Question about Delta travel bennies

Hootie

Hootie

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I am a complete travel benefits noob. I work at a regional with Delta travel bennies, and I know my wife can travel intanashunal (ex. Atlanta-Paris) without me there, but my only question is can her aunt go with her?

--Basically can a buddy pass take someone across the pond?--

Thanks!!!
 
The buddy pass rider can travel on their own. For instance if they wanted to fly out the day after your mom did, that is fine.
 
Hootie said:
I am a complete travel benefits noob. I work at a regional with Delta travel bennies, and I know my wife can travel intanashunal (ex. Atlanta-Paris) without me there, but my only question is can her aunt go with her?

--Basically can a buddy pass take someone across the pond?--

Thanks!!!
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Which regional? Not all DCI regionals are created equal. In fact....what are these buddy passes you speak of? I remember them vaguely, but as of June last year, they seem to have become extinct at my regional with Delta travel bennies.....Grrrr.
 
kellwolf said:
Which regional? Not all DCI regionals are created equal. In fact....what are these buddy passes you speak of? I remember them vaguely, but as of June last year, they seem to have become extinct at my regional with Delta travel bennies.....Grrrr.
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At Pinnacle Airlines you do not have buddy passes?

My gosh.

If they could put a price on how much reductions in morale cost them they would not do some of the things they do. (they as in, all airline management)

I now fly with people who regularly waste as much gas as they possibly can, every leg for four days because of the 'little things' that add up. They just don't care anymore and I can sort of see why.
 
Nick said:
At Pinnacle Airlines you do not have buddy passes?

My gosh.

If they could put a price on how much reductions in morale cost them they would not do some of the things they do. (they as in, all airline management)

I now fly with people who regularly waste as much gas as they possibly can, every leg for four days because of the 'little things' that add up. They just don't care anymore and I can sort of see why.
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Nope. They added it to where we could do step parents now (still no in-laws), but they still travel at the ZED HIGH fare, too. It's cheaper for them to take SWA or another carrier and get a confirmed seat. I was in an "F it" mood today, too. 'Course, I was extended 10 hours to do an extra 4 legs, and when I tried to get my fatigue meeting done (ass base manager was off all last week) from the fatigue call the third week of DECEMBER, I got "It's my first day back. Can we do it later?" Nevermind the fact I'm already getting shorted $200+ on my paycheck Friday b/c of it. Sure, we can do it later. Someone else can pay my bills in February, too.....
 
This past summer my family went to Paris by way of Brussels. We then took the train to Paris, it was so much fun! The flights there (to Paris) were full but wide open coming out and that worked out well. As far as buddy passes go; I've learn to only give those to people I don't like. :)
 
kellwolf said:
Nope. They added it to where we could do step parents now (still no in-laws), but they still travel at the ZED HIGH fare, too. It's cheaper for them to take SWA or another carrier and get a confirmed seat. I was in an "F it" mood today, too. 'Course, I was extended 10 hours to do an extra 4 legs, and when I tried to get my fatigue meeting done (ass base manager was off all last week) from the fatigue call the third week of DECEMBER, I got "It's my first day back. Can we do it later?" Nevermind the fact I'm already getting shorted $200+ on my paycheck Friday b/c of it. Sure, we can do it later. Someone else can pay my bills in February, too.....
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I just have to shake my head.

It's like a thing I read on another forum a week or two ago where a pilot had shipped hockey sticks on USAir as a non-rev. They were all broken afterwards and when he talked to them about getting reimbursed a little bit for them they basically said no way in h-e-double-hockeystick (how 'bout that pun!) and from that moment on while as PIC on any USAirways express flight, he was late when able, never once single engine taxiied, and so on.

Some people put up with being treated like crap, others don't. It seems like if the airlines realized the cost of the ones that don't, they'd adopt more of a SWA mentality because I am convinced it really does pay off in the end.

Give your employees a mission, some rewards, and in general, don't beat down on them, and it will be an unstoppable workforce. So many airlines are so close but don't follow through.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
 
Nick said:
At Pinnacle Airlines you do not have buddy passes?

My gosh.

If they could put a price on how much reductions in morale cost them they would not do some of the things they do. (they as in, all airline management)

I now fly with people who regularly waste as much gas as they possibly can, every leg for four days because of the 'little things' that add up. They just don't care anymore and I can sort of see why.
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Republic has never had buddy passes on delta. I guess Republic starts so low , they have nothing to take away.
 
