Business Travel Tips
How to get there, how to get around, where to find stuff and how to ask for it. These are tips from the local insider to make your stay here a breeze
Airline Boarding Pass SPAM
Sojern, Inc. is a company offering a new service more SPAM to airline passengers on the major carriers in the U.S., including American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways. The company will provide destination content to passengers when they check-in for flights online.
What’s this? When you go to check in for your flight online, Sojern is going to SPAM you with advertisements from businesses in your destination. It’s an ad on your boarding pass, like those now commonly found …
Date: July 17th, 2008 |
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Vegas.com Free Gas Cards
Those of you traveling to sunny Las Vegas this summer are in for some winnings. Even if you lose every hand at the casino, you can score $50 in free gas from Vegas.com. As of July 7, VEGAS.com is offering customers $50 in free gas and $10 off of hotel reservations. It’s the Cash in and Top Off promotion, targeted at tourists but it will work just as well for business travelers.
In order to cash in on the savings, enter the promotion code “GAS” while during the checkout …
Date: July 15th, 2008 |
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WorldPerks Visa Platinum Card
If you have very good credit and fly with Northwest Airlines and their partner airlines often, the WorldPerks® Visa® Platinum Card issued by US Bank is definitely the airline mileage credit card to consider using. The reason it suits those who travel on Northwest Airlines is the reward system offered with the card.
Quick facts:
Our rating: B+
Interest rate: 14.75% variable
Earning rewards: 5 miles per dollar in certain restaurants; 1 dollar per mile everywhere else
Reward options: Northwest Airlines tickets or at any partner airlines
Click here for more Details and to Apply
When you are using your card, each dollar spent on general purchases earns you a mile. In certain restaurants you can earn 5 miles per dollar. When you sign up you can get up to 7,500 miles bonus and each time you pay the annual fee of $55 you get 55 miles bonus.
Date: July 11th, 2008 |
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Alaska Airlines Cashless Cabins
You know how sometimes you’re on a flight home and you’d really like a glass of wine to unwind, but all you have is a $20. You give it to the flight attendant and he or she smirks and tells you correct change is needed? Thank goodness those days are ending, one airline at a time. As of August 5, passengers on Alaska Airlines flights will be able to swipe debit and credit cards for onboard purchases. You will be able to use any major credit or …
Date: July 6th, 2008 |
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Blue Sky from American Express
Most often an airline mileage credit card won’t allow you the flexibility to choose the airline and you end up stuck with an airline offering flights to the other end of the globe. But this is not the case of Blue Sky from American Express®. This card allows the owner to use the miles with any airline without any restrictions.
Quick facts:
Our Rating: A
Interest rate: No Annual fee, and 0% interest for the first six months.
Earning rewards:1 mile per dollar spent, with no restrictions.
Reward options: discounts on flights, hotel, car rental or cruise.
Click here for more details and to Apply
When you use the Blue Sky from American Express® you earn one point for each Dollar spent. There aren’t any restrictions on the category of purchases or where you should buy the products/services in order to get the points. There is no earning limit and the points don’t expire. As long as your account is active you’ll have the points available for use. The points can be redeemed for discounts on flights, hotel, car rental or cruise and there aren’t any restrictions.
Date: July 4th, 2008 |
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Homewood Suites Online Room Selection
You know how every single time you check in to your hotel you get the room next to the ice machine? Oh wait, that’s me. Well, these days Homewood Suites is offering HHonors members a nice deal to avoid such travesties. Homewood Suites, the “residential style hotel” by Hilton, is now offering an innovative online Suite Selection tool for room reservations. Suite Selection, a fancy way to say you get to pick your room in advance, is now available to all Hilton HHonors members. Magical, right?
How …
Date: July 16th, 2008 |
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Southwest Airlines Fuel Hedging
So, Southwest Airlines is in WAY better shape than the other large U.S. airlines these days because for years they’ve done something called fuel hedging. That’s why Southwest is actually expanding service later this year, while all of the legacy airlines are severely cutting back on service. Most people who pay attention to this sort of thing have at least heard the term “fuel hedging,” but not everyone has a good understanding of what that means. This YouTube video does a stellar job of breaking …
Date: July 12th, 2008 |
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American Airlines NBA Partnership
American Airlines is the official airline of the National Basketball Association. The airline recently announced a partnership with the NBA, including “several of the league’s most prominent
international grassroots initiatives featuring activities in nine countries.”What does this mean to you? Probably some rocking promotions for you basketball fans out there.
According to the press release, American Airlines will serve as the official airline of 2008 NBA Europe
Live presented by EA SPORTS. That would be the NBA’s European tour, beginning its third year in October. The airline will also work with …
Date: July 6th, 2008 |
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Indiana Jones Trip Giveaway
If you’re a business traveler, you fall in to one of two categories: those who love to travel and have pursued a career that allows them to do so or those who have a job that forces them to travel despite their dislike of adventure. If you fall in to the first category, you’ll certainly be interested in this contest I just found. If you, however, are one of the other sort, maybe you can pass this along to someone who would be interested.
An organization …
Date: July 5th, 2008 |
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Fourth of July Free Wi-Fi
The good people at Boingo are offering a free day-pass for the wi-fi thirsty travelers out there this Fourth of July weekend. Boingo offers wireless internet in airports and fast food joints throughout our fine country. Between now and this weekend, you can score a 24 hour pass to surf the internet as you please.
Here’s how you do it:
Go to boingo.com/freedom/
Download GoBoingo
Surf.
Boingo’s PR people had this to say:
With GoBoingo, you’ll have one-click access to the world’s largest Wi-Fi network, including more than 500 airports …
Date: July 3rd, 2008 |
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