At CAL, your immediate family, spouse/parents/kids, get flying benefits. You can also pick a "travel partner" instead of a spouse. Your kids lose benefits at a certain age (18 or 21?), unless they are in college. After they graduate, they lose flying. No inlaws or extended family flys on your benefits. You get 20 vacation passes per year, which gives you a higher priority and free travel (including first class). Otherwise a coach seat costs $27 each way per person (fees/taxes). That domestic, international is always more. After 10 years service you get free coach flying. First class costs more (double) and still costs after 10 years. You also get 10 "buddy passes" to give to ANYONE you want. They are $50+taxes and the boarding priority is LOW, so they never get on. A transcon round trip costs $200+. Better off buying a seat on an airline. I don't bother giving them out anymore. You have to plan on empty flights to get them on and there are none.
