Does your employer allow you to keep your frequent flyer points earned on business travel?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I work for a US Senator and he has over 5 million amex and plenty of FF points on all airlines. It is allowed.

like the fact that it's allowed for a Senator means it's allowed for all feds.

do you know how many laws Congress has exempted itself from? If Congress had to live under half the microscope that feds do they'd all be out of a job

Not pp, but I used to work on the Hill, and, no, I don't know how many laws Congress has exempted itself from. Would you please list them for me? And don't list Obamacare, because I was forced to be on Obamacare (as are all members) when I was on the Hill.

NP here, and former Hill staffer. To start, pretty much all labor laws do not apply to Congress.

They gutted the STOCK act too. Congress can use insider knowledge while feds have to recuse themselves if they have more than a relatively low value of shares in a company.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious, as my employer does not allow you to keep all FF points earned on business travel. I am bummed about this, since business travel prevents me from helping out at home in the evening and so creates stress for my spouse. It seems like it would be nice if I could at least use those points for a little vacation.

Still waiting to find out how an employer could actually do this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, as my employer does not allow you to keep all FF points earned on business travel. I am bummed about this, since business travel prevents me from helping out at home in the evening and so creates stress for my spouse. It seems like it would be nice if I could at least use those points for a little vacation.

Still waiting to find out how an employer could actually do this.

It was stated upthread that they do this by having the employees exclusively use the corporate travel system to book the travel which can apply the corporate code to the booking, preventing the traveler from using their own FF account.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, as my employer does not allow you to keep all FF points earned on business travel. I am bummed about this, since business travel prevents me from helping out at home in the evening and so creates stress for my spouse. It seems like it would be nice if I could at least use those points for a little vacation.

Still waiting to find out how an employer could actually do this.

It was stated upthread that they do this by having the employees exclusively use the corporate travel system to book the travel which can apply the corporate code to the booking, preventing the traveler from using their own FF account.

I've never heard of this. Even when using a corporate agent, the FF number is still yours.

[Anonymous]

In the 90s, I was allowed to use my government points for upgrades on government travel. Which turned out to be nice, because it meant I never had to cross an ocean in economy. I got so used to doing that that even when they changed the rules I still kept them for upgrades.

The idea, as a PP stated, was that a government employee should not benefit by getting personal flights with taxpayer dollars (since the flights that earned the points were taxpayer funded).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, as my employer does not allow you to keep all FF points earned on business travel. I am bummed about this, since business travel prevents me from helping out at home in the evening and so creates stress for my spouse. It seems like it would be nice if I could at least use those points for a little vacation.

Still waiting to find out how an employer could actually do this.

It was stated upthread that they do this by having the employees exclusively use the corporate travel system to book the travel which can apply the corporate code to the booking, preventing the traveler from using their own FF account.

I've never heard of this. Even when using a corporate agent, the FF number is still yours.

Well if you've never heard of it I guess it's not true

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the 90s, I was allowed to use my government points for upgrades on government travel. Which turned out to be nice, because it meant I never had to cross an ocean in economy. I got so used to doing that that even when they changed the rules I still kept them for upgrades.

The idea, as a PP stated, was that a government employee should not benefit by getting personal flights with taxpayer dollars (since the flights that earned the points were taxpayer funded).

Exactly this.
Keep in mind that some agencies are VERY cheap about when flying business is allowed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, as my employer does not allow you to keep all FF points earned on business travel. I am bummed about this, since business travel prevents me from helping out at home in the evening and so creates stress for my spouse. It seems like it would be nice if I could at least use those points for a little vacation.

Still waiting to find out how an employer could actually do this.

It was stated upthread that they do this by having the employees exclusively use the corporate travel system to book the travel which can apply the corporate code to the booking, preventing the traveler from using their own FF account.

I've never heard of this. Even when using a corporate agent, the FF number is still yours.

I'm guessing it's mainly government employees who may not be allowed to keep the FF points, but some of the threads above suggest you can keep the FF points (which was a departure from the past when you could not keep them.)

I wonder if some companies or governments set up a separate FF account for business travel, and the company/government is able to use those points for future business travel?

[Anonymous]

^^The government tried to take away employees FF points but that required cooperation of the airlines, which wouldn't go there. Nothing the agencies could do to make them. Airlines also refused to set up two FF accounts for employees. So in the end the agencies capitulated. Another PP has said legislation was passed to allow government employees to keep and use their FF earned on government travel. I didn't know about that but I suspect it was passed after the agencies gave up the FF battle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious, as my employer does not allow you to keep all FF points earned on business travel. I am bummed about this, since business travel prevents me from helping out at home in the evening and so creates stress for my spouse. It seems like it would be nice if I could at least use those points for a little vacation.

Still waiting to find out how an employer could actually do this.

It was stated upthread that they do this by having the employees exclusively use the corporate travel system to book the travel which can apply the corporate code to the booking, preventing the traveler from using their own FF account.

I've never heard of this. Even when using a corporate agent, the FF number is still yours.

Plus if the agent refuses to add your FF number to the reservation, you can always add it yourself at the airport.

[Anonymous]

Don't you Fed employees all fly charter planes anyway, like Tom Price? or is that just reserved for Trump's cabinet?