I agree. I flew all over Europe and to SE Asia and China in first class at my old regional. We wouldn’t even go if it weren’t wide open up front. Kinda spoils you and I agree it’s hard to imagine sitting back in economy for 15 hours once you’ve seen how life is up front. We’ve tried to hit more of the USA and South America on us since I’ve been here. May try Iceland for a couple days then continue onto Europe to break up the flight. Or Hawaii then Asia.


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It’s your immediate family (spouse and all your kids) then two parents. They can be your spouse’s parents if yours aren’t around or won’t use the benefits or a combination of the two (one from each side). Plus a dozen buddy passes I think.


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Spouse's parents won't get zeds on most other airlines where as if they are your parents they will. Spouses parents really are only good for Spirit benefits.

Why anyone thinks this way is beyond me. I didn’t get into being an airline pilot Because I hate getting on planes. Air travel is not glamorous, but flying to Barcelona for $100 or taking a little weekend trip to st Croix is completely worth it. If I hated travel and wanted to be home nightly I woulda been a lawyer. My first trip to Spain cost me $53 on delta and got first class both ways. Stay at home and spend $53 at outback is fine. But not for everyone .

I’m all for you doing you. The sad thing is as a pilot $100pp x 4 in coach is not a deal for pilots. It’s supposed to be free in first. If that was my goal Spirit wouldn’t have been my stopping point bc zeds are supposed to be contingency plans when you cannot get out on your own carrier. I had to ask myself if living in base was more important than first class international travel on school holidays. I chose living in base.

You should get hired at a legacy and watch the world open up to you. I mean that genuinely. This second rate paid to play globe trotting is trash compared to first class on your own airline.

Now where did I put those coex vacation passes again...

I just don't get how y'all have time to travel on 4 days off.

Is it the standard %20 off or is it more?

This is becoming a sticking point for me as I want to travel more. I had a bunch of days off (I'm still at a regional but interviewing with you next month) and I was craving Paris, so I just went for a couple days. Found a decent hotel at a decent price on booking.com. Just got back today, had a blast, UA premium economy both directions.

But I also use work itself to travel. We get downtown hotels at my regional so I take advantage of that. I've especially had fun in Canada and Mexico.

I don't know what the new Spirit PBS will allow, but at my regional I can use swapping to get 5 or more days off in a row pretty easily. I'm finishing a block of 10 days off right now, no vacation used.

Big question, can the buddy passes be used toward ZED fares or similar not-operated-by-Spirit travel?

If your picking your career airline off of who has the best travel benefits, your doing it wrong. Once you upgrade here or anywhere you’ll probably just buy your tickets anywhere you want to go.

I don't get what you're trying to say. You can't trade buddy passes or use them for anything other them giving them to your buddies. You can't give buddy passes for travel on other airlines either if that's what you're getting at. Know that the travel benefits at Spirit are sub par. Don't come here thinking you're going to travel the world in first class while using your benefits. At best you'll be sitting in coach on a ZED fare on some foreign carrier if you're trying to cross an ocean.