Originally Posted by
Donegone
Do you have a wife and kids? Pass benefits can be a real plus, retired now but while working my wife and kids saw much of the World joining me on trips I was flying or on vacations. Even now in 3 1/2 years into retirement my wife and I have travelled to China 3 times and Europe 5 times plus many domestic flights, all the International pass flying has been business or first class, makes retirement much more enjoyable,and the passes were no charge except for international departure tax.
I'll agree to disagree on this one. Non-rev'ing is hard and is only getting harder with airlines getting better at filling airplanes, especially around holidays and summer. Fdx employees can also ZED, which is pretty much same thing. To weigh ones decision on a "benefit" (I think it's arguable it's still a benefit) isn't wise.