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Expense policies are as often as not economy for short haul.

• alistairSH 7y ago
  Do employers actually force employees to buy basic economy tickets? I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but so far, my employer doesn't allow those tickets - most of us have to fly "lowest reasonable fare", which generally means within 20% of the lowest normal economy fare for the route.
  • sokoloff 7y ago
    Not basic economy, but economy for short domestic is common. That still could mean boarding group 5 out of 6 or so for travelers with no airline status.
  • dagw 7y ago
    Have a friend who's company made him fly out on a Sunday afternoon (thus having to pay him both overtime and a per diem) and stay at a hotel (which the company obviously paid for), because there where only business class tickets left for the Monday morning flight and company had a strict "no business class" policy. The price difference between the two tickets was less than $100.
    • alistairSH 7y ago
      Yeah, I've seen similar stupidity at my employer. Most recently a trip to San Diego (from DC) for a convention. Convention was Sunday-Wednesday and travel was only approved on those days. Not only were the Saturday fares less expensive by about $300, which was roughly in line with hotel cost, they were also direct. All the Sunday flights had layovers in the normal mid-western hubs. Seemed like a no-brainer to allow the Saturday travel, but nope, it required special approval from a VP.
  • cbzoiav 7y ago
    A lot of corporate employers have an internal travel agent. I.e. you tell them where/when and they book the tickets for you. Also in European shorthaul a lot of airlines don't even have business and for those that do you're normally looking a lot more than 20% more than the base fare.