Google's travel arrangements for recruits are crazy. Flight, hotel, and car rental do not allow for any frequent flyer benefits to the traveler. Hotel & car are on corporate account that doesn't qualify for frequent traveler status, and the flights are booked using some sort of corporate award / zero-revenue ticket so don't qualify for any miles/points (this is on United at least) I've not seen this in my experience for the entire travel scenario. Is Google this stingy with travel benefits for actual employees? Did you also have these restrictions when a recruit? #google #travel
I think they flew me out on delta and I got miles. However this was over 4 years ago.
Did you try to claim the flight with your rewards based on reference code after it was booked? That should work I think.
Yeah I did. That linked it into mine and I got my frequent flyer benefits but because it's a non-revenue ticket, United Airlines doesn't award any points or even flight segment credits.
Better than 1. Them not paying 2. You pay yourself and have to wait to get reimbursed. Some companies (big ones) take a long time ...
Id much rather not have to deal with booking than earn a few extra points
So, you not only expect Google to pay for your flight, hotel, car rental but also want the benefits of their bulk-buying power passed on to you. Wow, entitled much?
Yep, that's the way it's always been in my career. Hence the post, this seems unusual and I have worked with and gone through recruiting for most of the big names. It sounds like you haven't had to travel much in your career if you find that shocking.
Traveling for an employer is quite different than traveling as a candidate. I’ve done a lot of the former and a bit of the latter. I’ve also done a lot of hiring in my career, and it would be a huge red flag to me for a candidate to behave as you have done.
Omg what a weird thing to whine about. And I thought the free food beggars were the worst.
We all fell for a parody post 🥳🤗🤣
I went for onsite couple of months back. They added my delta frequent flyer and i got points. Only on car rental, they could not add my points.
Yeah I was wondering if other airlines might award points even on non-revenue tickets. United does not.
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Same at many companies, you need to use their travel system that does not give any miles and you don’t use your own credit card