. Companies earn one point for every $5 spent on eligible itineraries. And your travelers keep earning their personal frequent flyer miles—it's a win-win.
As a Business Extra member, your company earns Business Extra points each time you fly on American Airlines or on one of our partnering airlines. As of May 20, 2015, we've also expanded your earning ability on British Airways and Iberia. Plus you can earn points for tickets marketed by American Airlines and operated by Finnair, Japan Airlines, and Qantas*. Companies earn one point for every $5 spent on eligible itineraries. And your travelers keep earning their personal frequent flyer miles—it's a win-win.
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Oct 2, 2018 at 3:42 pm
Oct 2, 2018 | 7:52 pm
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I'm fairly familiar with those programs, having used them on behalf of a 20-person corporation some years ago. They're designed for small organizations, specifically organizations that are too small to have much clout on their own. That means organizations that spend a whole lot less than $5 million a year total, let alone with one airline. (In a good year our total travel spending was in the low six figures.)
I agree with Mwenenzi that you should be able to negotiate much better terms on your own. The discounts you should be able to get will pay for the awards that any of these small business programs would give you many times over. (For a while we were able to use IBM's airline discounts as an IBM supplier, even if we weren't traveling on behalf of IBM, and even if we weren't traveling for business at all, until that supplier benefit stopped. Fares were always heavily discounted, often as low as half of the best we could do otherwise.) It's not points, but the savings will more than pay for whatever you could have used the points for. You can even negotiate status for a few people, perhaps including yourself.
I agree with Mwenenzi that you should be able to negotiate much better terms on your own. The discounts you should be able to get will pay for the awards that any of these small business programs would give you many times over. (For a while we were able to use IBM's airline discounts as an IBM supplier, even if we weren't traveling on behalf of IBM, and even if we weren't traveling for business at all, until that supplier benefit stopped. Fares were always heavily discounted, often as low as half of the best we could do otherwise.) It's not points, but the savings will more than pay for whatever you could have used the points for. You can even negotiate status for a few people, perhaps including yourself.
Oct 3, 2018 | 2:14 am
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When possible, charge it to mile/point earning credit cards, so you may earn "extra" miles & points on money spent.
When possible, charge it to mile/point earning credit cards, so you may earn "extra" miles & points on money spent.
Oct 4, 2018 | 11:25 am
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If you’re truly responsible for $5 million of booked travel annually, I’d read more about an airline’s possible benefits and deal with the Sales offices.
AA Sales personnel can even issue invitations to Concierge Key status for high volume arrangers of travel, regardless of how much or little you fly yourself. That grants Executive Platinum status and benefits and priorities higher than Ex Plat, Admirals Club Membership with Flagship Lounge privileges for flying, even apron transfers by luxury automobile on some connections, etc.
AA Sales personnel can even issue invitations to Concierge Key status for high volume arrangers of travel, regardless of how much or little you fly yourself. That grants Executive Platinum status and benefits and priorities higher than Ex Plat, Admirals Club Membership with Flagship Lounge privileges for flying, even apron transfers by luxury automobile on some connections, etc.