[ttegloma]

It’s disingenuous to call it a “perk”. It’s not the same as having office coffee or a ping pong table at the office.

Having to travel a lot is a known disadvantage of having one of these jobs. The ability to accrue miles or do in-lieu travel is touted as an offsetting factor for this. It’s literally mentioned as a part of the compensation package at places like job fairs or in interviews. In my past consulting job (and on places like r/consulting), people would literally calculate the dollar value of the miles/status you can accrue and would use it to compare compensation packages.

Losing this “perk” is more akin to having commission pay be a big part of your compensation, but then being told you’ll no longer get commission. It’s a material difference to what you expect to be paid.

[FireBeyond]

While the ability to accrue miles for miles traveled wasn't removed, I'll bet that that's the only thing 'offered' in the employment documents (typically the handbook).

I'd challenge anyone to find an employee handbook that specifically references expense reimbursement in this context. Indeed, ours has always said "corporate cards should be used whenever possible". This was just changing to more forceful language.