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March 11, 2018 05:22PM
Are there any companies besides SQM and ATH Power that offer airline shops that cover flight tickets?
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March 11, 2018 08:49PM
ATH Offers airlines?

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March 11, 2018 09:22PM
I don't think ATH offers airlines? Never seen one on the Northeast. I have been shopping for them for about 12 years.
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March 12, 2018 07:37AM
They have shops that pay for a portion of your airline flight ticket.

Do y'all know any companies?
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March 13, 2018 10:18PM
Keep in mind that dedicated airline projects aren’t the only way to travel; your negotiation skills should consider flight, car, lodging, etc. expenses, when a project(s) with MSC X is lucrative enough to justify the shopping expenses for the MSC.

Very infrequently shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado these days.
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March 15, 2018 12:37AM
In the past AQ (and maybe BARE) had some shops on various islands in the Pacific. I think they were reimbursing air travel, but they may have been providing the travel tickets directly.
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March 15, 2018 12:41AM
I've only seen the ones with Ath and with SQM.
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March 15, 2018 12:45AM
There are also the resort shops. Many of them cover, or partially cover, travel to the resort. Try TNS.
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March 16, 2018 06:58AM
Only ones that I have seen with Ath is for a credit card shop at a certain airport.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

I've only seen the ones with Ath and with SQM.
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March 16, 2018 11:59AM
At the end of last year they were offering flight reimbursement of up to $300 to evaluate credit card offerings.
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March 24, 2018 04:17PM
Has anyone completed the Ath airline shops? How are the reports? Can it be done on a smartphone?

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April 10, 2018 02:06PM
I didn't do it because the reimbursement didn't completely cover the cost of the flight with the airline they were evaluating.
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April 10, 2018 02:50PM
With ath I have typically seen the post-security CC eval. There was one assignment last summer in my area that offered the high ticket reimbursement because they wanted to audit the in-flight CC promotion.
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April 10, 2018 04:38PM
Covered mine with extra
@JASFLALMT wrote:

I didn't do it because the reimbursement didn't completely cover the cost of the flight with the airline they were evaluating.
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April 10, 2018 04:47PM
Stalker. I see you are following me around again like you did about 3-4 years ago. I notice you find someone in the forum to follow around pretty regularly. Slow day, eh?
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April 11, 2018 04:06AM
@JASFLALMT wrote:

I didn't do it because the reimbursement didn't completely cover the cost of the flight with the airline they were evaluating.

They have two shops one for flights already booked and the other for non- booked flights. The reimbursement is for each leg of the flight.

Where are you flying to nationally that cost more than $900? Unless you fly first class strictly, it's still a good deal.
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April 11, 2018 05:28AM
Where did you get $900, eyelove2shop? The reimbursement was only $300 total in my neck of the woods. Which is what I posted.
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April 11, 2018 05:29AM
@JASFLALMT wrote:

At the end of last year they were offering flight reimbursement of up to $300 to evaluate credit card offerings.
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April 11, 2018 07:06AM
@eyelove2shop wrote:

Where are you flying to nationally that cost more than $900? Unless you fly first class strictly, it's still a good deal.

$900 is not at all out-of-line for a trip in the back of the plane if one does not meet restrictions for excursion fares - e.g. if one does not have sufficient advanced notice or is not staying over a weekend or if one simply can't find the seat inventory.
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April 11, 2018 11:27AM
But I never said it was $900!!!! I posted that the total reimbursement was $300. That didn't cover a round trip ticket.
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April 11, 2018 12:02PM
Is ATH still doing $300 reimbursement shops? The shop I'm aware of, you need to submit your info on your ticket you already purchased to see if you can get the shop. If accepted, I think it is only $100 they will put towards your ticket each way. My understanding they ended the $300 each way shops in January.
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April 11, 2018 01:15PM
My original post about it stated it was last year. Somehow my posting that it was $300 (max) reimbursement got turned into $900, lol.
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April 11, 2018 10:49PM
@JASFLALMT wrote:

But I never said it was $900!!!! I posted that the total reimbursement was $300. That didn't cover a round trip ticket.

Right. I was only pointing out that eyelove2shop was incorrect in suggesting that $900 was out of line for domestic, coach tickets. I would never pay that amount, but many people do.
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April 12, 2018 10:47PM
Where can I find airline mystery shops? Does anyone have a link?
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April 12, 2018 10:53PM
The only company right now offering any airline mystery shops (that I am aware of) is SQM (Sensor Quality Management), and they only reimburse you for 50% of your ticket. They should be listed in the official list of mystery shopping companies (link at the bottom of the page).
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April 12, 2018 11:20PM
@Rousseau wrote:

@JASFLALMT wrote:

But I never said it was $900!!!! I posted that the total reimbursement was $300. That didn't cover a round trip ticket.

Right. I was only pointing out that eyelove2shop was incorrect in suggesting that $900 was out of line for domestic, coach tickets. I would never pay that amount, but many people do.

The shop pays $150 fee and reimburses up to $300 for flight ticket. This is the fee for each leg of the flight. So if you do an outbound and return shop that's $300 in fees and $600 in reimbursements.
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April 12, 2018 11:22PM
But when I corresponded with the scheduler, that wasn't the case. I was told regardless of whether I flew somewhere and had to come back, my total reimbursement would only be up to $300. So I could go to my brother's in Houston but if I wanted to come home I had to pay for it myself.
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April 12, 2018 11:23PM
Oh, also, at that time there was no fee in addition to the reimbursement.
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April 12, 2018 11:27PM
@Rousseau wrote:

@eyelove2shop wrote:

Where are you flying to nationally that cost more than $900? Unless you fly first class strictly, it's still a good deal.

$900 is not at all out-of-line for a trip in the back of the plane if one does not meet restrictions for excursion fares - e.g. if one does not have sufficient advanced notice or is not staying over a weekend or if one simply can't find the seat inventory.

$900 is an insane amount of money to pay for a coach seat on a domestic trip. I just booked a rt ticket to Cairo for $967 for dec and a last minute trip to Paris for $638
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April 12, 2018 11:29PM
@JASFLALMT wrote:

But when I corresponded with the scheduler, that wasn't the case. I was told regardless of whether I flew somewhere and had to come back, my total reimbursement would only be up to $300. So I could go to my brother's in Houston but if I wanted to come home I had to pay for it myself.

As far as I know there is only one scheduler for this program and I can assure you, that isn't the case. You are completing two different reports for two different planes, how can that even make sense?
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