Which Gateway? They stay at nicer Hotels in 9 out of 10 Gateways. there may be a few were we stay at the same Hotel. Now lets talk about there CML. policy to our Deadheading. Or when we do get a rare cml, why they are in first while we are in Business? They CML. 100 % of the time, were we CML. 5% of the time. Usually we are in some bench seat for 5 hours going to the west coast or freezing in an MD-11 for 10 hours while they sleep and drink in first Class.
These small perks in the long run are huge. They get $ for annual parking passes at Airports wee they live. FDX can have a Driver pick them up at there House and take them to the Airport. Or have a driver meet them at the Airport and drive them home. They can take a Train, etc. UPS on the other hand gives us Zip flexibility. You have 5K in the ticket bank, too bad. Can't use it to upgrade. "It's our $, not yours"