"xyzzy" wrote in message
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G.R. Patterson III wrote:

Audits and paper trails aside, when I have gone on customer engagements
I am always asked about my flight arrangements. Usually it's just the
customers' guys being friendly, looking to swap travel stories with road
warriors. Often I'm asked because it affects when meetings are
scheduled too. Unless they start telling lies in response to those
harmless queries, a practice that is hard to maintain, there is simply
no way that "discretion" will keep the clients from knowing they flew in
on a corproate jet. Especially since he's talking about using it to
small towns without good airline service.


Lying will work great until it doesn't, and then you're screwed. My approach
would be to simply have a standardized rate of tables for each city and a
surrounding area, based on airline fares. I'd be upfront with the client
that you use a company jet and this is to their benefit because the
consultants will arrive fresh and cheerful and not be in a rush to be out
the door at 3pm so they can make the last plane out of town.

-cwk.