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Old 03-18-2024, 03:56 PM
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I'll echo what everyone else has already said. For domestic, forget about it, you are much better off buying a ticket.

The ONLY time they are a good deal and have a remote chance of working is on int'l flights where your buddy gets first class. If anyone asks if we have passes for friends I just tell them we don't have anything like that.
The other time they are potentially worth it to a buddy is super short legs that are very expensive to buy. Got a DTW to ATW for a friend that was regularly priced at $600 RT. I believe the buddy pass pricing is based on distance so the pass was quite cheap.
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Originally Posted by BlueSkies View Post
I'll echo what everyone else has already said. For domestic, forget about it, you are much better off buying a ticket.

The ONLY time they are a good deal and have a remote chance of working is on int'l flights where your buddy gets first class. If anyone asks if we have passes for friends I just tell them we don't have anything like that.
Didn’t they change the rules a few years ago so that if on a buddy pass without the ‘sponsor’ you can’t get D1?
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Didn’t they change the rules a few years ago so that if on a buddy pass without the ‘sponsor’ you can’t get D1?
That was a proposed rule change that never happened.
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Originally Posted by waldo135 View Post
Didn’t they change the rules a few years ago so that if on a buddy pass without the ‘sponsor’ you can’t get D1?
No. Friend of mine got D1 a couple months back
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Originally Posted by TED74 View Post
That was a proposed rule change that never happened.
Thanks, didn’t realize they never pulled the trigger
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Originally Posted by waldo135 View Post
Didn’t they change the rules a few years ago so that if on a buddy pass without the ‘sponsor’ you can’t get D1?
That was canceled. Sent a friends 18 year old son to Europe. Told them not to expect much. Got first class on the domestic leg and D1 on the international. I couldn't get first on the same domestic legs! Kid told dad he refuses to ever fly coach again!
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Old 03-19-2024, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by KnownTraveler View Post
I always thought buddy passes worked like regular non-revving excpet that you had to pay taxes and fees.

I just tried to book two buddy passes for roundtrip US->Europe travel and the charge is $564 per ticket for a total of $1128.

Is this normal? Are buddy passes really just reduced fares?

It seems like just buying a ticket outright on another airline would be cheaper.

Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks.
Buy tickets on Virgin, Jet Blue or Freddie Laker skytrain . Buy Southwest Airlines for domestic .
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Originally Posted by waldo135 View Post
Didn’t they change the rules a few years ago so that if on a buddy pass without the ‘sponsor’ you can’t get D1?
Buddies get sent to steerage section.
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Buy tickets on Virgin, Jet Blue or Freddie Laker skytrain . Buy Southwest Airlines for domestic .
Absolutely HATE riding on southwest domestic. I'd rather be in the jumpseat.
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Kinda on topic...looking at rather full 220. How many total jumpseaters can be accommodated? Pilot and FAs?
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