10 smart tips from a corporate travel manager that rogue travelers already know
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Travel managers can provide certain perks, but smart independent travelers can get similar deals and keep all the loyalty rewards for themselves -- one reason more business travelers are going rogue.
Pssssst. Want some tips on how the pros travel? Just ask a corporate travel manager.
These are the people who spend billions on travel each year and help companies set policies that dictate how millions of people fly. At the annual Global Business Travel Association convention in Boston last week, I gathered the best tips and juiciest secrets of corporate travel managers.
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