Found a company that awards customers frequent flyer miles based on their telecom expeditures. It's a pretty good deal if you think about it. If you pay your bill by credit card then you'll earn even more miles. They are partnered with all the major telecom carriers (AT&T Sprint MCI Qwest Verizon etc) plus they'll allow you to select whatever frequent flier program you desire. Their site is pretty crappy. I was told that they haven't officially launched yet... but wanted to put something up on the domain for now. I've known these guys for a long time and have all my company's telecom services with them. (Local phones lines... long distance T1's plus our WAN (used to be frame relay but we just converted to MPLS). They told me that they're planning on testing a few marketing ideas and plan to create a membership club for select clients. Make sure to ask them about it... I think there's a place on the site to submit a request for more information. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions... I'd like to see their business venture succeed. We met in college.

here's the site

www.telecomrewards.com

interesting. is this thing legit?

spending a couple of grand a month just on cell this would suit me perfectly

Their site www.telecomrewards.com is just a template from GoDaddy because their real site isn't completed yet. I've spent the last few months working with them. Their real launch date is in Jan '08. This is more or less their beta... so, if you sign up now they're planning on making you a premium member. They have a few minor projects to complete prior to going totally live. Other than that, its pretty straight forward.

For example, let's say Bellsouth is your Local provider. You'll have the choice to either sign a Bellsouth contract via TR or go with another provider from their portfolio. One of their goals that I found extremely impressive is that 80% of the time they'll be able to save you l5-20% off your current rates. That was the reason we started talking to them to begin with... my company bills around $5k in Long Distance usage... they put me on a Sprint T-1 and almost cut our bill in half.

The biggest opportunity here is that they're targeting business customers. So, if your company spends a ton of money on their telecom bills. They'll perform an audit for free... recommend a provider.... save your company money... and award miles in just about any frequent flier program. So, I'm earning a ton of miles... the only restriction is that they're obviously bound by the T's & C's of the particular airline program. I'm able to distribute miles to my wife's account and kids accounts. If you work for someone... as long as you have the authorization to sign the telecom contract you decide how to distribute the miles. You can also get permission from your boss (if he/she signs the contracts) to be the individual who benefits by receiving the miles. It's a pretty clever idea! Glad I got in early...

The first post says he "Found" a company;

His second post (post #3) says he works for the company -

sounds like SPAM to me.

yea what gives

Well you have to find the company before you can work for them.

Wow... just checked my email and saw the posts after I explained that they're legit... geez! If you read the post... you'll see I said working "with" them... not "for" them. Not sure why I even bothered to reply... just got under my skin, I guess. If you don't want to earn the miles... but would rather argue symantics -- I guess that's your right. I'm a customer/client... not an employee.

And, the OP's profile says his industry is telecomm.

I think people aren't sure that it's a legit website, especially since it's "beta" right now, and are very legitimately questioning this.

Perhaps there's contact phone numbers/owner names/numbers you can provide that those interested can verify?

Thanks, I sent my interest in but didn't put progams or telco co's names. we shall see.

You're right my profile says I'm in telecom... I posted a real profile rather something like beer drinker or Gator fan. I work at TransNational Communcations, Inc. www.tncii.com - I know these guys from college and also from working in the same industry. As far as the beta goes... I've been part of several betas in the past (most recently Paypal's Home page beta) Granted, Paypal is a much larger, well known company. But, being a former investment banker... I do firmly believe that it pays off to be part of something in the beginning. I'm truly sorry that my post caused any of this... I was merely trying to help FTers while at the same time help some old college friends... that's all. Have a good weekend. I'll be more than happy to answer and all questions. I was trying to contribute to FT b/c this site has always done right by me.

Here's the email addy to send questions to [email protected]

I completely understand people's right to question if the website/company is legit. To give you a little better explanation of my relationship with this company... I manage an indirect sales channel comprised of consultants, agents, etc. I deal solely with B2B. I'm just trying to be a positive contributor to FT. Cool? Typically, my customers bill anywhere from $10k - $500k per month. I don't sell direct... only through independent agents, consultants, etc. So, this is by no means a solicitation for business by me. I'm not asking anyone to contact me for any business. Also, the reason I've ordered services from www.telecomrewards.com before... is that sometimes deals are too small for me to handle. In turn, they refer some of the larger deals to me - if I can help them & their customer... everyone wins. They'll likely ask how you heard of them so feel free to say you saw a post on FT. FYI- They have a couple thousand customers in their existing base... this is simply another marketing/sales program by them.

I don't understand this trend of hostility from some FTers...it feels as if sometimes you are in communist Russia and are guilty until proven innocent (and even then, you aren't trusted...).

I remember a year or so ago I posted something about a bad stay in one of the hotels in the UK. I had no reason to lie about it...I wasn't asking for sympathy, but just wanted to share and see if anyone had any advice. While most people responded in a respectful manner, some guy questioned and re-questioned me on just about everything, more or less calling me a liar. Whatever. I just don't understand why people have to assume such a tone of negativity on here? Everyone is just trying to contribute and learn. If you have doubts, why not email the people who run the site/company? Why not do some research? Why do you start calling the OP out on this? He's not a 1st time poster...and if one must have 3,000 posts to have his/her posts trusted, then I think this speaks volumes about how jaded some people on here have become.

I, for one, wouldn't benefit from this service, but I think it's a cool offer and if somebody spends a ton of $$ on telecom, why not explore it? Hell...some people here dig through trash in convention centers for Coke caps. Emailing a site seems to be a lot less of an effort.

Dude... AMEN!

No good deed goes unpunished is what I always seem to say lately...

It might not be for everyone but they'll almost always save you money from what you're paying.... plus, you get the miles. Isn't that why most people come to this forum? At least, that's what I thought...

I did include a smiley and my comment was not meant to be hostile.