Pinnacle VS..ASA non-rev benefits??
 

Not sure if this has been discussed before or not but I was wondering if anyone knows the major differences good or bad between the non-rev travel on DELTA that each of these airlines have? thanks....

they are all the same,,,SC3

But at least we have United at ASA....... Insert gun in mouth..... I tried to go to London last year and got bumped by a super crusty Delta retiree. We can pretty much write off non-rev travel at this point and expect to pay for the privelege. Just feel lucky for the occasional domestic jumpseat to the middle of nowhere!

I've heard you only get benefits for you and your companion at Pinnacle. Does anyone know if you also get buddy passes?

its you, your family and your parents. thats it. no buddy passes.

ASA has buddy passes (6), S3C (below retiree) and what we have that, I think, no one else has is priority travel on our own airplanes. (and Skywest's) We can bump a Delta person on a Skywest Inc.'s airplane. Not sure about the United side.

Don't believe it includes SKYW. We are S3 on ASA and S3C everywhere else. SKYW has the same deal, however they ride S3C on ASA.

On the United side we travel equal with UAL on ASA planes and behind them on everyone else. We obviously have priority on the jumpseat on all our planes.

You don't want buddy passes, they are worthless. I have never given a buddy pass out.

Just curious...did Pinnacle and ASA offer you employment and you are basing you decision of where to go depending on nonrev bennies? If so, don't :D

now if you're just curious all's well!

You're clearly not using them right, then. I have personally used them to travel all over and so have my friends and family. If you are expecting to use a buddy pass to go to Florida on spring break or to see grandma during Thanksgiving, you are going to be sorely disappointed...

Although an S4, I use all of my buddy passes each year and if you use them correctly they are a great tool. My brother uses them all the time to go to Europe. Business class roundtrip for around 350 bucks is a pretty good deal. Especially when I was with him and they oversold coach, leaving paying passengers behind while we as non-revs sat in business.

Gotta know how to work the system. Seniority helps.

Do we get the same priority as UAL on expressjet airplanes?

Not sure. I know the JS goes XJT then ASA, don't know about the back.

You are right, I lied. I forgot I actually did send someone to europe and back with buddy pass. The trip to europe was no problem, however getting to/from ATL was a cluster. This was in early FEB with wide open loads. My parents have traveled some and of course they are S4 as well so they are not completely useless.

I am considering starting all over at a regional again to live in base and I was just wondering if they benefits could possibly be worse than we have with US AIR, seems about the same but we have buddy passes which I refuse to let friends have, I make them buy a ticket on southwest for almost cheaper for a guaranteed seat. Do Pinnacle pilots have priority on Pinnacle aircraft jumpseats? Also do pinnacle employees and dependents have priority on pinnacle seats inthe back over a mainline Delta pilot or their people?? thanks for the info

Pinnacle pilots have priority on their jumpseats. I haven't nonreved in forever but I believe Pinnacle employees and Delta employees are equal in the cabin on Pinnacle, it goes by DOH...

This is the norm as far as I know for all airlines. Cabin priority varies by airline and agreements between airlines.