Originally Posted by
KnownTraveler
I always thought buddy passes worked like regular non-revving excpet that you had to pay taxes and fees.
I just tried to book two buddy passes for roundtrip US->Europe travel and the charge is $564 per ticket for a total of $1128.
Is this normal? Are buddy passes really just reduced fares?
Yes, buddy passes are expensive.
$564pp is high for a coach ticket, but if they get DeltaOne, it’s a steal.
It seems like just buying a ticket outright on another airline would be cheaper.
A lot of times it is.
Can anyone shed some light?
Thanks.
We call them “not-your-buddy” passes, because they go at S4 and spend all day (or multiple days) trying to get on a trip, where for 10-20% more they could buy a real ticket. (And get Skymiles)
I would gladly trade all my buddy passes for some sort of positive space vacation passes.
The last buddy pass I gave out was 10 years ago and the person ultimately had to change their destination and rent a car to get to the original city.