American Airlines is banning carry-on bags and overhead bin use

I'm really glad I'm not travelling for work much anymore. Convincing finance to approve my checked bag fees, which are against company policy, is a multi-month nightmare. I'd probably start FedEx'ing my clothes to the hotel...
 
drunkenbeagle said:
I'm really glad I'm not travelling for work much anymore. Convincing finance to approve my checked bag fees, which are against company policy, is a multi-month nightmare. I'd probably start FedEx'ing my clothes to the hotel...
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They've actually got it written into our travel policy. They won't comp checked bag fees unless the trip is over three days.
 
FlyingAccountant said:
They've actually got it written into our travel policy. They won't comp checked bag fees unless the trip is over three days.
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In my travel policy too. But no checked bags, period, regardless of duration. I can expense hotel laundry after 5 days. I submit the expense anyway, and it has ultimately been approved (after a few months usually). But I also get to pay the late fees on the company card during that time, which is usually more than the bag fee in the first place.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
I'm really glad I'm not travelling for work much anymore. Convincing finance to approve my checked bag fees, which are against company policy, is a multi-month nightmare. I'd probably start FedEx'ing my clothes to the hotel...
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Ick! How in the world do they find employees?
 
Derg said:
Ick! How in the world do they find employees?
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It's not like you get to see the travel policy included in an offer package. And the travel policies change all of the time, usually without much notice. Even then, reimbursement is largely up to the whims of the manager tasked with approving them (or an approval chain of 6 managers in many cases).

Per diems are so much easier, but also quite rare at big corporations..
 
My wife, retired agent, is wondering how a single agent boarding a flight is going to be able scrutinize basic economy paxs with carrying on bags let alone a family without assigned seats with three kids all wanting to sit together.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
I'm really glad I'm not travelling for work much anymore. Convincing finance to approve my checked bag fees, which are against company policy, is a multi-month nightmare. I'd probably start FedEx'ing my clothes to the hotel...
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Do you not have free checked bags through a rewards program of some kind?
 
Springer said:
My wife, retired agent, is wondering how a single agent boarding a flight is going to be able scrutinize basic economy paxs with carrying on bags let alone a family without assigned seats with three kids all wanting to sit together.
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Well they board last, group 9. So whatever Southwest throwaways are left at the gate after group 8 shouldn't have a bag
 
Roger Roger said:
Because people always follow the boarding order...
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Yeah I hear you, they will need the gate agents to actually look at the tickets they are handed.

More confusing though is if Gold, Plat, Plat Pro, or Exec Plat buy a cheapo air economy ticket, they still board with those groups
 
jskibo said:
Yeah I hear you, they will need the gate agents to actually look at the tickets they are handed.

More confusing though is if Gold, Plat, Plat Pro, or Exec Plat buy a cheapo air economy ticket, they still board with those groups
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They would also get a carry on as a perk, I would assume. They get free checked.
 
Roger Roger said:
Do you not have free checked bags through a rewards program of some kind?
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Yes and no. Free bags from credit cards generally, but that is only when you book travel with that card. Company will only reimburse travel booked with their card. So that usually doesn't help.

If it is a carrier I have status on, then it is fine. But I generally have status on one carrier, company will book whatever is cheapest that particular trip. And even then, status doesn't help with codeshares in many cases.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
Yes and no. Free bags from credit cards generally, but that is only when you book travel with that card. Company will only reimburse travel booked with their card. So that usually doesn't help.

If it is a carrier I have status on, then it is fine. But I generally have status on one carrier, company will book whatever is cheapest that particular trip. And even then, status doesn't help with codeshares in many cases.
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That's rough. I guess I assumed that anyone who did any appreciable amount of corporate travel would have enough rewards/mileage/loyalty points to get the free bag.
 
Roger Roger said:
That's rough. I guess I assumed that anyone who did any appreciable amount of corporate travel would have enough rewards/mileage/loyalty points to get the free bag.
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Problem is it usually isn't the same airline. You might do 20 weeks in a row going to ATL on Delta and have status for the last week, then start a project in DFW for the next 6 months in DFW, and it will take 4 months to have status on AAL. Then the next project is STL, so all of the flights are SWA....
 
drunkenbeagle said:
Problem is it usually isn't the same airline. You might do 20 weeks in a row going to ATL on Delta and have status for the last week, then start a project in DFW for the next 6 months in DFW, and it will take 4 months to have status on AAL. Then the next project is STL, so all of the flights are SWA....
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You have some horrible corporate travel policies my friend. I thought ours were getting bad, but holy cow, yours take the cake

We have the lowest fare thing, but we still book our own and have a $200 difference before it flags domestic. Never had it flag international. Plus if we play around with departure times we can lock out unwanted airlines (southwest) that only have limited departures.
 
jskibo said:
You have some horrible corporate travel policies my friend. I thought ours were getting bad, but holy cow, yours take the cake
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$150/night hard limit on hotels. "But I'm working in midtown Manhattan?" $150. Break the rule, wait 3 months and hope accounting eventually approves it. When they did say no, I grabbed my bag, walked out of the investment bank and headed home. @Rocketman99 was there.

Compu-mart-corp can be challenging to work for at times.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
$150/night hard limit on hotels. "But I'm working in midtown Manhattan?" $150. Break the rule, wait 3 months and hope accounting eventually approves it. When they did say no, I grabbed my bag, walked out of the investment bank and headed home. @Rocketman99 was there.

Compu-mart-corp can be challenging to work for at times.
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Damn! Egypt is always cheap, our rate at the JW Marriott is $140, it's actually less last trip as the pound lost half its value (17 to 1)and we are charged in pounds and they forgot to update the rate.

UAE though I burn through $250-$450 a night depending on what's going on in the area. F1 week is the worst, Yaz island will be $1200 a night. Oman is pretty pricey in Muscat, but Thumrait is not bad.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
Yes and no. Free bags from credit cards generally, but that is only when you book travel with that card. Company will only reimburse travel booked with their card. So that usually doesn't help.

If it is a carrier I have status on, then it is fine. But I generally have status on one carrier, company will book whatever is cheapest that particular trip. And even then, status doesn't help with codeshares in many cases.
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Meh, don't worry about it. Everything will be fine once America is great again. And it will be, I promise you. A chicken in every pot and a new car in every garage and free bags on every airline. Magnificently great. Tony the Tiger Great!
 
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