Re: [Debconf-discuss] Trying for a US->Banja Luka travel discount?
On Wed, 18 May 2011, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
Apparently if we use Star Alliance Meetings Plus (as opposed to
Convention Plus) we can do it with as little as 30 days lead time and 50
participants from 3 countries. For Star Alliance Convention Plus we need
six months lead time, but unfortunately a minimum of 500 participants
which is unlikely for us even for DebConf12. SkyTeam Global Meetings
requires at least 50 participants from 2 countries and an unspecified
lead time. Once we register, those agreements are probably reusable in
future years, assuming we use one of our long-standing legal entities
like SPI or FFIS.
Shall I contact Star Alliance and SkyTeam and see what's possible for
DebConf11? It would still help to know who would be interested in using
one of these arrangements, via one of those airline alliances, who
hasn't booked their DebConf11 flights yet. We'd also need to make a
separate group booking for whatever form(s) of transport we use for the
last leg to/from Banja Luka, if we want a discount for that, since those
airlines don't go there.
Please still speak up if you're interested in my original idea;
single-flight or even multi-flight/single-airline group bookings
probably have lower thresholds if these programs are available with the
numbers I quoted above.
I'm interested in any of these, pending details that work, and actually
fairly flexible on which US city to fly from, though I prefer BOS.
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