Continental RewardOne question
 

Anyone familiar with the Continental RewardOne program for businesses:

My question is: does the redemption of the points generate a 1099 or similar tax form to the company?

I have enrolled in the program and would like to use the points for my own personal use but not, of course, if my company is going to be taxed as if it were income.

Thanks for any help!

In my experience, redemptions have been treated just like frequent flier miles: no tax implications. I have not seen a 1099 form from RewardOne.

Thank you for your reply! Do you have personal experience with RewardOne? If so, can you tell me if there are any "downsides" to joining?

No downside whatsoever in my experience except figuring the best (or fairest) way to use the points. As it turns out we generate just enough to give all our travelers free PC memberships.

Same experience here. No downside that I've found! It's been nice to have a few extra perks for the company.

Thanks for posting this! I didn't know the program existed - I am quite mad at myself for passing on extra points!

Does anyone know if there are similar programs for other airlines or hotels?

Yes. They include:
Delta Skybonus
Northwest BizPerks
British Airways Venture Club
KLM BlueBiz
American Airlines Business ExtrAA
United Airlines PerksPlus
Starwood Preferred Business
...and more

Has anyone out there used RewardOne for their own personal travel? My company (or boss) doesn't even know this program exists. I just happened to run across it on Continental's site and signed up. Therefore, I'm thinking of keeping my mouth shut and using it for personal travel.

Thoughts?

Just did a search on the CO website. RewardsOne isn't a very clear program- when I searched a lot of CO Business Travel Manager program links came up. It doesn't look like Business Travel Manager gets you anything points-wise that you can't already get by booking on CO.com.

Is RewardsOne different? Could someone send a link to the details of that program? It should would be nice to get into the PC for free!

http://rewardone.continental.com/default.aspx

http://rewardone.continental.com/ben...616CE2C53B7E93

For every $1,000 spent for business travel*, your company will earn:

One point for travel to/from Cleveland, OH, Houston, TX, or Newark, NJ
Two points for travel to/from all other cities served by Continental


* Travel applies to non-discounted fares booked in A, J, C, D, Z, R, Y, H, K, M, N, B, O, V, or U class of service only


I am self employed so I used my tax ID number to enroll. I have used it for about 3 years now and i have had no issues with it. I use the points for PC membership and CO coupons.

docr775:

You say you've used RewardOne. Do you receive any sort of tax statement when you redeem? I just want to be assured that my company will not suffer any consequences from my personally using the points.

Is the redemption process relatively pain-free? I know when redeeming frequent flyer miles, you can only fly on certain days. However, you just pay $10.00 to redeem and fly anywhere which ain't bad, so definitely worth it. Is there a charge for redeeming RewardOne?

Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks! I thought I was a good Google searcher, but apparently not because I can't even get a search to bring these up.

Does Marriott have one?