Your Company Travel Policy: Now’s the time to restructure
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Sinead Mitchard
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26.10.20
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Alitalia (a portmanteau of “wings” and “Italy”) is the national flag carrier of Italy with a headquarters in Fiumincino Rome and main hub at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome (FCO). It was originally founded in 1947, and after several changes in name and ownership, went into administration in 2017. The Italian government is currently funding the airline while a suitable buyer is evaluated.
The airline joined the SkyTeam alliance in 2001.
• Typically, the Pope flies on a chartered Alitalia Jet. The Pope's flight is often nicknamed
• Shortly after World War II ended, The British Government assisted in the formation of the airline by investing a 30% interest through British European Airways, the state-owned carrier that later became British Airways.
Alitalia has a frequent flyer program called Milemiglia that rewards passengers on miles flown. Their rewards are significantly better than other SkyTeam members and still include the rare round-the-world awards.
There are three levels:
25% bonus miles and carry-over miles
• 2x Ottima business class upgrades
• Access to extra award seating through elite awards
• Additional baggage, priority boarding and baggage handling.
50% bonus miles and carry-over miles
• 4x Classica Plus premium economy or Ottima business class upgrades
• Free access to Extra Comfort seats
• Lounge Access
• Additional baggage, priority boarding, baggage handling and security screening.
Additional year of Elite status granted
• 100% bonus miles and carry-over miles
• 4x Classica Plus premium economy or Ottima business class upgrades OR 2x Magnifica business class upgrades
• Free access to Extra Comfort seats
• Lounge Access
• Additional baggage, priority boarding, baggage handling and security screening.
Alitalia (designator code AZ) has codeshare and frequent flier agreements with SkyTeam members and additional airline partners.
When booking with a codesharing partner, you will experience differences in baggage fees, optional services, other charges, and policies from partner airlines on your trip.
Partners include:
SkyPriority - a SkyTeam Alliance feature offering priority check in, baggage drop-off, security and boarding
2 checked bags up to 32 kg free
Premium check-in, courtesy ‘Casa Alitalia’ lounge entry and priority baggage
Relaxing private cabin with ambient lighting system, and lie-flat seat with massage function
15” personal touchscreens, wide variety of in-flight entertainment options
Amenity bag with Italian made products, night kit (blanket and pillow) and Richard Ginori chinaware
Carefully selected Italian wine menu and Lavazza coffee menu.
Access to Alitalia and Skyteam lounges and dedicated check-in desks
2 checked bags up to 32 kg free
Personal touch screens, wide variety of in-flight entertainment options
Onboard comfort with ergonomic leather Recaro seats and more space with only 4 seats per row
Free breakfast or pasta lunch or dinner
Carefully selected Italian wine menu and Lavazza coffee.
Dedicated check-in desks and priority boarding
Two piece of luggage up to 23 kg free
Dedicated quiet cabins with seats that have 40% more space than economy class, blanket and pillow
Personal touch screens, wide variety of in-flight entertainment options
Warm meals, snacks and breakfast - including welcome drink, warm hand towel, soft drinks, Italian wine selections, Lavazza coffee and Limoncello.
Personal touch screens, wide variety of in-flight entertainment options
Lavazza coffee
Basic meals for flights longer than three hours
Three course meals for long haul flights from Italy.
Creative Resins has been at the forefront of decorative glass technology for over 30 years. When Louise contacted us to help with a trip to Oman, we discovered that the company had been using an airline’s website to book direct, paying in excess of £5,000 per trip in Business Class. Using our negotiated fares on this one flight YourTravel saved over £1000 per trip. Upon further investigation and a year’s great relationship, we delved into the companies travel policies and booking habits. We found that travel was often booked at the last minute and there was no one in authority to keep a watchful eye over what was being booked and where. We then worked with Louise to create passenger profiles for all of Creative Resins travellers including details such as preferred seat numbers, meals and airlines – we also set in place cabin restrictions (who can and can’t travel in an upgraded travel class). We then looked at the company’s calendar for the coming year, estimating when and where they would need to book travel and agreed that Your Travel would be proactive in trying to get confirmed travel dates from 4 weeks prior to the trip dates. This created a stress-free booking system that took budget and organisational pressure from the senior management, knowing they would always be working with a cost-effective travel budget. This lead to a reduced travel spend of just over 16% without cost-cutting and maintaining a high level of service.
‘’Working with Your Travel Corporate has been an enlightening experience, we were wasting money on travel and working with John and the team was very easy indeed. Everything is taken care of on every trip and we get a level of service that just can’t be achieved by the bigger travel agents, being treated as a valued client and not just another customer is fantastic!’’ Louise Bollom, Director
