Archive for October, 2009
TruValue
True value doesn’t come in just hardware. True value often comes in everyday things that we use to make our lives less complicated and cumbersome. I’ve noticed that true value is often over looked and those things of most value are often ignored, neglected, or we have not been informed of the value. This week [...]
Continental Airlines Joins Star Alliance
Continental Airlines’ much anticipated entrance into the Star Alliance took place on Tuesday, October 27. Continental brings its young fleet, flier-friendly services and over 60 NEW destinations to the world’s largest airline network. An integral part of Continental’s move to the Star Alliance will be its codeshare agreement with United Airlines. While this agreement will [...]
Australia! 15 days from $1599*
One Great Vacation! One Incredible Deal! Includes: Round trip airfare from LAX or San Francisco with Qantas plus three FREE domestic flights ! 12 nights accommodation. Choose 4 nights in any 3 of the following cities: Sydney – Melbourne – Alice Springs – Darwin – Adelaide – Brisbane – Cairns This is what the price of [...]
SKYMILES to Feature New Diamond Level in 2010
Delta/Northwest is introducing its SkyMiles program that will go into effect in Spring 2010. Most notable changes include plans for one more level of Medallion traveler called Diamond Level bringing the program to a 4-level program for preferred members. Travelers can earn Diamond status by earning 125,000 medallion qualifying miles or by flying 140 qualifying [...]
United Airlines Makes Enhancements To Frequent Flier Program
United Airlines’ Mileage Plus frequent flier program just announced a great new enhancement and improvement to their domestic upgrade process. Starting in the 2nd quarter of 2010, any time an elite member purchases a ticket, an upgrade request will automatically be placed. This new enhancement means unlimited upgrades for all domestic travel with no need [...]
Considerations when making changes to your travel policies for 2010
4Q09 is here and budgets will soon be reviewed again for 2010. If you are like most companies, you have cut your travel budget considerably this year and intend to stay as lean and mean as possible with most forecasts indicating increased airfares of 1% to 6%; hotels decreasing more; and rental cars increasing around [...]
More About Delayed and Canceled Flights From the EU
Several months ago I did a blog outlining your rights when traveling domestically according to the U.S. Department of Transportation: http://blog.christophersontravel.com/?p=623 . Now, I’m going to address your rights when flying into, out of or within the European Union. These rights may conflict with the ones that the US DOT has set in place and [...]
Alfred P. Sloan Award reflection of Christopherson Workplace Effectiveness
The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce held an awards luncheon and training session today for the Alfred P. Sloan award and included speakers such as Patricia Kempthorne of the Families and Work Institute. Patricia shared the results of extensive research done by the foundation to determine the aspects of the most effective work place. The [...]
WHY CHOOSE FOUR SEASONS?
Do you have an executive business traveler who needs that extra special touch? Book a Four Seasons hotel through your agent today and receive these benefits : Your clients are automatically entitled to added-value benefits at no extra cost, which include: One-category upgrade based on availability at time of check-in Welcome note at check-in acknowledging [...]
Wish your Flight could Leave on Time? Check out the Best and Worst Cities for On-Time Flight Performance!
A LOOK AT THE BEST AND WORST (Annualized, June 2009) Top 10 Salt Lake City 86.0% Honolulu 84.7% San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara, Calif. 84.1% Detroit/Warren/Livonia 83.5% Riverside/San Bernardino/Ontario, Calif. 83.4% Bakersfield, Calif. 83.3% Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale 83.1% Memphis 83.0% Albuquerquee 83.0% Sacramento 82.6% Bottom 10 New York City 66.3% Palm Bay/Melbourne/Titusville, Fla. 69.2% Portland/South Portland/Biddeford, Maine 73.3% Philadelphia [...]