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01-15-2014 | 09:21 AM
#3921
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Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Reverse cowgirl
$200 just to participate, insane first class charges, imputed income, flights fuller than ever...It's a joke
01-15-2014 | 09:27 AM
#3922
Respek
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,915
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Are the DAL bennies the same ?
01-15-2014 | 09:31 AM
#3923
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Feb 2011
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Yeah, and we used to fly unlimited anywhere in the world FREE with write your own passes, We also had $25 one way service charge passes on just about anyone else, PLUS we got 12 buddy passes free of charge....Times have sure changed.
$200 just to participate, insane first class charges, imputed income, flights fuller than ever...It's a joke
$200 just to participate, insane first class charges, imputed income, flights fuller than ever...It's a joke
01-15-2014 | 09:33 AM
#3924
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Joined: Feb 2011
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Every time your enrolled friend flys a fare is calculated based on the "value" of that flight and sent to payroll, that "value" is then added to your taxable income line of your paycheck and you are essentially paying income tax on that flight.
Example...
LAX-ORD-LAX = $400 "value", add that to your taxable income column and pay income tax on it, 10% bracket? That trip will cost you $40. 15%? $60, FO with children? If you pay no income tax, pay nothing!
Example...
LAX-ORD-LAX = $400 "value", add that to your taxable income column and pay income tax on it, 10% bracket? That trip will cost you $40. 15%? $60, FO with children? If you pay no income tax, pay nothing!
01-15-2014 | 10:50 AM
#3925
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Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,300
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From: Seat 0B
How much you pay in tax is entirely based on what tax bracket you fall under. You are only taxed on your enrolled friends travel, not yours or your family.
It is payroll deducted in the form of income taxes withheld.
Lets say you earned $2,000 for the paycheck, your secret girlfirend i.e. *enrolled friend* flew to Omaha for a overnight rendezvous with you a few weeks back - Yonited calculates a fare value lets say $200 - which the IRS says Hey! That's a taxable benefit! - So that "value" is represented as "imputed income" on your paycheck - NOW your paycheck says you earned $2,200 and your taxed on that $2,200 according to your with holdings, exemptions, etc....get it
It is payroll deducted in the form of income taxes withheld.
Lets say you earned $2,000 for the paycheck, your secret girlfirend i.e. *enrolled friend* flew to Omaha for a overnight rendezvous with you a few weeks back - Yonited calculates a fare value lets say $200 - which the IRS says Hey! That's a taxable benefit! - So that "value" is represented as "imputed income" on your paycheck - NOW your paycheck says you earned $2,200 and your taxed on that $2,200 according to your with holdings, exemptions, etc....get it
01-15-2014 | 10:54 AM
#3926
Respek
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,915
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Thanks for the input guys!
01-15-2014 | 05:39 PM
#3928
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Joined: Aug 2012
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You're welcome to try to get a refund through the SKYW Travel Center, but odds are sadly not in your favor. Mother U is a money-grubbing, soul sucking black hole of a company, which year after year tries harder and harder to get more from us in exchange for less and less... I live in a UAL domicile and I still almost never non-rev on them, largely because even on our own metal you are relegated to the jumpseat when there are 5 dinosaurs with vacation passes listed ahead of you. Delta is a far superior experience (no extra charge for business/first, no extra charge for beer in premium class cabins just because you're a non-rev!), and Southwest and Frontier treat us better than United gate agents do.
BTW, U2 fan? LOVE your screenname.
BTW, U2 fan? LOVE your screenname.
01-15-2014 | 08:37 PM
#3930
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Joined: May 2009
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From: Another RJ FO
You're welcome to try to get a refund through the SKYW Travel Center, but odds are sadly not in your favor. Mother U is a money-grubbing, soul sucking black hole of a company, which year after year tries harder and harder to get more from us in exchange for less and less... I live in a UAL domicile and I still almost never non-rev on them, largely because even on our own metal you are relegated to the jumpseat when there are 5 dinosaurs with vacation passes listed ahead of you. Delta is a far superior experience (no extra charge for business/first, no extra charge for beer in premium class cabins just because you're a non-rev!), and Southwest and Frontier treat us better than United gate agents do
Delta is far superior. I just wish I didn't live in a United hub.
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