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For work trips I always tell the travel agent the specific flights I want. Don’t leave that shit up to chance.

Posted by mafic May 2 '23, 07:09

I once had one suggest I fly to Melbourne to get to Singapore, which would be like flying LA-Chicago-Vancouver. Usually I add something like “unless you can find a better option.”

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Never had to deal with work travel, but for myself I always look at my options on Expedia and then book directly with the airline. For hotels - Meg May 2, 07:54
You get to talk to a....person? -- nm - ty97 May 2, 07:16 2
- Usually I just email her, but I do have a phone number. -- nm - mafic May 2, 07:17 1
  - We fly a lot of people to and from obscure places, connecting with mine charters. There are always weird requests, so we get a person. -- nm - mafic May 2, 07:20
We just had an agent book all our student travels for our National conference. It was......something. - Volnelk May 2, 07:14
We book our own in Concur but I can't book Premium Economy for super long hauls so always have to go through the agent for that. - spamlet May 2, 07:11 5
- The rule when I was a consultant was business or rest day if it’s over 8 hours flight time, and I think an additional rest day for over 20, but nobody - mafic May 2, 07:22 2
  - Oh, officially we can book business but if you do it will get rejected and you'll be yelled at. -- nm - spamlet May 2, 07:30 1
    - Client’s choice at that one. When I worked for a major it was officially a health and safety rule (prevent DVT!), so it would get approved with lots - mafic May 2, 07:36
- Can you call an agent through Concur? - Dark Callisto May 2, 07:19 1
  - We can. I have her number and email address from when I've had issues in the past. -- nm - spamlet May 2, 07:31
i typically do the same, and do that for hotels a lot of the time as well. -- nm - tRuMaN May 2, 07:11 4
- We're lucky that we can book hotels outside Concur because the CFO will only stay at Marriotts. -- nm - spamlet May 2, 07:11 3
  - for the longest time, Hilton was our "preferred" hotel chain, which was fine with me. now its IHG, which isnt as optimal. -- nm - tRuMaN May 2, 07:15 2
    - ooof. Marriott > Hilton >>> IHG -- nm - ty97 May 2, 07:17 1
      - Especially post-Starwood. -- nm - spamlet May 2, 07:35

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