Yes, as AGR. No, not as paid or partially paid.Are you giving up on the trip to Florida? ^_^
If you had wanted to just get rid of points that bad, I would have taken them off your hands for you!Booked two 2011 LD deluxe bedroom awards today.
Nope. These are not trips for trips sake. Both are business trips to meetings that in 2010 I probably would have paid $2k+ each for. The fruits of past travels. Great room selection booking early. On the NOLA trip I got all E's. No A's. Way too many A's recently.If you had wanted to just get rid of points that bad, I would have taken them off your hands for you!Booked two 2011 LD deluxe bedroom awards today.
I had NO problems. Told them up front that I wanted nothing to do with A's. First reservation they gave me all E's. Second, a mix, but no A's. Perfection.I'm sure Alan will correct me if this is not correct; the last time I tried to run away from Bedroom "A" the res agent had to book A,B,C,D and then cancel them all to get to E. Maybe you can ask; NO is just half of a four letter word. Good luck !
Me too I only need 12,000 points for my reward trip in May 2011. I have enough points for going I'm short on points for coming back.If you had wanted to just get rid of points that bad, I would have taken them off your hands for you!Booked two 2011 LD deluxe bedroom awards today.
The key being no wAy.Jay,
The agent you had didn't know what they were doing. Any agent can pull any specific room that they want, or rather the customer wants, from inventory.
Yes, it's easier to let ARROW auggest the next roomette if the customer hasn't requested something special, but my understanding is that it's very easy to pull a specific room if need be.
You know it's really amazing what different scenarios we can come up with as far as res agents go Alan. Ed booked all the way through to NYP but the next guy might have had to get off in Washington. But as Tom said, "Hang up and dial again." :help:Jay,
The agent you had didn't know what they were doing. Any agent can pull any specific room that they want, or rather the customer wants, from inventory.
Yes, it's easier to let ARROW auggest the next roomette if the customer hasn't requested something special, but my understanding is that it's very easy to pull a specific room if need be.
I don't know your situation, but if they're BUSINESS TRIPS, doesn't your employer and/or clients reimburse you for travel?These are not trips for trips sake. Both are business trips to meetings that in 2010 I probably would have paid $2k+ each for.
Though I am a partner in the company, our travel reimbursement policy allows me to be reimbursed only at the advance purchase coarch airfare rate. If we allowed first class air reimbursement I would be close to whole, but we don't. So, on the most expense trips I sometimes use points.I don't know your situation, but if they're BUSINESS TRIPS, doesn't your employer and/or clients reimburse you for travel?These are not trips for trips sake. Both are business trips to meetings that in 2010 I probably would have paid $2k+ each for.If so, they will reimburse you the cost of the ticket - which is $-0-!I'd rather get reimbursed $2K and earn 4K points more - and still have the 100K points!
Admitedly I know nothing about accounting or private business travel but have you looked into the AGR for your business that has several times been discussed here in the past? Also isnt business travel a write off on your return, I would think you could save your points for personal use instead of paying the "extra" expenses out of your pocket or using your points for business?Though I am a partner in the company, our travel reimbursement policy allows me to be reimbursed only at the advance purchase coarch airfare rate. If we allowed first class air reimbursement I would be close to whole, but we don't. So, on the most expense trips I sometimes use points.I don't know your situation, but if they're BUSINESS TRIPS, doesn't your employer and/or clients reimburse you for travel?These are not trips for trips sake. Both are business trips to meetings that in 2010 I probably would have paid $2k+ each for.If so, they will reimburse you the cost of the ticket - which is $-0-!I'd rather get reimbursed $2K and earn 4K points more - and still have the 100K points!
Yes, business travel is a business write-off. (I was a tax auditorAdmitedly I know nothing about accounting or private business travel but have you looked into the AGR for your business that has several times been discussed here in the past? Also isnt business travel a write off on your return, I would think you could save your points for personal use instead of paying the "extra" expenses out of your pocket or using your points for business?Though I am a partner in the company, our travel reimbursement policy allows me to be reimbursed only at the advance purchase coarch airfare rate. If we allowed first class air reimbursement I would be close to whole, but we don't. So, on the most expense trips I sometimes use points.
Not bad, the_traveler! You get one sister to make food, the other to clean up around the house and an AGR for business account on top of it. That is what we call killing three birds with one stone.(HINT: My business employees are my 2 sisters!)
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