Companion passes

[Cam/soon@UAL]

I read on another board that the companion passes given to FA's can be quite expensive to use. How does that work? I thought they were free travel with a "small" service fee. How much does it really cost?

I should be going to training sometime in the late summer. Of course, my friends are lining up, assuring me that they are my very best friends.

[flyboydc]

It's a sliding scale based on mileage. For most flights in the U.S., it's about $.05 per mile. Roundtrip LAX-IAD is about $200.00. But roundtrip IAD-MIA is about $90.00. Sometimes you can get real tickets for close to that, but for last minute travel, it's relatively cheap.

[Cam/soon@UAL]

Thanks. That clarifies it for me.

[GalleyWench]

Cam/soon, It is true that you can purchase cheaper tickets but the beauty of companion passes is the flexibility they offer and the 'once in a great while' chance for your friends to sit in business class. For Int'l companion passes it is about 150 usd each way between Europe and the US

[skyhi]

Hope you don't mind a NWA FA posting a reply...

At NWA, "buddy" passes cost 10 percent of the highest ticketed fare for that certain destination. For example, I gave a friend a round trip buddy pass for MSY. The highest ticketed fare for MSY for round-trip travel on those days was $1,060. Therefore, $106 was deducted from my paycheck. My guess is that the $1,060 would be the price for a no-advance purchase, non-special, same-day-travel walk-up ticket.

The cost of our buddy passes are automatically deducted from our payroll checks. We are responsible for collecting the fare from our buddies.

NWA gives us eight round-trip buddy passes a year. We do not have to travel with our buddies.

Come visit us sometime at the Redtail Flyers.

Happy motoring!
Skyhi

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[ 05-28-2001: Message edited by: skyhi ]