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?
It seems like just buying a ticket outright on another airline would be cheaper.
Can anyone shed some light?
Thanks.
I'll echo what everyone else has already said. For domestic, forget about it, you are much better off buying a ticket.
The ONLY time they are a good deal and have a remote chance of working is on int'l flights where your buddy gets first class. If anyone asks if we have passes for friends I just tell them we don't have anything like that.