Relocation
#1
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Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: St Paul 02/04...not flying Delta
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Relocation
My relocation has begun. Four different people called me from the relocation firm...the 'project manager', the real estate person, the mortgage person, and the temporary housing person. I now have 'people' as in "have your people call my people." Oh, and a fifth person call regarding my home inspection. Five calls in under 24 hours. I am running out of cell minutes!
The major drag is that the company issues you a relocation credit card for the airfare, hotels and car rentals. All those credit card purchases and no credit card airmiles. Argh!
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Help! I've fallen in status and I can't get up.
The major drag is that the company issues you a relocation credit card for the airfare, hotels and car rentals. All those credit card purchases and no credit card airmiles. Argh!
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Help! I've fallen in status and I can't get up.
#2
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Tejas, I just can't get away from the place
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You have it easy! My relocations have been "do it and charge it on a budget."
Good luck on the move (where are you going?)!
Good luck on the move (where are you going?)!
#3
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: JFK based
Programs: (Ż`'•.¸Hyatt Globalist * AA Gold * Delta Silver * Marriott Platinum * Hilton Gold¸.•'´Ż)
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I didn't think it would matter who paid, as long as the ticket, hotel & car reservations are in your name...so you still get the miles & points.
That's how it was for me when I relocated, company made all the booking for me, I simply presented my miles & points card # at check-in.
That's how it was for me when I relocated, company made all the booking for me, I simply presented my miles & points card # at check-in.
#4
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Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: St Paul 02/04...not flying Delta
Posts: 2,324
I wrote that I will not be getting miles for the credit card transactions. The 'seat in the seat' miles are a different story.
And I am headed to MSP.
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Help! I've fallen in status and I can't get up.
And I am headed to MSP.
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Help! I've fallen in status and I can't get up.
#7
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA LT Gold; BA Silver; Hilton Diamond
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comicwoman- good luck, and may The Force be with you. Just finished a NJ-KS move in July. Even with the company picking up the cost, the actual move was wrenching. It took us months to find our collection of refrigerator magnets from Rio, Budapest, Rome, etc.
My company issues a credit card to be used for ALL business expenses and it doesn't provide miles. Of course, I get the usual points and miles for flights and hotel nights, but I miss being able to use my own credit cards to rack up more points.
My company issues a credit card to be used for ALL business expenses and it doesn't provide miles. Of course, I get the usual points and miles for flights and hotel nights, but I miss being able to use my own credit cards to rack up more points.
#8
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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My first "good" company relocation was when I was 24. Any and all moving expenses, 6 months of temporary housing in New York, paid accomodations in DC for 4 months, $10,000 relocation cash bonus for miscellaneous expenditures, housing assistance including any real estate or closing-related costs for 2 residences. All this was grossed-up along with a gross-up to help offset the tax liabilities; and I got tax filing assistance too. I think that my employer got its money's worth out of me while I was there and afterwards as I still refer my clients to route business over there.
The only sad thing is that I did not know much about the airline and hotel programs back then, or I would be sitting on a few more miles. The only comment I got from the HR people or my relocation team was "How are your flight costs so low?" [I booked everything using youth fares or the student travel agency.]
The only sad thing is that I did not know much about the airline and hotel programs back then, or I would be sitting on a few more miles. The only comment I got from the HR people or my relocation team was "How are your flight costs so low?" [I booked everything using youth fares or the student travel agency.]
#9
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Comicwoman:
My relocation has begun. Four different people called me from the relocation firm...the 'project manager', the real estate person, the mortgage person, and the temporary housing person. I now have 'people' as in "have your people call my people." Oh, and a fifth person call regarding my home inspection. Five calls in under 24 hours. I am running out of cell minutes!
The major drag is that the company issues you a relocation credit card for the airfare, hotels and car rentals. All those credit card purchases and no credit card airmiles. Argh!
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My relocation has begun. Four different people called me from the relocation firm...the 'project manager', the real estate person, the mortgage person, and the temporary housing person. I now have 'people' as in "have your people call my people." Oh, and a fifth person call regarding my home inspection. Five calls in under 24 hours. I am running out of cell minutes!
The major drag is that the company issues you a relocation credit card for the airfare, hotels and car rentals. All those credit card purchases and no credit card airmiles. Argh!
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#10
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Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: St Paul 02/04...not flying Delta
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JS:
Count your blessings. I have paid for two interstate moves, one that reimbursed me $1200, and the other ZERO.
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Count your blessings. I have paid for two interstate moves, one that reimbursed me $1200, and the other ZERO.
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BTW, I would like to thank all of you that have offered advice here and on the GLBT forum.
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#12
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I relo'd to France and had the same menagerie of support people. But they were French and of course no help.
My package included 6 weeks in a hotel for me and the missus. So I found a house on the 2nd day and exchanged the money for the 6 weeks in the hotel for money for cool furniture and some kitchen supplies. At the end of my term in France, they moved all the stuff back that I bought and I got to keep it.
My package included 6 weeks in a hotel for me and the missus. So I found a house on the 2nd day and exchanged the money for the 6 weeks in the hotel for money for cool furniture and some kitchen supplies. At the end of my term in France, they moved all the stuff back that I bought and I got to keep it.
#13
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Comicwoman:
And I am headed to MSP.
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And I am headed to MSP.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by HomelessScientist:
my new employer (UC Berkeley) handled relocation by suggesting that I rent a U-Haul at my own expense.</font>
my new employer (UC Berkeley) handled relocation by suggesting that I rent a U-Haul at my own expense.</font>