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Originally Posted by Crockrocket95 (Post 3416794)

Bottom 10 in MCO... chances of NOT having to do a reserve day on the 21st?? I cant book anything until the 11th :(

Consider trying your to trade your MCO reserve block for a trip or reserve block in Dallas the weekend leading into the 21st. You finish up on the 20th and you’re already in town.

In all likelihood there’s someone who lives in Florida and is commuting to DAL. Might be win win.

Just an idea. I did that in 16’ for the Chicago picket. Cost me an extra hotel room, but it worked.

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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan (Post 3416859)

Look at you mr. thinker. Ill def see what I can work. Its hard to get rid of or trade a 4 day whatever (wknd) reserve.
Gonna give it the ol college try.

Also remember if you book with Rapid Rewards points, they're fully refundable, even the cheapest tickets. I went ahead and booked with points hoping I'll be able to get the 20th/21st off. If I don't, I'll get them back.

Also don’t forget DFW. Not sure if there will be a shuttle running but the DART is easy and cheap.

Forget the premium. It’s about the TFP!

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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER (Post 3416974)

Also don’t forget DFW. Not sure if there will be a shuttle running but the DART is easy and cheap.

As long as we are talking options about getting into or out of the metroplex for the picket, don't forget Alliance. FedEx operates a hub there, and once you list for their jumpseat, it's space positive.

Atlas (Prime Air) also has a sizable operation there.

If you were driving it's about :45 minutes from there to Love Field.
Heading back, take the Dart rail to Grapevine or DFW and Uber the rest of the way. I'd give myself 2 hours of doing it that way, just to be safe. Not ideal I admit, but it's space positive, and you don't have to worry about getting stuck in a middle seat!

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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan (Post 3416668)

I like you, so I don't want to get into the mud. Bottom line is that in a month and a half we have to put aside all of our differences, and stand side by side holding signs in numbers too great to ignore. We need unity on par with 2016 or better.

That means it doesn't matter what our politics are, what our religion is, our favorite football team, military or civilian, hired or acquired, pay for training or earned the type, college or not, or how we think we got here.

We have to stand unified and resolute. And we simply can't do that if we are sniping with one another over tribal BS that isn't relevant to the matter at hand. We've got to leave that stuff at the door and embrace that which makes us brothers and sisters instead. Let's find things we can agree on instead, like making fun of the guys who choose THAT day to pick up premium. [emoji849]

LOL!! So the inflation we are experiencing now isn't relevant? Really? Interesting all this was for- told. This is why I don't support the union's thinking, its always some else fault. SWAPA is not going to change anything they are not relevant. In a few years many of the officers of this SWAPA will be sitting right over at the Ivory tower, just wait and see.

I heard a passenger in SAN tell another passenger that he books the cheapest ticket and then uses the free change feature to book the actual flight he wants for free. Is this a thing now?

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Originally Posted by at6d (Post 3417078)

I heard a passenger in SAN tell another passenger that he books the cheapest ticket and then uses the free change feature to book the actual flight he wants for free. Is this a thing now?

I thought it was you could change it for free, but you still have to pay the fare difference if there is one.

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Originally Posted by at6d (Post 3417078)

I heard a passenger in SAN tell another passenger that he books the cheapest ticket and then uses the free change feature to book the actual flight he wants for free. Is this a thing now?

If there is a change to your itinerary (which it seems like there always is these days) then yes, any changes are free. Otherwise, you can book a non-wanna get away fare and do the standby thing, but that's dicey. My guess is that he was either doing the former or talking out of his arse.

We can talk about the value of a TFP, NEC, Sick etc. The bottom line is we get what we negotiate. If we want an industry leading contract, we have to have industry leading negotiations. In 50 years, industry lagging is our claim to fame. Someone will say yeah, "but we never laid anyone off". We got close last year and the kompany has shown its colors repeatedly trying to force experimental medical procedures on employees. Only 16% of us voted NO for the current contract. That means 84% are happy with a lagging product. We have had opportunity to leverage, but chose not to. Short sightedness brings about a lagging contract. Somewhere, the sights have to be lifted.