Business Travel Tips

In response to an article on how air travelers might end up in a TSA workplace violence database — “Pushy fliers may show up on TSA’s radar” — TSA says fliers make the list if:

- The police got involved. In all but one incident, local police officers responded to assist in resolving the incident;

- They got arrested. In the majority of these cases, the individuals involved were arrested or issued summonses by local law enforcement officers for allegedly assaulting a Transportation Security Officer.

Also TSA says since workplace violence program was launched — 2007 — they’ve screened over a billion air travelers at over 450 airports nationwide and yet only about 30 passengers are included on this list.

KeyBank is offering a free iPod Touch if you open a free checking account by July 30, 2010.

Requirements:
- Open a Key Express Free checking account by July 30, 2010 and
- Make one KeyBank Rewards debit card transaction plus
- Make a combination of two direct deposits and/or automated payments each of $100 or more by October 1, 2010

(No monthly maintenance service charge, no minimum balance requirement on your checking account, no per-check fees or limits).
Details of the promotion are available here.

XL Airways France has just started nonstop service between Las Vegas McCarran International Airport and Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The twice-weekly service will operate on Thursdays and Sundays until Sept. 23.

XL Airways will fly the route with an Airbus A330.

US Airways is offering a 50% bonus on all Dividend Miles earned directly from partners for hotels stays, hotel points transfers and car rentals between May 24, 2010 and July 31, 2010.

Registration is required. In order to earn bonus miles you must request Dividend Miles from the partner when making your reservation, checking in or when requesting your points transfer.

Bonus miles are scheduled to post weekly beginning on June 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010.
Details of the promotion are available here.

Beginning June 4, Delta Air Lines will start nonstop flights between Seattle and Beijing.
The airline announced it has received final Chinese government approval to launch the route.

The new service, which will operate five times weekly, will connect customers from destinations throughout Delta’s and codeshare partner Alaska Air Group’s network to the Chinese capital via convenient connections at Alaska’s Seattle hub.

Departure and arrival times have been revised from the initial announcement of the route.
Flights will operate as follows:

(source)