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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Emirates is a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, which is owned by the government of Dubai. They were founded in 1985 and have yet to join a global airline alliance. Their only hub is at Dubai International Airport (DXB), where they operate over 2,400 passenger flights to 140 cities in 81 countries across the world.
The airline is the world’s fourth largest airline in terms of revenue and international passengers carried, and second largest in terms of freight tonne kilometres flown.
• The Emirates crew is stunningly diverse. On an average flight, you’ll have at least 12 different nationalities of cabin crew speaking between 9 to 18 languages among them.
• They are one of the only airlines to operate a wide-body fleet and is the largest operator of both the A380 and the Boeing 777.
Emirates Skywards is the frequent flyer program of Emirates. It is a miles-based program that partners with Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), which has recently merged with Marriott Rewards and as of August 2018 will become one unified program.
There are four tiers:
Entry tier
25,000 miles or 25 flights
• 25% mileage bonus
• Ability to nominate a personal travel coordinator
• Priority check-in and boarding
• Additional checked luggage
• Lounge access at Dubai International Airport
50,000 miles or 50 flights
• 50% mileage bonus
• International Emirates lounge access for member and guests
• Priority baggage handling
150,000 miles
• 75% mileage bonus
• Last seat availability at the flex award rate
• Ability to nominate another member to Gold status
• Access for member and one guest to first class lounges
• First class check-in and baggage handling, guaranteed seat (even on full flights)
Emirates has codeshare agreements with 23 select airlines. Look for the designator code (EK).
Chauffeur Service
Lounge Access
Inspired by Mercedes-Benz with the world’s first fully enclosed seats
Private suite with luxurious lie flat beds, soft duvets, pillow and mattress cover
Virtual windows, noise cancelling E1 headphones, and safari binoculars
Entertainment system with 3,200 channels, wireless remote and 32” HD TV
Wifi, power, USB ports, stowage space
Bordeaux wine collection and premium meals
Chauffeur service
Lounge Access
Dedicated check in, bag drop, and priority boarding
78” long seats that lie flat with personal minibar in seat
Entertainment system with 3,200 channels, wireless remote and 32” HD TV, and noise cancelling headphones
Wifi, power, USB ports, stowage space
Bordeaux wine collection and premium meals
Comfortable seat with lots of legroom
Entertainment system with personal HD touchscreen and free headphones
First 20mb wifi free, power, USB ports
30kg baggage allowance
Gatwick
To Dubai
Gatwick
To Bali
Gatwick
To Osaka
Gatwick
To Mauritius
Stansted
To Auckland
Gatwick
To Sydney
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
