Corporate Flight Policies for Employees Booking Business/First Class?
Jul 8, 2013, 1:37 pm
#76
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Hedge fund where my friend works:
Everyone is entitled to fly business (or the premium cabin) everywhere, even short domestic flights. The employees can choose coach and get a pay supplement equal to one half of the difference. My reasonably young friend does this every time because it represents a nice boost to his pay right out of B-school. Sweet deal, right?
Everyone is entitled to fly business (or the premium cabin) everywhere, even short domestic flights. The employees can choose coach and get a pay supplement equal to one half of the difference. My reasonably young friend does this every time because it represents a nice boost to his pay right out of B-school. Sweet deal, right?
Jul 12, 2013, 8:46 am
#78
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After a decade and a half in the F500 world, I now work for a much smaller, venture-backed company. We really don't have any policies insofar as class of service, but as my bonus is directly linked to my budget, I'm pretty vigilant about booking Y, unless a cheap A fare pops up, which they do from time to time. Fortunately, all of my flights are short now, 6 hours max, so it doesn't matter as much as when I was consistently shuttling to BNE or LHR in years past.
Jul 12, 2013, 10:58 am
#79
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It's amazing how many people who couldn't possibly fly long haul in economy, suddenly discover new bounds of possibility when it directly affects their pocket.
Jul 12, 2013, 12:03 pm
#80
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Corporate Flight Policies for Employees Booking Business/First Class?
I recently was hired by an oil firm based ex-Houston. For my level of employment is J for transcontinental (LAX-JFK, etc...); lowest available fare for anything under 4 hours (although last minute fares are exempt); and C/F when on intercontinental--however, some of the locations are so remote that chartered aircraft are a necessity.
Jul 12, 2013, 7:34 pm
#81
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Corporate Flight Policies for Employees Booking Business/First Class?
Cheapest fare on preferred carriers. Up to USD 50 tolerance. Business on TPAC and TATL. if you are above a certain title and fly over 75k miles in a fiscal year you are entitled to business on flights over 3.5hrs.
Jul 13, 2013, 6:05 am
#83
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The 6 hour rule seems pretty standard
Jul 13, 2013, 9:02 am
#84
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How imagine that there is a policy - with the above eligibility one can book flight in Y and have half of the fare difference go to their pocket.
How many people would rather choose above option?
Jul 13, 2013, 9:59 am
#85
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Is this surprising? As it was demonstrated, there is some common denominator - flights >7-8 hours are eligible for business class.
How imagine that there is a policy - with the above eligibility one can book flight in Y and have half of the fare difference go to their pocket.
How many people would rather choose above option?
How imagine that there is a policy - with the above eligibility one can book flight in Y and have half of the fare difference go to their pocket.
How many people would rather choose above option?
Jul 13, 2013, 10:05 am
#86
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Same as above but must hit the ground running? It depends what I'm doing. Low stress/non-critical take the money otherwise take J class. I do not want to risk fouling something important because I didn't get enough sleep on the flight over.
Two or three stop flight to Africa or Asia? Take J class.
Jul 13, 2013, 10:32 am
#87
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Look at this from different perspective - one can make extra 15% (or more) of annual income. I am pretty much sure that there are bunch of people who would agree with this kind of swap.
Jul 13, 2013, 11:41 am
#90
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Don't worry, my wife thinks I am weird too
