Originally Posted by
Joachim
This last weekend, my wife and i was nonreving/jumpseating from PBI EYW on continental express operated by gulfstream airlines. We arrive at the ticket counter and were told that we could not list and that we should have listed in advance. I was not able to list on coAir so i decided to wait until we got to the airport. After some whining and complaining on the part of the agent she was able to issue a couple of tickets. I had to pay 60$ for my wife both ways. We were subjected to special screening because our passes had "ssss" on them.
1: I thought domestic non-rev was free for spouses (were goinbg on CAL mainline later this month and its free)
2: Why were we elected for special screening?
3: Why could i not list online or over the phone with CAL.
1. Where do you work? CAL and XJT employees do have to pay a fee for spouses, or anyone in their travel profile, when traveling as non-rev within the entire CAL system including express. Jumpseating which is a right reserved to pilots (not their families) is always free in all participating carriers.
2. Last minute issued tickets are always subject to screening.
3. You can list on COAIR for CAL flights operated by mainline or express (including both XJT and CHQ), but not all "connection" carriers. All turbo-prop operators are "connection" carriers, RJ's are express flights. Therefor, Gulfstream being a "connection" carrier, probably does not participate in employeeRes system.
Hope this helps.