Corporate optional charity

I have an idea and I think it can be big.

The idea is that whenever your company is paying for something(travel/boarding/whatever) you have the option to downgrade your expenditure and the difference is paid to a charity that you believe in and your company approves.

An example, you are based in Boston and you are flying to London on a business trip. You are high enough the corporate ladder to get business class tickets ($1200) and be put up in a top notch hotel ($1500 for 3 nights). All you do is opt to fly cattle class ($800) and live in a more mediocre hotel ($1050 for 3 nights) and the difference($850) is paid to a charity. Or maybe you had a friend in London and you stayed with them in that case you effective contributed ($1900 , $1500 for the stay and $400 for the flight).

Now to be fair not every body would do this but I believe a lot of people would put up with the little extra discomfort. The thought that their this one trip sent a kid to school for a year or fed a family for a month. Imagine the happiness you’ll feel when you on that flight home , I am convinced that this one feeling could offset all the discomfort of sitting in the middle seat all the way.

In our eternal pursuit of happiness a little discomfort might be the best way to get there.