Originally Posted by
makeitra
Planning on going to Europe. Just wondering who we can jumpseat on. One time I went down to Mexico and showed up at the gate to jump on an AA flight and found out we did not have an international agreement with them so I ended up having to catch a US Airways flight. Needless to say it was a pain in the you know what. This time I want to be prepared and not run into any surprises.
- Can we occupy a cockpit jumpseat on any airline headed to Europe?
- What airlines can we ride on? (Continental, US Airways, AA, United, KLM, ect. or are we only allowed on Delta/NW)
- Also, once in Europe can we ride on European airlines like easyJet and Ryanair?
- For those who have traveled around Europe what’s the easiest way to get from one city to the other? Car, train, plane?
Thanks so much in advance!
Best bet is to buy ZED hi passes for whatever the longest segment you would possibly do on a Euro carrier would be...just so you're covered...NWA pass bureau is good about refunding your credit card for anything you don't use...call the old NWA non-rev number and list "on another airline" you'll get connected to an actual human being who will create ZED listings for anything you're doing...it's way better than messing with DeltaNet in my opinion, and I'm not even sure if you can use Dlnet to create ZED listings...fwiw I believe your all's zed agreement with euro carriers is the same as ours at 9E...though we got hosed on travel benefits with mainline, we DID keep the ability to use the NWA ZED fare agreements, which are extensive....i.e. Zed Low on Czech, Zed medium on Lufthansa...the list goes on...
Jumpseating wise Atlas used to have some good euro legs, and you can cockpit jumpseat on them (previous poster was referring to pax airlines, who don't allow it unless you fly for them...there are some non-FDX, non-UPS carriers who allow transcon cockpit jumpseat).
FDX doesn't allow puerto rico last time I checked
UPS does allow puerto last time I checked
UPS & FDX don't allow euro
Atlas/Polar allow cockpit and 74-upper deck access if you're cass approved--I've sat in the cockpit j/s rotating out of AMS so don't let anyone tell you cockpit jumpseating isn't possible transatlantic...it is!!!
You could jumpseat cockpit international on your own company...i.e. a Mesaba 900 DTW to Montreal you could have your dispatch list you on the crewlist and sit up front if necessary...