Business Travel Tips

American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 25% bonus on transfers to Virgin Atlantic, from April 1 through May 15, 2012.
In order to participate in this offer, you have to enroll in the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Miles program first.

For more information on this offer, please visit this page.

You have the opportunity to spend miles with Virgin Atlantic or its partner airlines, including: Air China, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, bmi, Gulf Air, Hawaiian Airlines, Jet Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, US Airways, V Australia, Virgin Australia.

However, you can’t combine partner airlines on awards.
For more information on redemption with a particular Virgin Atlantic’s airline partner, visit www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/frequentflyer/fcpartners/airlines/index.jsp.

Chicago O’Hare International (ORD) and Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) have been added to the TSA Pre™ pilot program.

More than 540,000 passengers have experienced the expedited screening program, since its start in October 2011.
TSA Pre™ screening benefits include being able to leave on your shoes, lightweight jackets, and allows you to keep your laptop in its case and 3-1-1 compliant liquids/gels bag in a carry-on.

Below is a table showing eligible flyers who can participate in the pilot, for the two airports just added to the program:

*Please note: Participants must be U.S. Citizens traveling on domestic flights only.

Avis Budget Group, leading global provider of vehicle rental services and Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible workplaces, have signed a new multi-year agreement that will help make business travel easier.

Avis and Budget customers will have easier access to Regus’ global network of 1,200 professional business lounges in 550 cities and 95 countries.

Members of the Company’s car rental programs — Avis Corporate Awards and the Budget Business Program — will receive complimentary Regus Businessworld Gold membership to gain unlimited access to Regus’ business lounges as well as discounts on meeting rooms, virtual office programs and fully-equipped offices.
Regus customers will enjoy valuable savings on Avis and Budget car rentals.

Hilton has launched its second quarter promotion, Double Your HHonors.

You can earn Double Points or Double Miles when you stay at any participating hotel and resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio during the promotion period — April 1 through June 30, 2012.

Registration is required: you must first register at HHonors.com/Double prior to check-out of your stay.

Please, take care when you choose Double Points or Double Miles, your selection of Double Points or Double Miles applies to all stays completed during the promotion period at participating hotels and cannot be changed.

American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 50% bonus on transfers to British Airways, through May 31, 2012.
You must be enrolled in the British Airways Executive Club in order to participate in this offer.

For the period of the promotion you will receive 1,500 British Airways Avios points when you transfer 1,000 Amex points into your Executive Club account.

You can use your Avios on qualifying flights whenever you fly with British Airways or its oneworld alliance partners: American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL Japan Airlines, LAN, Qantas, Royal Jordanian and S7 Airlines.