As someone with over a million flight miles under my belt, you'd think I have an unending stash of them saved up. Not really. I've enjoyed using my miles to do things like save money on last minute flights, bring my husband along on work trips to fun places, and upgrade my parents on a trip to Hawaii (best..daughter..ever). I'm always on the lookout for ways to maximize return on my travel and look forward to posting ongoing tips on the blog.
As a business owner, I've found that a few simple steps can also help you earn miles for your business. These miles can be smartly applied to business growth and maintenance activities such as attending or having team members attend industry conferences or training events, visiting clients for a face-to-face meeting, flying a key individual over for an interview, rewarding an outstanding employee, or just like with personal travel, saving money on those last-minute flights that can break the pocket book. Any legitimate business can do this* whether it be a small firm, huge corporation, and in some cases even a single proprietorship, such as my Arbonne business or a photography business (provided you will be conducting business on your trip). It's like double dipping - travelers continue to earn their own personal miles and you as a business can earn additional miles toward future travel. Consider signing up today and registering your own flights and/or providing info to your employees on how they can help the company save.
* you need a federal tax number to enroll
Here is a brief description of some of the programs out there that I'm using and links to more information:
Delta Sky Bonus
This is the easiest one to use, in my opinion. Travlers can add this to their profile and voila! It will be automatically defaulted for future flights that are booked.
American Business ExtrAA
Travelers need to enter the company's PerksPlus code with each booking.
United PerksPlus
This one only works when booking directly through United.com and when you indicate "Business" as the reason for your travel. Like with American, travelers need to enter the company's PerksPlus code with each booking. Rewards are only kept active for businesses that spend $20,000+ in travel on United per year.
Happy mile building,
~Rachel
As a business owner, I've found that a few simple steps can also help you earn miles for your business. These miles can be smartly applied to business growth and maintenance activities such as attending or having team members attend industry conferences or training events, visiting clients for a face-to-face meeting, flying a key individual over for an interview, rewarding an outstanding employee, or just like with personal travel, saving money on those last-minute flights that can break the pocket book. Any legitimate business can do this* whether it be a small firm, huge corporation, and in some cases even a single proprietorship, such as my Arbonne business or a photography business (provided you will be conducting business on your trip). It's like double dipping - travelers continue to earn their own personal miles and you as a business can earn additional miles toward future travel. Consider signing up today and registering your own flights and/or providing info to your employees on how they can help the company save.
* you need a federal tax number to enroll
Here is a brief description of some of the programs out there that I'm using and links to more information:
Delta Sky Bonus
This is the easiest one to use, in my opinion. Travlers can add this to their profile and voila! It will be automatically defaulted for future flights that are booked.
American Business ExtrAA
Travelers need to enter the company's PerksPlus code with each booking.
United PerksPlus
This one only works when booking directly through United.com and when you indicate "Business" as the reason for your travel. Like with American, travelers need to enter the company's PerksPlus code with each booking. Rewards are only kept active for businesses that spend $20,000+ in travel on United per year.
Happy mile building,
~Rachel
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