Kingairer said:
Republic has never had buddy passes on delta. I guess Republic starts so low , they have nothing to take away.
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Your company, however, does choose to honor their CBA and let parents travel without charging an arm and a leg on your own flights. 9E is playing the "Oh, we're not charging you, DELTA is" on the ZED fare thing. Yeah, we have to pay ZED High if our parents want to fly MEM-FSM on a 9E plane. I wanna get that in front of an arbitrator, 'cause that's essentially 3rd grade "just trying to get out of anything by pretending to be smart" reasoning.
 
Hootie said:
I am a complete travel benefits noob. I work at a regional with Delta travel bennies, and I know my wife can travel intanashunal (ex. Atlanta-Paris) without me there, but my only question is can her aunt go with her?

--Basically can a buddy pass take someone across the pond?--

Thanks!!!
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Yes a buddy pass will take her across the pond. But it's at a reduced priority, make sure the loads are okay. I think she will even be eligible for biz class but not 100% sure on that. In any case call the travel center to check for embargoes. I did this for a buddy going to London and it worked beautifully. For your wife check the international travel days left. If you are a benefits noob then I'm assuming you'll be fine but it's a big no-no to go over.
 
Nick said:
I now fly with people who regularly waste as much gas as they possibly can, every leg for four days because of the 'little things' that add up. They just don't care anymore and I can sort of see why.
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Nick said:
and from that moment on while as PIC on any USAirways express flight, he was late when able, never once single engine taxiied, and so on.
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I don't know whether to applaud this attitude or not. It does seem rather short sighted though. While I'm sure it makes a person feel good knowing that they're "sticking it to the Man," in the end it will only hurt their company's performance figures, allowing the mainline carrier to kick their company to the curb for contract failures.

I guess it's one way of reducing the subcontract lift providers.
 
Cptnchia said:
I don't know whether to applaud this attitude or not. It does seem rather short sighted though. While I'm sure it makes a person feel good knowing that they're "sticking it to the Man," in the end it will only hurt their company's performance figures, allowing the mainline carrier to kick their company to the curb for contract failures.

I guess it's one way of reducing the subcontract lift providers.
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Depends on how the ASA is written. Delta pays for our gas, or at least the gas required. Any extra gas (such as contingency or extra fuel) is outta Pinnacle's pocket. If we burn less gas, it's not like Delta gets a refund.
 
Nick said:
I just have to shake my head.

It's like a thing I read on another forum a week or two ago where a pilot had shipped hockey sticks on USAir as a non-rev. They were all broken afterwards and when he talked to them about getting reimbursed a little bit for them they basically said no way in h-e-double-hockeystick (how 'bout that pun!) and from that moment on while as PIC on any USAirways express flight, he was late when able, never once single engine taxiied, and so on.

Some people put up with being treated like crap, others don't. It seems like if the airlines realized the cost of the ones that don't, they'd adopt more of a SWA mentality because I am convinced it really does pay off in the end.

Give your employees a mission, some rewards, and in general, don't beat down on them, and it will be an unstoppable workforce. So many airlines are so close but don't follow through.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
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Really? That actually surprises me. Even UA will pay out to non-revs at any airline if they break their luggage. Its pretty low not to, just because you work there doesn't mean they can smash your stuff.
 
E_Dawg said:
Yes a buddy pass will take her across the pond. But it's at a reduced priority, make sure the loads are okay. I think she will even be eligible for biz class but not 100% sure on that. In any case call the travel center to check for embargoes. I did this for a buddy going to London and it worked beautifully. For your wife check the international travel days left. If you are a benefits noob then I'm assuming you'll be fine but it's a big no-no to go over.
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Well as for me and my wife delta bennies are pretty sweet. Cough up 211 bucks and basically fly for free all over the world. I've heard it works this way for kids too, not sure about parents.

As far as I can tell for the dates I'm looking at for my aunt it's $500 to get raped on strandby or $1000 for an actual ticket, mci-paris and back. She ain't hurtin for money so I'm sure she will just buy the actual ticket. I was just tryin to be cool guy and help out with my benefits.....except they aren't really benefits, but more like punishments.
 
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