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Originally Posted by TED74
(Post 3526745)
A family of four who is able to make two non-rev domestic trips a year could easily save $5,000 in ticket costs that year. That’s 3.5% of his total take-home pay for the year - just on airfare.
You find it embarrassing that one would be conscious of this expenditure, and lament a degradation of their historic non-rev benefit? Personally, I periodically shop internet rates, cell phone rates, home and auto insurance rates, pay attention to gas price differences, negotiate large purchases…all for less savings than $5,000/year. Never thought I was an embarrassing cheapskate, but I’ll take it under advisement. If you want to lament something that’s actually had the biggest degradation on nonrevving, blame overbooking. We sell more tickets than we have seats for, how is that right to do? :rolleyes: Also, ability to go standby on an earlier flight also hurts the odds of successfully nonrevving. Blaming fellow crew for trying to get to work is asinine, and embarrassing. |
When I was single, way back in the 2000’s, and a lowly regional FO, I nonrevved all over the world. In one year I calculated that my nonrev tickets valued about $40,000. (I went to several international locations in FC, including Australia). That’s more money than I made that year, gross.
It’s a huge benefit. Maybe not to everyone, but definitely to some. I still use nonrev benefits with my family. I don’t nonrev during the middle of summer, I plan accordingly. I just went to the UK for a week, nonrev, for free. There were over 100 seats open. It’s a great benefit. I’m not ashamed of saving $1,000 plus. I paid $12 for a bag of chocolates for the FAs. It was a good trade. I don’t commute anymore, because commuting sucks. And believe it or not, even commuting is a privilege. |
Originally Posted by Airfix
(Post 3526853)
When I was commuting to work I'd often offer to take the jump seat so they non-revs could get on. That's the considerate thing to do.
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Originally Posted by Whoopsmybad
(Post 3526811)
Exactly. Buy a ticket. Keep the stress out of it. Your glory days of FC vacations left decades ago. .
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Originally Posted by StartngOvr
(Post 3526812)
The “cheapskate” argument holds no water. If you’re not buying tickets to commute to and from work you’re a cheapskate too. In fact, buying tickets to work should be all that much easier with the income taxes you’re saving down there in FLA!
Not exactly apples to apples :rolleyes: Employees traveling to/from work should always have priority over any other nonrev travel, period. (In my opinion) |
Originally Posted by Airfix
(Post 3526853)
When I was commuting to work I'd often offer to take the jump seat so they non-revs could get on. That's the considerate thing to do.
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Originally Posted by PotatoChip
(Post 3526861)
When I was single, way back in the 2000’s, and a lowly regional FO, I nonrevved all over the world. In one year I calculated that my nonrev tickets valued about $40,000. (I went to several international locations in FC, including Australia). That’s more money than I made that year, gross.
It’s a huge benefit. Maybe not to everyone, but definitely to some. I still use nonrev benefits with my family. I don’t nonrev during the middle of summer, I plan accordingly. I just went to the UK for a week, nonrev, for free. There were over 100 seats open. It’s a great benefit. I’m not ashamed of saving $1,000 plus. I paid $12 for a bag of chocolates for the FAs. It was a good trade. I don’t commute anymore, because commuting sucks. And believe it or not, even commuting is a privilege. But not the same as someone buying multi thousand dollar tickets to Disney World for specific dates, then skimping on plane tickets and being mad when they don’t make the nonrev cut with their family. Nonrevving has NEVER been a guaranteed seat; plan accordingly. |
Originally Posted by tennisguru
(Post 3526789)
This. Honestly I'd be willing to accept keeping our current rules using stanby/JS with a backup flight going to work in order to get PS home. I never stress about getting to work. Getting home is all that matters to me.
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Originally Posted by overqualified52
(Post 3526684)
I worked Fast food back in the early 80’s during high school . Got snarled at many a time by young people . Not sure where it’s exclusive to “Boomers” who get mad at fast food workers.
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Originally Posted by Hubcapped
(Post 3526843)
Barring the instance of the OP having a base closed on them, I can only laugh. You signed a contract knowing you were going to commute. Kinda goofy to turn it into a one item no vote.
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