Best airline for MBB
I am about to start a job at MBB and I was wondering which airline would most of you consultants recommend? I am currently a southwest user but their upgrades aren't that great.
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The answer depends on if you are at a hub. What airport are you flying out of? Don't chase points and upgrades when you can be getting a direct flight instead.
Depends on where you're based and where your client is to a certain degree. Ask people in your office.
FYI, Southwest's program can actually be extremely lucrative. Combination of booking Business Select (their refundable fare class) and using Chase Southwest Credit card can get you a lot of points very quickly. Not to mention that you can then get a companion pass to fly someone for free and that their points can be used anytime to book refundable economy class tickets. When I was at MBB, my entire office preferred to fly Southwest for this reason unless they were going to an obscure locale that SW doesn't serve. And many people have enough points to fly free domestically for a few years...
Depends on 3 factors:
1) Where you are / where you're going 2) How much you value airline miles / status 3) How much you are willing to inconvenience yourself
First one should be obvious. Regarding the second, I'm now at the point that I don't care that much about miles; I'll take the flight that gets me where I'm going the quickest regardless of carrier. It's just not worth spending the extra time and effort to figure out which flight earns me the best status or most miles, and if it means I have to pay for my personal flights out of pocket so be it.
Having said that, I do try to maintain Global Service status -- because it saves me 10-30 minutes every time I go to the airport (by using the special door) and that adds up very quickly. But I do it by ensuring that my highest spend flights go to United, rather than bothering to optimize all the time. I'm flying to Dubai later this year and will fly United rather than Emirates.
Thanks for the response! It actually gave me a good laugh, not the actual response but the way you structured your thinking/response is just screaming consultant! I love it.
Thanks for the information on Global Service too - I didn't know about the Global Service status that you mentioned but I will look into it!
Delta if you're at MBB. American if you're at T2. Pretty sure everyone flies private at Deloitte.
Spirit's FFP and fleet are really up and coming.
Malaysia Air for international
If you're willing to ignore the various aviation and aviation-related crises surrounding Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines is pretty good.
What Airlines do MBB Firms Use? (Originally Posted: 11/06/2015)
Do the MBB firms have specific airlines that they prefer their consultants use? If so, what are these airlines?
Southwest, Ryanair and Virgin exclusively. There's a firm wide ban on any other airlines.
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