Business Travel Tips Weekly Round-Up

Posted by
Lisa Nichols
Sep 5, 2008

Business Travel Tips in the News:

Throughout the month of September, passengers who travel on AirTran Airways will get double AirTrain A+ Rewards when they fly out of Atlanta.
Marriott Rewards, following the swath cut by companies like TripAdvisor, has set up a customer-driven website for personal and business travel tips. The Marriott Rewards Insiders online community lets frequent flyers log on to chat about travel. The online community allows users to post questions and answers about personal and business travel and to share ideas for places to go. The website has been in Beta since March but the press releases have been flying out of Marriott this week so everything should be glitch-free by now.
Thrifty Car Rental and Dollar Rent A Car have partnered with Emirates Skywards to bring a bonus miles opportunity to members. Both car rental companies will offer 1,000 miles for 3+ day rentals between now and the end of the year. The promotional code EK1K can be used online to get the bonus miles, which are in addition to the regular Skyward miles frequent Emirates passengers receive for using Thrifty or Dollar rental car companies.
Cambria Suites is offering hotel guests triple airline and Amtrak Rewards for qualified stays now until the end of the year. Qualified airline partners include American Airlines, Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, US Airways and United. Hotel guests have to present their frequent flyer information upon check-in to receive the bonus miles.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. instituted a “no blackout” policy for members. The policy is critical for the hotel chain’s frequent guest program to remain competitive. With the spiraling number of frequent flier and frequent guest programs out there, customer service, brand loyalty and perks aplenty are what will keep hotel guests coming back.
Business travelers with airline rewards cards should be able to use their cards with one or more of the bonus opportunities above to earn even more free travel.