Business Travel Tips

Manchester Airport (MAN), UK, is planning to introduce new trolleys by April, 2012.
The new trolleys will be GPS-enabled, lighter and easier to maneuver.

The airport will charge passengers for using them.

They will pay the fee — £1 or €2 — using coins, that they will be able to get from change machines deployed at trolley stations.

Inbound passengers from international flights who have no cash will be able to pay by credit card at all international arrivals at the airport.

Hyatt offers the chance to earn more Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points for incremental nights, between February 1 and April 30.

In order to earn these additional points, you have to register by March 31 and stay at any Hyatt hotel worldwide through April 30.

Below is an example of additional points members can earn with this promotion.
- 4 nights earns 4000 points
- 8 nights earns an additional 8000 points = 12,000 (Total Points Earned)
- 12 nights earns an additional 12,000 points = 24,000 (Total Points Earned)
- 16 nights earns an additional 20,000 points = 44,000 (Total Points Earned).
Members who also have a Hyatt Visa will earn an extra 25% bonus on top.
Details of the promotion are available here.

Ritz-Carlton Rewards members will earn one free night certificate if they complete 2 stays at participating Ritz-Carlton Hotels between February 1 and April 15, 2012.

In order to be eligible for the offer you must have been a member of Ritz-Carlton Rewards as of January 13, 2012 or a new member who has not been a member of of the Marriott Rewards program.

To qualify, you have to register or enroll in The Ritz-Carlton Rewards by March 1, 2012.

You may earn up to two free night certificates during the promotion — Feb 1 – Apr 15.
The free night certificate is valid for a Tier 1-3 Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Details of the promotion are available here.

United Airlines announced it has added Economy Plus seating on all its long-haul international Boeing 757-200 flights. That means economy customers now have the option of six inches of extra legroom.

With the reconfiguration, the aircraft have 16 flat-bed seats in BusinessFirst, 45 seats in Economy Plus and 108 in coach.

The 41 Boeing 757-200s principally operate between Newark Liberty and Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Lima, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Manchester, Oslo, Paris, Shannon, Stockholm and Stuttgart, and between Washington Dulles and Amsterdam and Paris.
United says customers with premier status in United’s MileagePlus and OnePass frequent-flyer programs may confirm complimentary seat assignments in Economy Plus, when available.

American Airlines will increase flights to Brasil starting June 14.

The number of AA weekly flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Sao Paulo will be increased from seven times a week to 12 beginning June 14. AA will use the new Boeing 777-300ER on the route.

Also, beginning the same day, AA will expand its service between Miami and Brasilia (from five weekly flights to daily) and between Miami and Belo Horizonte (from five weekly flights to daily).

The carrier will also begin in June new service between Miami and Manaus, using the 160-seat Boeing 737-800.