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Old 11-06-2022 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by LeineLodge
No thanks. Happy to keep things as they are.

Don’t like commuting? Move to base. I’ve done this with my family several times so I don’t buy that it can’t be done. Your wife may not want to leave her home town or whatever but it’s a pain/gain calculation. It can always be done.

Don’t like our nonrev rules? Buy tix or go apply at AA, lol.

Commute from an RJ only city? Cool. I’ve done that too. The extra planning and flexibility is on you, not your employer to get to work. I’m glad you can live where you want.

The rest of this thread is just whining.

”You’ll all be senior someday”

Easier said than done as interest rates top 7% on their way up to 9-10%. So easy to “move to base.”
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Old 11-06-2022 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by threeighteen
yep, with the senior people, they see 5 open seats with 5 listed and they think "I should take the grand kids to NY today, we'll be able to get on no prob" and boom, they list and they go. With the AA system that's gone, and that's a good thing.
She’s worked here longer than you. That’s how it works.

You can do the same thing. While it’s polite to list early if you know your plans, it is not required. Good for grandma taking the kiddos up to the city and enjoying her well-earned benefits.
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Old 11-06-2022 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Baradium
..But if you are so convinced she's violating them, file a complaint rather than say we need to change our entire nonrev system because of one of your neighbors.
maybe they were grandfathered in?
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Old 11-06-2022 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by LeineLodge
No thanks. Happy to keep things as they are.

Don’t like commuting? Move to base. I’ve done this with my family several times so I don’t buy that it can’t be done. Your wife may not want to leave her home town or whatever but it’s a pain/gain calculation. It can always be done.

Don’t like our nonrev rules? Buy tix or go apply at AA, lol.

Commute from an RJ only city? Cool. I’ve done that too. The extra planning and flexibility is on you, not your employer to get to work. I’m glad you can live where you want.

The rest of this thread is just whining.

”You’ll all be senior someday”
Congrats to you and your family having that flexibility. Not an option for many people including myself. I HATE this line of reasoning. Try again.
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Old 11-06-2022 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by MJP27
Congrats to you and your family have that flexibility. Not an option for many people including myself. I HATE this line of reasoning. Try again.
Were you aware of this when you accepted your employment?
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Old 11-06-2022 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Fourpaw
Easier said than done as interest rates top 7% on their way up to 9-10%. So easy to “move to base.”
Pain/gain calculation. If you want to make it happen it can be done.

Thats the beauty of this job. You can live anywhere. Just don’t expect the rest of the company to absorb your inconvenience. I say that not condescendingly, but as one that has commuted the majority of my career from near and (very) far.

Driving to work doesn’t always win, and I will likely go back to commuting once I get kids out of the house.
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Old 11-06-2022 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by FL370
Were you aware of this when you accepted your employment?
Not getting into my personal details and situation, but no. Again, this is a tone deaf argument for not commuting....
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Old 11-06-2022 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Fourpaw
Easier said than done as interest rates top 7% on their way up to 9-10%. So easy to “move to base.”
Yeah....but those high rates are driving housing prices down so it is a wash. 😁🤣
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Old 11-06-2022 | 11:10 AM
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To dispel a rumor here, if you want to have kids on your account, they MUST be listed as dependents and verified through HR. If they aren't her dependents, she's defrauding the company and the government.
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Old 11-06-2022 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by CX500T
Not super rare. Fairly senior FA (if not an area code, close) lives actually about five houses down from me. She has her grandkids on her travel bennies. I have not enquired how/why.

About 2-3 times a year, I see her show up with 2-4 grandkids in tow, headed to NYC to see a broadway show. Always a last minute listing, usually within 2 hours or less. I've met the mom. (she was outside waiting for them when they were returning from NYC, I was waiting on my wife to pull up.

I know they are going to a show, because they've told me. I've had Grandma as a FA on one of my trips to CDG.

This is an outstation where 50 seat RJs were the norm and 5-10 seats open was "wide open" for commuters pre covid.

But I suppose you are going to want screencaps of the pages on travelnet before you aquiesuque that it is not "exceedingly rare"

If I see it 2-3 times a year, FROM THE SAME PERSON on the late afternoon JFK or LGA flight from ORF, I'm sure it happens a lot more than I'm not aware of.. Senior person sitting reserve at home and listing at the last second? Yeah that happens.

But when someone who I think (but do not KNOW) may be slightly creatively interpreting the rules does this for leisure all the time on short notice.
She is 100% in violation of Delta’s rules. How that is a example for anything I don’t know. I had as good a reason as anyone to have my granddaughter on my pass privileges and it’s not allowed.
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