Old 08-20-2009 | 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by nicholasblonde
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...


Actually Nope we can't even do that.... It's unfortunately directly stated in our FOM that the cockpit jumpseat CANNOT be occupied by ANYONE when flying ANY international legs. Someday I hope to get and explanaition of why it's not an issue to go IAD/LAX but it is BUF/YYZ.... I won't hold my breath waiting for it though.
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