MSU Controller's Office

Travel

Northwest Airline Fare Business Discounts

NORTHWEST AIRLINES offers an up-front percentage discount off all published domestic and international Northwest Airlines fares, including Northwest's commuter service. These discounts apply to all Michigan State University reimbursed business travel when booked through the Cluster Travel Agencies, or if you are registered, through nwa.com.

To sign up for the NORTHWEST AIRLINES WORLD PERKS mileage program go to http://www.nwa.com/freqfly/.

In order to obtain MSU’s business discounts through NWA.com, you will need to register your Northwest Airlines World Perks number and establish a PIN.  If you do not have a World Perks or frequent flyer number with Northwest Airlines please go to the Northwest Airlines World Perks site.

Registration Guidelines - To join Northwest Airline’s CorpNet Direct and receive business discounts on Michigan State University business travel.

In order to attach MSU’s business discounts to your Northwest World Perks number you will need to register. To register, please copy and paste one of the following registration links into your address bar and press enter. Please be sure to choose the correct link since one is for U.S. residents and the other is for Canadian residents.

Once you have your World Perks number, you are ready to register with CorpNet Direct. To register, please click on one of the below registration links. Be sure to choose the correct link since one is for U.S. residents and the other is for Canadian residents. Note: A new browser window will open for your convenience so you can continuing using the instructions on this page.

To establish a PIN, left click on “PIN Help”. On the PIN Help page, choose “Create a PIN”. Fill in the boxes with the requested information and left click on “Create PIN”. You should receive an acknowledgment that your PIN has been established.

Once complete, go back to the initial log-in page and add your World Perks number, last name, and PIN. Left click on “Member Login”. You will be sent to the “Corporate Employee Registration” page asking you for your corporate travel tracking code. Because this is not a mandatory field, please left click on “Continue”.

NWA will confirm your registration and advise that you may begin searching for business travel fares. The next screen will ask you for your “Corporate Travel Tracking Code”.

Congratulations! You have now successfully registered! Please disregard the link that has been provided for registration as it is no longer necessary.

Now that your Registration has been completed, you can go to Northwest Airlines web site to begin booking your flights online. It is extremely important that you log-in before searching for flights or the tickets that you purchase will not reflect Michigan State University’s business fares or count towards MSU’s sales goals. To log-in once on Northwest Airlines web site, you will need to go to the gray Reservations Center tab and click on “Shop for Flights”. You will want to click on “Please login” listed under “Flight Search”.

This will take you to the actual Log-in screen. Please fill in your World Perks Account Number, your Last Name and your PIN number and then click on “Login”.

Please click on the “Business Travel” button in order to take advantage of your business fares. This will take you to the flight search page where you may begin searching and booking your flights. A bright yellow “C” icon will designate the fares that include Michigan State University’s business discount. If your travel plans are of a personal nature please be sure to select the “Leisure Travel” button.

To Print Northwest Airlines Passenger Receipts go to NWA's Manage My Reservations site.