Business Travel Tips

Avis is offering Lufthansa Miles & More bonus for each rental.

As a base member of Miles & More, Avis will reward you with:

- 1.000 Miles for your second rental
- 1.500 Miles for your third rental
- 2.000 Miles for your 4th to 6th rental
- 2.500 Miles for your 7th to 10th rental
- 3.000 Miles starting with your 11th rental

Miles & More elite members can get better bonus.
Traveller and Senators will earn 1.000 award miles with their very first rental.
HON Circle members will receive double miles on the base promotion.
Details of the offer are available here.

To celebrate the new partnership with bmi’s frequent flyer programme Diamond Club, Wyndham Hotel Group offers Wyndham Rewards members the chance to earn 5,000 destinations miles per stay at Wyndham Hotel Group’s hotels.

The bonus can be earned a maximum of 4 times — that means members can earn up to a maximum of 20,000 destinations miles — from February 3 until February 28, 2010.

It doesn’t require registration; members are required to provide their Diamond Club number.

British Airways passengers prepared to book well in advance are able to pay fully flexible short-haul business fares at less than economy tariffs. This is a consequence of changes British Airways made to its C and D class Club Europe fare categories on most routes.

These fares will cost less than full-fare economy but offer full flexibility for the first time, with refunds available and no charge for itinerary changes, unlike before.

An example of a fully-flexible Club Europe ticket: Heathrow-Paris Charles de Gaulle, full-fare economy is £383, the new D class rate is £349.

The new fares would be available on at least three-quarters of BA’s short-haul routes for bookings made well in advance of the date of travel.
BA’s head of trade sales Scott Davies said “in reality, Y class will be available more times than D class, but if you are able to book further out, you will be able to find these fares”. (source)

US Airways is offering up to a 30% bonus miles when staying at at any qualifying hotel.

Registered Dividend Miles members earn a 20% bonus, Registered Dividend Miles Preferred members earn a 30% bonus, on all Dividend Miles earned per stay.

Also members can earn the same bonus miles — 20% and 30% — by converting hotel points to miles.
Online registraton is required. Promotion period: February 1 - March 31, 2010.

Details of the promotion are available here.

Full body scanners are starting to work today at UK airports.

London’s Heathrow Airport has started to conduct tests at its Terminal 4, while Manchester Airport is doing it at its Terminal 2. Birmingham Airport is expected to begin body scanners trials this month.

Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis said “Given the current security threat level, the government believes it essential to start introducing scanners immediately,”.

Even though only a small proportion of people will take part in the trials, the tests will be mandatory, that means if a passenger is selected for scanning, and declines, they will not be permitted to fly.