Making your Company Expenses work for you.

[Emeye]

I've started a new job recently, and it's been a few years since I've really had to bother claiming expenses.

My new company is pretty flexible about booking hotels etc, so I was wondering what fellow PHs do to maximize their expenses?

For example, do you use a cashback credit card for fuel, hotels, food etc, are there any decent points card or airmiles type things worth considering - anything for the train?

Cheers.

[RealSquirrels]

used to have a great scheme, could charge almost anything to it, not anymore. we even have to submit fecking receipts now.

[TinyCappo]

If its going to be cleared by the company every month without fail go get the best cashback credit card you can! Airmiles are good but only if your putting thousands on each month or it will take you years to get anything worth having.

[GuyWMD]

I went down the route of going for an airmiles based card, so all my expenses get put onto my Virgin Black Amex which usually brings in anywhere from 2-5000 miles per month which soon add up.

If the expenses dropped or I was going away less I'd seriously consider switching to one of the cashback cards that are floating round these days.

Edited by GuyWMD on Thursday 12th September 18:57

[bogie]

everything goes on a black Virgin Amex to maximise mileage earnt

prefer to stay in Hilton hotel as I can turn their points into airmiles too and pay with Amex above, get miles twice for same stay

Been doing this for 13 years now, and every year we either have a discount holiday on Virgin holiday vouchers or some free/cheap flights somewhere...usually I have 200-300K miles to spend a year which is 2 upper class tickets virtually anywhere or exchange for cash value holiday vouchers usually 20K miles per £100 off holiday

some others I know at work do similar with BA card and Avios ...really it depends on your own experience on how you wish to spend the miles. I was doing Virgin miles before this job so stuck with it

[dtmpower]

RealSquirrels said:

used to have a great scheme, could charge almost anything to it, not anymore. we even have to submit fecking receipts now.

Are you an MP ?

[RealSquirrels]

i couldn't possibly comment

[garycat]

Book hotels via hotels.com and you get a free night every 10 that you stay away.

Use an Amex cashback card, or Tesco clubcard creditcard.

[Emeye]

garycat said:

Book hotels via hotels.com and you get a free night every 10 that you stay away.

Use an Amex cashback card, or Tesco clubcard creditcard.

I like the sound of the free hotel rooms.

[Grumpy old git]

You could also register with Quidco and register your credit card details, some of the places you are paying may also give you cash back on top of the other offers mentioned above.

[David Beer]

Benefits in kind should not be advertised, surely? Unless of course declared, or my accountant is wrong.

[jpringle819]

If you can, try and stay at a Holiday Inn or one in the same group. I work away for about 4 nights a week and get around 10 nights a year free from the priority club rewards scheme.

[jpringle819]

If you can, try and stay at a Holiday Inn or one in the same group. I work away for about 4 nights a week and get around 10 nights a year free from the priority club rewards scheme.

[grumbas]

Get a Quidco account, you can earn cashback on a lot of things and cost to your employer remains unchanged.

Hotels.com as an example, you get the free night deal plus around 7% cashback into your account.

BA offer a couple of % cashback too which can soon add up.