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Old 01-15-2020, 02:33 PM
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Why do regional crews hardly ever tip the van drivers?


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Old 01-15-2020, 02:38 PM
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Why do regional crews hardly ever tip the van drivers?


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Everyone at my company seems to tip 90% of the time, especially captains.

I didn't carry any cash before this job... maybe that's part of it?
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In my observation, the non-tippers are usually a very small percentage, and are senior CA's... at regionals and majors.

I don't make a trip the bank to get ones, if I don't have any ones they may not get tipped if they can't break a larger bill (they might get a fiver as a tip in that case if they were on time and helpful).

They also don't get a tip if they don't touch my bags.
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
In my observation, the non-tippers are usually a very small percentage, and are senior CA's... at regionals and majors.

I don't make a trip the bank to get ones, if I don't have any ones they may not get tipped if they can't break a larger bill (they might get a fiver as a tip in that case if they were on time and helpful).

They also don't get a tip if they don't touch my bags.
Same here. Tip everytime so long as they load/unload my bags. Tip a bit more for good tips on things to do/places to eat if new to that overnight or in a new hotel/area. Tip even more if they run you somewhere after you check in/change out to uniform.

Don’t get out of van? No tip. (Unless there are extenuating circumstances of course)

I’d put it around 95% if I had to guess.
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Maybe just a bad run of seeing it lately on my part. Seemed odd.


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I usually don’t tip because I don’t carry cash at all. So I try to make it a point to lift my own bags.
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Just found out that Frontier cabin crew can be tipped. If we extend that to regional pilots then the tips may flow more freely. Bus driver...plane driver.... Same dif.
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TIP is an acronym, not a word. It stands for To Insure Promptness.

If I have to wait on the van, no tip.
if I have to move my own bag, no tip.
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Originally Posted by Swakid8 View Post
I usually don’t tip because I don’t carry cash at all. So I try to make it a point to lift my own bags.


Same here. In fact, I’d rather grab my own bags; not because they can’t do it or don’t do a good job, but rather because I’m capable and don’t need to be treated like something special. Just my 2 cents.


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I really don't understand why crews feel compelled to tip. Riding in the hotel van is a required part of my job. Sure, if a driver really helps us out with something I'd tip. I always tip for rides off duty (i.e. restaurants, or into town). But just mindlessly giving away hundreds of dollars a year for something I have to do for work never made sense to me.
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