Originally Posted by skywatch

You would probably be better off asking these questions to a live person rather than a forum board, but I will take a shot...

Yield fare tickets are different - you have to pay for them based on some formula (cents per mile, or something like that). That is what is available in the early out, like a buddy pass.

In the 55 point plan, you get the same travel benefits that you have now (although different priority), just like a retiree.

The best pass benefits are S3B - which is always lower than an active employee but higher than a pass rider using S3C.

Pay the vacation? Before you have accrued it? That would be like accepting a position as a salesman that gets four weeks vacation, quitting the next day, and expecting them to pay you for four weeks and a day. I don't see it happening.