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First things first, she will need to clear with her employer whether it s okay to collect points for the travel she books. rodeway inn orlando It s better to be safe than sorry- no amount of points is worth losing your job- especially in this economy. rodeway inn orlando My honest advice would be to inform her manager about the programs I m going to mention in order to add value to the company and cement your standing. Assuming rodeway inn orlando they are okay with it (or for any small business owners out there) here are some ways to get points and save money on your travel spend:
Set up a Big Crumbs referral account  and book travel though Expedia via Big Crumbs and get $3.20 in cash back per flight, 1.6% of hotels, 3.2% of any packages and 2.4% of car rentals. That could add up.
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This raises a lot of ethical dilemmas. First I would have the girl friend check with her company regarding their view of her collecting points for doing her job. Many companies allow employees rodeway inn orlando who actually travel to keep points as a benefit, to offset the cost of being on the road away from home and family. Because the girl friend is simply doing her job, the employer may view her collecting points in this way as stealing a benefit that actually belongs to the employer.
Reading your suggestions and seeing no caveats except beware with opentable bc you may get caught really strikes the wrong note, but might be what the writer (an outside party themself) wants to hear.
Bottom line is when booking someone elses travel or your own, as part of your job description, you will have rules to follow and basic ethics to keep in mind. Most important is to ensure the company is not paying more so you can collect some sort of kickback So if bigcrumbs, etc is considered or you use an orbitz vs booking direct, rodeway inn orlando i would expect rodeway inn orlando that the person, as part of their job, would first ensure they are delivering the best value to the company before ensuring their own personal savings acct gets funded. Their job is on the line if they were to get off course and that should not be forgotten.
I assumed they would clear this with their employer first in order to not lose their job, but just to be safe I added another disclaimer at the beginning of the post. While I love points, they aren t worth losing your job over!
I wouldn t go there regarding the air tickets and dining. But I would definitely look into the meeting planner rodeway inn orlando angle and clear this up with the company FIRST and get it in WRITING. And if she likes and wants to keep her job I would probably let that go too
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How is this unethical? I m giving everyone tips on how they can maximize the return on the money they spend on travel- whether you own a small business, work for one or just want to maximize your personal spend. I clearly stated anything you do for a company should be approved with them beforehand.
My thinking would be that if the boss doesn t know about the various airline business programs, when he/she finds out, they will want it used on the company. I cannot imagine a company that would allow the person responsible rodeway inn orlando for booking travel rodeway inn orlando to use a corporate airline rodeway inn orlando account for their personal benefits. Again, up to the employer, however. Who knows!
BTW, there is a Skybonus sign-up that I used a month or two ago that gives you 40,000 points after your first flight. I think it runs until the end of this month JUNSKYMAG is the code I think (or it maybe JULY instead of JUN).
How I understand your post is your girlfriend has just gotten or not even started the job and you re looking at this angle for some benefits to the job and you write to a blog instead of asking the company. Did I miss anything ?
There is still valuable information in the post, but people are getting sidetracked by the ethical dilemma of the reader (which I personally don t have an issue with as long as everything is approved by their employer)
Seriously? I m the one who asked this question. For everyone to be slamming on TPG is absurd. Of course I d have my GF ask the company if she can do the booking while earning rodeway inn orlando points. She s not stealing anything from the company it still is booked rodeway inn orlando on the corporate cards. She just has the option to book via any search engine she chooses, so she might as well use one that may provide rewards.
The fact that people are making this an ethics question is well beyond the scope of this blog. I m sorry, TPG, that some of your readers feel the need to be ethics rodeway inn orlando police on subjects that don t need policing.
Unethical?I don t want to be rude but WTF are you talking about? you can make points or cashback on reservation, you don t have to steal any points because employees will get their points/miles. You can maximize this using referral websites (fatwallet, Bigcrumbs, rodeway inn orlando AAeShopping). They can even get some saving when they use 5~10% coupon code from Orbitz (and others).
I d also avoid routing people through other sites like Expedia just to get points. If it actually results in a cheaper fare and you or the company can get some points, great. But I hate when I am booked on travelocity, expedia, rodeway inn orlando orbitz, etc. unless there is actually rodeway inn orlando a cost savings. When something goes wrong, I find it is much easier to be booked rodeway inn orlando directly with the airline.
a side topic- is there any company rodeway inn orlando which organizes the travel rewards to be monetarized ( cud be causing tax consequence) rodeway inn orlando and brought back into A centralized travel account for the purpose of overall travel expenses savings? We all know the best use of travel points is to use as upgrade or buinsess+ travel.
rodeway inn orlando bigcrumbs SAVES, this quarter, how much do I really pay out of pocket with CHase Freedom Visa on a $200 dollar travel bills ? 200 minus 12.8( 6.4 % Big Crumbs rebate minus 11 ( 5% on 200 + 10 % on ( 5% on 200) )
And how I understand your post is that you are a moron. I know that someone asking advice about other ways to get points from booking travel from a guy who blogs about earning points must have really seemed just like a question about smuggling. And no one could possibly understand why he d blog about it except for his constitutionally protected right to free speeach. Incidentally, I think several drug cartels may have just bookmarked this page and told their mules they now have to route their travel through Big Crumbs.
Does anyone know of a way to accrue additional points (eg. business loyalty rodeway inn orlando account on airlines, hotels, etc.) when using a Citibank corporate card? We accrue miles/points as long as the travel is booked through rodeway inn orlando our company travel website (managed by Carlson Wagonlit)m but it would be great if someone knew of a way to make additional points/miles like I do with personal travel. For example, you earn AmEx membership rewards points plus Skymiles when using personal card to book personal travel, but only earn the miles/points from airline/hotel program when using corporate card which seems like a waste). Would these business rodeway inn orlando programs (bigcrumbs, perks plus, skybonus) work for an individual booking travel with a corp card? Thank