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Travel Arrangements

Travel arrangements may be made through Association Travel Concepts (ATC), the official travel coordinator for the MLA Annual Convention, through the MLA Web site or by phone directly with American Airlines and Amtrak.

Airline Discounts

American Airlines is offering 5% off the available fare in applicable classes of service for tickets on American Airlines purchased before the MLA Annual Convention. The discount is valid for travel from 24 December 2009 to 4 January 2010. Other restrictions may apply.

American Airlines: 800 433-1790

Meeting ID: A79D9AG (for airline discount)

ATC will search for the lowest available fare on any airline.

ATC will send electronic ticket receipts and itineraries for your airline tickets to your e-mail address if you book through the MLA Web site or to your e-mail address or by regular mail if you book over the phone. There is a service fee of $35 per airline ticket issued for telephone reservations and a $10 per airline ticket issued for reservations made through the MLA Web site (where housing reservations can also be made). ATC can be reached at 800 458-9383 Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. Reservations for air travel only can be made on the MLA Web site at any time.

Amtrak Discounts

Amtrak offers a 10% discount off the lowest rail fare available when you make your reservations to travel between 24 December 2009 and 2 January 2010. This offer is not valid on the Auto Train and Acela Service. The discounted fare is valid with sleepers, business-class, or first-class seats with payment of the full charges. The Amtrak convention fare discount is only available for reservations made by phone.

Amtrak: 800 USA-RAIL or 800 872-7245.

Convention fare code: X67Y-966 (for rail discount)

Transportation to and in Philadelphia

MLA convention hotels are located in Center City Philadelphia.

By plane: Philadelphia is served by Philadelphia International Airport (www.phl.org; 800 745-4283; 215 937-6937). The SEPTA Airport Rail Line R-1 connects the airport with Center City and includes stops at 30th Street Station (Amtrak) and Market East Station (Convention Center, Philadelphia Marriott, and Loews). It operates daily every half hour; the one-way fare is $7. Lady Liberty Transportation Company offers shuttle service between the airport and Center City. Shuttles run every fifteen minutes, and the fare is $10. One-way cab fare from the airport to Center City is $28.50.

By train: Amtrak (www.amtrak.com; 800 USA-RAIL) offers rail service into Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, two miles from the Center City hotels. One-way taxi fare to the convention hotels is $5–$8.

Travel Assistance for the Annual Convention

Assistance for Graduate Students
Funds are available to cover up to 200 awards of $300 for advanced graduate students.

Assistance for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members and for Unemployed Members
Funds are available to cover up to 150 awards of $300 for contingent non-tenure-track faculty members or unemployed members.

Assistance for Regular and Life Members Residing outside the United States and Canada
Funds are available to cover up to 150 awards of $300 for regular and life members residing outside the United States and Canada.

Letters of application for any of the above grants must reach the MLA Travel Assistance Program, Bowling Green Station, PO Box 107, New York, NY 10274-0107, by 1 November 2009. Visit the MLA Web site for further information (www.mla.org/awards).

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