New UAL travel fees for UAX guys
 

Just got a memo that starting tomorrow June 1st the only way to fly for free on UAL is to fly on your own company's planes. Any other carrier (including UAL mainline) and there is a base fee of 10 - 50 bucks.

do you guys have something like a Vacation Pass, where you get xx number of passes a year?

At XJT we have to pay like 12.50 or something to pass travel or use a Vacation Pass.

Also what airline do you fly for?

Doesn't sound like what we've got at SkyWest...they're talking about an annual fee now...

Seems like all the perks are slowly fading away, pass travel has become more stressful than anything

There was a time when UAX employees had to pay to ride ANY plane in UAL/UAX paint job. However, UAL employees didn't.

Not sure if thats still the case, that was few years ago. But just one example of what stellar employee relations are/were at the "friendly skies".

Ha! What perks?! I commuted into work this week as I usually do, and now I'm going to have to pay to get home tomorrow :mad:

try jumpseating...its free.

Not always...I can't even Jumpseat on my own Delta metal without paying up annually my PNR fee.

Whhaaa? I thought CASS was free. So if you don't pay and just go up to the gate and list, they won't let you on?

Maybe you're AE and know more. But aren't they (AE) supposed to pass ride (pay) if there is an open seat in the back? In other words, if there is a seat in the back, you are not permitted to use the JS privilege and get out of paying.

When did that become policy? I knew plenty of guys when we were DelCon that didn't pay and were allowed to JS.

YES, you can JS. But if you don't pay your yearly fee, you and the people on your profile (parents/wife/kids) don't get to take advantage of the travel bennies.

double post.

You can still JS for free. You just have to list on the phone and tell the gate agents you're jumpseating or else they say you're "using your benefits"

I hope so Duck, because through DAL's similar program that isn't the case...

What happened to SAAB???
 

JoeyMeatballs, you have a statement "in memory of SAAB" what happened to him. I hope it's nothing serious and he is just out for a while. He was one of the reason why I read this forums.

SAAB is dead and gone. May he RIP :D

I'm going to miss SAAB

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I appreciate the compliment ;)

the big thing with both DAL and UAL's system is do i get a seat assignment?

if you get a seat assignment, the computer automatically goes through your benefit plan to do so. if you do not have a seat assignment, just the Cockpit access form, then it treats you as a jumpseater, regardless of regional affiliation.

i recently JS on DAL to get to Dothan, AL. i kept telling the gate agent i wanted to jumpseat. i never got a seat assignment, just the CASS slip. i took an open seat & rode in the main cabin. no asking for PPR number or anything.

that's the main line we're getting from our JS folks: do not ask for a seat assignment, only the JS form. then take any open seat in the back.

btwissel, my problem on DAL is that they go through the computer...no slips to avoid getting a seat-assignment. I've been lucky twice where I've used them -- once because I knew the agents working the Delta counter very well, and once because the J/S was the only seat available...

Are you sure that UA will work the same way? Our JS guy said it looks like jumpseating will remain unchanged...?

that's what i've seen from the JS folks (and others that pestered corporate themselves) on the union & pilot websites. i honestly won't know till i try it for the first time.

....after you check in with the Captain, of course.

Hog

I'm sure he meant that :P