Originally Posted by Sink r8

Close. $50/year to use nonrev program.

We do pay international taxes and fees, but not a ticket price. That cuts down on the excise tax. It works out to about $50 per ocean crossing (no bag fees), and $0 for a domestic leg. Not sure why there are no fees at all on domestic leg, but I just did a transcon RT with a family of 4, with no fees. If there is room in Business Elite or First, we can sit there provided the kids are older than 6.

Seniority determines placement on the standby list (can't imagine anything else, without riots).

Retirees after active.

Parents use their active child's seniority date.

JS goes to whoever booked first, but going to work gets to book 1 day earlier than coming from work, which gets to book a day earlier than neither.

Originally Posted by Starscream

Ahhh, ok. Got my info from an FO I had flown with once upon a time and his wife is a pilot with Delta. I guess he was a bit mistaken on the taxes.




At the moment, we get charged for international travel:

International departure tax (everyone pays this and varies by airport)

And here are the things that a D2 (D1/D3 etc) pays that an offline jumpseater or someone issued a jumpseat boarding pass does NOT pay:

D2 NRSA charge (up to $50.00 for coach or $100 for biz or $175 for FC)
IT Tax ($17.50)
Customs Fee ($5.50)
Inspection Fee ($7.00)
APHIS Fee ($5.00)
US TAX/Fee ($35.00-$50.00)

and for flights to ORD (not sure if offline jumpseaters pay this or not)
International Arrival Fee ($15.00)

In some cases a jumpseater from another airline pays $150 LESS and possibly sitting in business class than an employee who sits D2 in coach!

Originally Posted by VenetianFryCook

US Airways has always been (justifiably) proud of their nonrev and jumpseat policies. I strongly suspect, given the 70/30 split in favor of US executives to the merged carrier, that the US nonrev program will be the one on which the merged airline's system is based.

APA seems favorably inclined toward the US jumpseat system, which we all like at US, so the momentum there is to keep it.

As for Parker not wanting to throw money at employees ... true, to a point. However, Parker also realizes that he can earn some points at little to no cost to him in areas like this. Case in point: until two years ago, employees who bought ED20s (discounted positive-space tickets) had to pay checked baggage fees like any other customer. At a CLT Town Hall (I was in the room at the time), a pilot asked him why he had to pay to check bags on his own airline after paying for a ticket, when he could non-rev and check bags for free.

I fully expected Parker to give him the typical answer about how it costs money to handle his bags, etc. To my surprise, Parker thought about it for a moment, and said to the guy, "You're right. That's not fair, and I'm going to get it changed or tell you why I can't." It took a few months to reprogram Shares appropriately, but now, US Airways employees and their families who buy ED20 tickets can check bags at no charge. It was a small thing, but it was also something Parker could easily have blown off. Like any employee, I don't agree with everything our management team does, but that day Parker & Co. earned some "street cred" with me.

Originally Posted by Sink r8

I said $50/crossing, but it's about $50 per transatlantic RT.

The real difference seems to be the "D2" fee. You probably have to pay excise tax on that, which adds insult to injury.

Originally Posted by TheFly

I am looking on jumpseating on AA in the next few weeks (first time), is the policy to call the 888 number or is there a more current method? Do they still charge?