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
Baltimore Free Fall Festival
This October, you can make your way to Baltimore, Maryland for the Third Annual Free Fall Festival, a citywide festival that offers you heaps of free arts and cultural activities throughout the month.
What’s free? Well, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walter’s Art Museum are always free, and they remain so for the festival. During October, you can also gain admission in to the Baltimore Women’s Film Festival, as well as 13 new theatrical performances such as CENTERSTAGE’s “Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and the Baltimore Theatre Project’s phantasmagorical, “Cyclopedia.” You can take a …
Date: October 2nd, 2008 |
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WorldPerks Visa Signature
If you have excellent credit and travel often with Northwest Airlines, then WorldPerks® Visa® Signature is an airline mileage card you should consider using.
Quick facts:
Our rating:B-
Interest rate: 14.75% APR for purchases
Earning rewards: 5 miles for each dollar spent in certain restaurants; 2 miles for each dollar spent on Northwest Airlines airfare; 1 mile for 1 dollar on all other purchases
Reward options: free travel with Northwest Airlines or any of their partners
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When spending money at Northwest Airlines you’ll earn two miles for each dollar spent. For all other purchases you’ll earn 1 mile for each dollar spent. In certain restaurants you can earn up to 5 miles for each dollar spent. There isn’t a pre-set spending limit.
Date: September 26th, 2008 |
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IberiaBank Visa Platinum Rewards Card
If you have very good credit and plan to use the benefits offered, then IberiaBank Visa® Platinum Rewards Card is an airline mileage card you should consider using.
Quick facts:
Our rating: B+
Interest rate: 0% Introductory APR on Balance Transfers for Your First 6 Billing Cycles
Earning rewards: 1 dollar earns 1 point in Qualifying Net Retail Purchases
Reward options: merchandise, travel and gift certificates to participating restaurants and merchants.
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You can use your card for any purchase and that will earn 1 point …
Date: September 19th, 2008 |
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Miles by Discover Card
If you have very good credit, fly with US-based airlines often and plan to use the reward program, then Miles by Discover® Card is an airline mileage card you should consider using.
Quick facts:
Our rating: A
Interest rate: 0% introductory rate on purchases and balance transfers for six months; 9.99% afterwards
Earning rewards: double miles on grocery store purchases in November and December ; double miles for each dollar spent on up to $3,000 travel or restaurant purchases; 1 mile for 1 dollar spent on all other purchases; bonus miles
Reward options: airfare or reduced airfare on most major US-based airlines; gift cards from 50 brand-name partners; cash
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When using your card for up to $3,000 travel or restaurant purchases, you’ll earn double miles for each dollar spent. During November and December you also earn double miles on the grocery store purchases. All other purchases bring 1 mile per dollar spent. You also get 1,000 bonus miles every month you use the card during the first year.
Date: September 12th, 2008 |
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Mariott MegaMiles Promotion
Marriott Hotels is offering Rewards members the opportunity to score some serious bonus airline miles with the MegaMiles promotion. Those members who have opted to earn miles in lieu of rewards points will earn DOUBLE MILES on partner airlines between October 1 and December 31, 2008.
How does it work? First, you have to register for the promotion. That can be done any time between September 9 and December 31, 2008. You may do so at MarriottRewards.com/MegaMiles. To see how many, many miles you’ve racked …
Date: September 9th, 2008 |
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Expensify Business Expense Tracking
Expensify is a new company offering a fantastic service for those business travelers who are forced to manage their own expenses. You know who you are…those of you saving up receipts to add to your expense report at the end of every trip. I used to be one of you, and I know how much it sucks. Well, Expensify plans to revolutionize the expense reporting market by tracking your expenses for you.
How does this work? First, you get the Expensify MasterCard which is linked to your regular credit card. The MasterCard is considered an “electronic …
Date: September 26th, 2008 |
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Amtrak Triple Play Promotion
Amtrak is now offering Guest Rewards customers a way to earn heaps of bonus points through the end of this year. Between now and December 31, 2008, you can earn 500 bonus points just for using one of Amtrak’s hotel, cruise or home loan partners. As if you needed another good reason to take an end of the year cruise! Shoppers out there will be happy to hear you can earn 200 bonus points for shopping with one of the rail line’s partners. Finally, you can earn 300 bonus points for using any of Amtrak’s …
Date: September 24th, 2008 |
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California Zero Emissions Train System
The bright folks out on the west coast have come up with miraculous new way to run the California High-Speed Rail Authority, the state’s proposed high-speed train system, run with zero greenhouse gas emissions. This is fantastic news for rail travelers, not only in the Golden State of California, but any place rail travel is or may become available. If they can make environmental impact of travel 0%, I’m sure heaps of travelers would opt for rail rather than global-warming, smog-inducing, fossil-fuel-burning airline travel. The zero emissions …
Date: September 16th, 2008 |
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Corporate Flight Attendant School
Every commercial airline in the world offers their own specialized flight attendant training program for staff. Well, now a company called Swan Heights is opening a school for flight attendants who work on private jets or corporate flights. I’m sure I hope these attendants are required to have some sort of safety training already, as in training for medical emergencies and crash landings, but I’m not really sure how that works for smaller companies.
In October of this year, Dutch entrepreneurs André Seijbel and Heidi Smale plan to …
Date: September 10th, 2008 |
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Boston Logan Airport Water Taxi
When I think of cities with really horrendous traffic, Boston really isn’t at the top of the list. It is, however, a large city with it’s share of traffic snafus, especially during peak drive times. With this new water taxi service from downtown Boston to Logan International airport, you may just get to sleep in a few extra minutes when your flight time coincides with rush hour.
Penfield’s, the company that is also bringing you the ability to check your luggage directly from your hotel, has big plans to begin offering water taxi service to Logan …
Date: September 9th, 2008 |
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