Air Tran Airways just became a partner with American Express OPEN. With this partnership, cardholders of American Express Business Credit Cards from OPEN are can get a 5% discount when they book an Air Tran airline ticket with their card.

But if you have a business and fly Air Tran frequently, I would suggest getting the either the Business Green Rewards Card from American Express OPEN, The Gold Card from American Express OPEN or The Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN because Membership Rewards allows you to transfer points to Air Tran Miles. While Starwood is a card and program we highly recommend here, Air Tran (at present) is not one of their airline partners.

Also, if you spend more than $25,000 a year on business flights, OPEN has a program called OPEN Travel (which you can enroll) and you can earn double reward points with your card and also get lower rates on airfares, hotels and car rentals. A Harrell Associates Study was conducted in May 2005, analyzed 440 itineraries for 110 top Small Business Travel routes (100 domestic and 10 international). Amex was found to have on average 12% lower fares.

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