Originally Posted by
baseball
I see.
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Likely it could be a little bit of both.
I wasn't aware of the 25 year restriction.
Was this post merger?
As a former Continental employee I don't recall a 25 year restriction.
So, it looks like the cheap seats until I invest a quarter century.
We should get one real-deal vacation pass a year for the entire family, something better than what we have. With loads so high you really can't do much.
Is it possible ALPA attempts to negotiate something better than what we have in terms of travel benefits? Probably not worth spending negotiating capital on that.
What's the prevailing wisdom..."just pay us more and we'll buy our own tickets on airline X, Y, or Z"?
Business/first is free after 25 years whether you are on a vacation pass or not. To get free business/first with less than 25 years you pay UNLESS you select vacation passes. But either way, if you travel internationally you will pay the departure tax to your country of travel. That's the fee you are seeing.