Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
Bid long call and book the jumpseat when it opens 8 days out. Proffer for trips, and you’ll be fine. You don’t want to burn commuter misses due to laziness. You’ll take a financial hit and potentially get a chief pilot meeting if you do it too often.
Wait, book which jumpseat? Are you going to book a seat every day? That would tie up many seats…that mostly would not get used. On reserve I only bid a seat when I’m pretty sure I’m getting my proffered trip, or after I’ve been assigned a trip…so day before only.