New hire question
09-12-2022, 10:55 PM
#501
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Originally Posted by twwallac
In my case, my guest isn’t my significant other. Would it still be worth having them show up in the morning?
My spouse had just birthed a child. She had NO interest in traveling to Dallas and sitting in conference rooms. She stayed home with the kids.
I would have liked for her to get those briefings, and sipped the Koolaid, but the greater good was for her to not attend.
09-13-2022, 11:33 AM
#502
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Posts: 1,256
Originally Posted by Tankerhead
Choose your next employer with a jaundiced eye. This place is special, not good special. Weird special
It's kind of like if you could somehow meld the movies Office Space and Idiocracy with the music video Wynona's Big Brown Beaver by Primus into a living experience. Southwest is weird special, kind of like it would have to be to live in a world like that.
09-16-2022, 01:43 PM
#506
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Posts: 3,621
Originally Posted by Glennmac
Kind of a new hire question - Any SWA folks use ZED fares on other carriers? Trying to weigh future travel options as the kiddos get older.
Bear in mind that for whatever reason, we cannot purchase ZED for business class on other carriers which is ridiculous.
09-16-2022, 01:45 PM
#507
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Posts: 33
Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
Yep. That's how we go to Europe.
Bear in mind that for whatever reason, we cannot purchase ZED for business class on other carriers which is ridiculous.
Bear in mind that for whatever reason, we cannot purchase ZED for business class on other carriers which is ridiculous.
09-16-2022, 02:55 PM
#508
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,452
Originally Posted by Glennmac
Heck yeah, thanks. Willing to share what those tickets to London usually cost and how available seats are?
Depends on the airline. Delta is Zed Medium so they are fairly steep. Others are Zed Low.
Loads depend on time. StaffTraveler app is your friend.
Europe has been insane lately, largely because of the long travel ban and because Asia is still restricted. AA at one point sent out a message to all its employees saying to stop giving out buddy passes because no D3 travelers got cleared over a busy weekend and it was causing problems. That has a ripple effect when those pax start looking for other ways home.
The key is to either be super flexible or go when kids are in school.
09-16-2022, 03:59 PM
#510
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
Yep. That's how we go to Europe.
Bear in mind that for whatever reason, we cannot purchase ZED for business class on other carriers which is ridiculous.
Bear in mind that for whatever reason, we cannot purchase ZED for business class on other carriers which is ridiculous.
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