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Originally Posted by Aviatormar (Post 464913)

I guess it's the same at PDT and AWAC because that sounds exactly the same.

Prices are the same as for PDT, but you board AFTER. Ohhh SNAP!

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Originally Posted by piper338 (Post 466109)

For those Non Reving on US Airways.. Is the $20 upgrade new or has it been around? I have been put in first class several times and never paid a penny. Is this just luck with a good gate agent?

I've found that if you wait to board last and first class happens to have seats open, you have a good chance of being offered the seat. It also helps having the wholly-owned ID badge, as it's the same as Mainline's and the FA's often don't seem to know the difference.

NWA family used to be free on the company you worked at but a fee on the rest of the family. i.e. worked at pinnacle but taking a mesaba flight would be a fee. but mesaba taking a mesaba flight free for either coach or first. Now travel is free in coach on any family flight but first class has a fee even on your own company. There was never an issue to jumpseat to avoid the fee like you are describing, and now it's not an issue since there is no fee unless you are in first. which I suppose if that happens you just request the jumpseat and avoid the fee. Not that there is ever a seat in first open with all the ways people get to upgrade now....

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Originally Posted by Avroman (Post 466168)

Yeah, when i worked for Mainline US, coach was free on all US branded flights and F/C was something like $20 each way CONUS and $100 OCONUS. Parents had to eventually pay a fee but US waived it (er, the agents) while I was on military leave. Now that I'm with an NW Airlink carrier, we, too fly free on NW branded flights in coach and something like $32 e/w for FC. Parents do pay a nominal fee..ie: CLT-MEM-SHV would be like $80/rt, which still isn't too bad. My World Business Class seat on NW to NRT via DTW was $120 and coming back coach was $32 (for int'l taxes)..all in all not too shabby. I hope when (if) this merger goes through, DL will include *all* regionals under one umbrella as far as non-rev'ing.....

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Originally Posted by bender (Post 465005)

At SKW it's free in economy on United/United Ex flights and a mileage based fee for first class.

Is that new? I was at SKW last year and it was free to list for first class.

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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob (Post 465377)

So... you think that a parent of a sub-contractor for Delta should have priority over a family member (brother/sister) of an active Delta employee? Not flaming, just curious as to your logic. Is it the same thing if the flight is operated by ASA, or do your parents have a higher priority on those?

ACTUALLY, if you would have read my post, I was just commenting that it isn't fair that my parent's are going at the same priority as a Buddy Pass'er. I never said that my parents should go before any mainline people on a mainline flight. I am just saying all relatives (parents, brother, sister, son, daughters( should be getting on the plane before buddy passers. This is NOT the case with Delta. On a mainline flight my parents get rounded up to S4, and thus because of my new seniority date, are the last one to get a seat on the airplane.

Can someone explain to me how that's fair. As I have said before, the Buddy Passers should be the absolute last people to get on the aircraft. I feel like it's an insult by Delta.

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Originally Posted by Nevets (Post 464892)

I don't think it matters if you are domestic or int'l. I think you just pay $12.50 each way for coach and $25 for first class. Unless you use one of your vacation passes, then its free coach or first and domestic or int'l.

Boy are you waaaay off on that. Not being insulting, just letting you know so you are not hit with a surprise. The information can be found under the Pass Travel section of COAIR. The break down is roughly as follows:

Domestic $10 one-way for coach/$40 one-way for first (plus $2.50 per leg up to $5.00 security fee)
US to Canada/Mexico $30 OW for coach/$60 OW for first (plus above fee)
US to Europe/Asia/India/Israel $50 OW for coach/$130 OW for BusinessFirst (plus above fee)

Broncoflyer....on Delta my parents are an S3B which gets on before any buddypass and employees on non wholy-owned partners. I guess it all depends on who you work for.

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Originally Posted by cessna126 (Post 466930)

Broncoflyer....on Delta my parents are an S3B which gets on before any buddypass and employees on non wholy-owned partners. I guess it all depends on who you work for.

Yeah but why should parents of Delta regionals go as the same priority as buddy passers?! Am I the only one who thinks this is a slap in the face to us regional guys?

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Originally Posted by broncoflyer8912 (Post 467139)

Yeah but why should parents of Delta regionals go as the same priority as buddy passers?! Am I the only one who thinks this is a slap in the face to us regional guys?

That's what I was getting at. At my airline, (DAL,) my sisters get on first before your parents. At your airline, (ASA,) your parents get on before my sisters. Not to be a jerk about it, but they are two different airlines. What is your parents priority on Freedom, Shuttle America DCI flights? Granted, the wholly-owned are treated differently. That is how the airlines chose to structure the deal. Considering that close to 60% of domestic capacity is on DCI, and the majority of that is by NWOs, I'd say that the DAL employee is getting the short end of the stick.