Originally Posted by av8sean

At NW, buddy passers can only ride when the employee is flying too, thus they are at the same priority. As much as I'd like to give buddy passes to whomever, I actually like this policy... because whenever I fly on Delta, at least 2/3 of the standby list are buddy pass people. Gets really annoying when you are trying to jumpseat anywhere, as they are naturally at a higher priority.