There are some excellent leadership conferences coming up for pastors, staff and church leaders.  We are happy to partner with some of these conferences to provide discounted housing at the ease of finger tips-these hotels can be booked online.  The best part-you can search all of the area hotels at once and have confidence that these are the lowest rates in the area for these conferences.

C3 Conference-Hosted by Pastor Ed Young-Fellowship Church, Dallas. February 15-17, 2012.  Click here for housing.

Seeds Conference-Hosted by Church on the Move-Tulsa. March 7-9, 2012. Click here for housing.

All Access Conference-Hosted by Pastor Robert Morris-Gateway Church, Dallas-March 27-29, 2012. Click here for housing. 

Please check out these great conferences. Questions or concerns, please contact AFC Travel at housing@afctravel.com

Are you searching for that mistake fare or sale fare so that you can take a mileage run to make a certain status level for 2012?

Well, you can stop searching if you’re needing MQM’s on Delta and are willing to pay for them.  Delta Airlines announced today that effective today, you can purchase up to 10,000 MQM’s through December 15, 2011.   Any Medallion Qualification Miles that you earn above the desired elite Medallion tier will count as rollover Medallion Qualification Miles towards 2013 status.

The Medallion Qualification Miles pricing options are as follows:

• 2,500 Medallion Qualification Miles for $295
• 5,000 Medallion Qualification Miles for $495
• 7,500 Medallion Qualification Miles for $695
• 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles for $895

AirTran announced late last week that it will end flights to five cities as a result of  merger of Southwest and AirTran.  June 2011 will end flights to Bloomington/Normal, Ill.; Charleston, W. Va.; Knoxville, Tenn; Miami and Washington Dulles.  Dulles is also serviced by Southwest, so when the merger is complete, service will continue.

Using your miles to travel for free can involve hours and hours of work and still you might end up going to Fargo, ND in January.  This article gives some keys that everyone should keep in mind when looking for those free seats.

South African Airways is running an excellent sale for qualified organizations from their gateway cities to East Africa and Indian Ocean destinations.  These tickets should be purchased through AFC Travel.  These sale fares can mean a significant savings for your qualified organization. Please contact sales@afctravel.com for more information and to receive a quote on discounted international airfare.

Delta Airlines announced today that it has added a new economy class on all long-haul international flights starting this summer.  One notable benefits is that it is FREE for Diamond and Platinum Medallions and Gold and Silver will receive 50 and 25 percent discounts on these new seats.  Read more about it here.

On Monday, SkyTeam announced it has launched an app for iPhone.  It will provide lots of useful information and tools including flight schedules, flight status and weather information. More information can be found at the SkyTeam Website.

Between Christmas and New Year’s the northeastern part of the United States saw one of the worst snow storms in recent memory.  These storms caused hours and hours and even days of delays.  One of the biggest benefits of using AFC Travel for your travel needs is that we are here to help you and your group when these types of things arise.  One of our group agents, Dan, and our ticketing department stayed until almost midnight one night last week to help one of our groups of 120 students from Gateway Music Festivals get to Rome from New York.  ABC News did a story about travelers being stuck and even spoke to one of the group leaders from Gateway Music.  You can watch the video here.