Originally Posted by
hesitant
I checked with a friend of mine who works in ORD, and she said that retirees will still get those 8 free passes per year. These are fee waived as well as a higher priority than someone not using those 8 freebies.
Yes, that is true. That was announced last year when the new travel program was outlined. Those passes, when used strategically, will give them super-seniority boarding priority. They won't retain that priority for all their travel, but for trips that are really important and desired it certainly will give a leg up even over active employees who use vacation passes.