Travel benefits for life after retirement
#21
So let me get this right....
You spend 30 years in the airlines, working your way up, all the crap that comes with it. In the end you manage to save money, stash a nice retirement, have some property, and now you are ready to enjoy the remaining "good" years of life...time to enjoy what you worked for...
And you then spend your time listing non rev in retirement, checking flight loads, wondering if cookies will maybe get you a better seat, wondering if the earlier flight will be delayed and revenue pax rolled into your flight, worried will there be 2 seats for you and your wife....
IF there was ever a time to buy your tickets, even first class, and for once literally and figuratively "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight," it better darn well be in retirement. What the heck are we all working and grinding for if we want to non rev to be our method of travel in retirement?!
You spend 30 years in the airlines, working your way up, all the crap that comes with it. In the end you manage to save money, stash a nice retirement, have some property, and now you are ready to enjoy the remaining "good" years of life...time to enjoy what you worked for...
And you then spend your time listing non rev in retirement, checking flight loads, wondering if cookies will maybe get you a better seat, wondering if the earlier flight will be delayed and revenue pax rolled into your flight, worried will there be 2 seats for you and your wife....
IF there was ever a time to buy your tickets, even first class, and for once literally and figuratively "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight," it better darn well be in retirement. What the heck are we all working and grinding for if we want to non rev to be our method of travel in retirement?!
Pilots are cheap....
But yes, just buy the tickets and enjoy it. Might even get bumped and a voucher.
#22
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The facts are retirees really don’t travel that much in the big picture of pass travel. Back I the day, with the exception of HNL, I rarely ran into retirees traveling on the same flight as I.
Just remember, “what goes around comes around” when you are old (already got the crotchety thing down) and those young whipper snappers want the good seats.
I might add that these days with over 4 decades of service at UAL my wife and I buy tickets because we actually want to get to where we are going. Passes basically aren’t a real benefit anymore.
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So let me get this right....
You spend 30 years in the airlines, working your way up, all the crap that comes with it. In the end you manage to save money, stash a nice retirement, have some property, and now you are ready to enjoy the remaining "good" years of life...time to enjoy what you worked for...
And you then spend your time listing non rev in retirement, checking flight loads, wondering if cookies will maybe get you a better seat, wondering if the earlier flight will be delayed and revenue pax rolled into your flight, worried will there be 2 seats for you and your wife....
IF there was ever a time to buy your tickets, even first class, and for once literally and figuratively "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight," it better darn well be in retirement. What the heck are we all working and grinding for if we want to non rev to be our method of travel in retirement?!
You spend 30 years in the airlines, working your way up, all the crap that comes with it. In the end you manage to save money, stash a nice retirement, have some property, and now you are ready to enjoy the remaining "good" years of life...time to enjoy what you worked for...
And you then spend your time listing non rev in retirement, checking flight loads, wondering if cookies will maybe get you a better seat, wondering if the earlier flight will be delayed and revenue pax rolled into your flight, worried will there be 2 seats for you and your wife....
IF there was ever a time to buy your tickets, even first class, and for once literally and figuratively "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight," it better darn well be in retirement. What the heck are we all working and grinding for if we want to non rev to be our method of travel in retirement?!
#24
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Yes it is, and I will bet you won’t spend the same amount of years at UAL that I have.
The facts are retirees really don’t travel that much in the big picture of pass travel. Back I the day, with the exception of HNL, I rarely ran into retirees traveling on the same flight as I.
Just remember, “what goes around comes around” when you are old (already got the crotchety thing down) and those young whipper snappers want the good seats.
I might add that these days with over 4 decades of service at UAL my wife and I buy tickets because we actually want to get to where we are going. Passes basically aren’t a real benefit anymore.
The facts are retirees really don’t travel that much in the big picture of pass travel. Back I the day, with the exception of HNL, I rarely ran into retirees traveling on the same flight as I.
Just remember, “what goes around comes around” when you are old (already got the crotchety thing down) and those young whipper snappers want the good seats.
I might add that these days with over 4 decades of service at UAL my wife and I buy tickets because we actually want to get to where we are going. Passes basically aren’t a real benefit anymore.
Still don’t understand how ego has anything to do with years of service deciding priority for boarding. Just to be clear, you think someone hired in 1980, who worked at United for ten years, should board ahead of a current forty year employee? That’s absurd.
#25
So let me get this right....
You spend 30 years in the airlines, working your way up, all the crap that comes with it. In the end you manage to save money, stash a nice retirement, have some property, and now you are ready to enjoy the remaining "good" years of life...time to enjoy what you worked for...
And you then spend your time listing non rev in retirement, checking flight loads, wondering if cookies will maybe get you a better seat, wondering if the earlier flight will be delayed and revenue pax rolled into your flight, worried will there be 2 seats for you and your wife....
IF there was ever a time to buy your tickets, even first class, and for once literally and figuratively "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight," it better darn well be in retirement. What the heck are we all working and grinding for if we want to non rev to be our method of travel in retirement?!
You spend 30 years in the airlines, working your way up, all the crap that comes with it. In the end you manage to save money, stash a nice retirement, have some property, and now you are ready to enjoy the remaining "good" years of life...time to enjoy what you worked for...
And you then spend your time listing non rev in retirement, checking flight loads, wondering if cookies will maybe get you a better seat, wondering if the earlier flight will be delayed and revenue pax rolled into your flight, worried will there be 2 seats for you and your wife....
IF there was ever a time to buy your tickets, even first class, and for once literally and figuratively "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight," it better darn well be in retirement. What the heck are we all working and grinding for if we want to non rev to be our method of travel in retirement?!
This can be a very lucrative career. It can also be just a semi-decent one.
TWA, Pan AM, Branniff, Eastern were the big dogs at one point. Yet many of their Captains sought work at commuters when their airlines went out of business.
Delta, Continental, United, American, USAir, Northwest, etc have all gone through bankruptcies. Pilots lost millions in pay and benefits. Retirement plans were trashed. Just because the grass is sweet and succulent today doesn't mean that it always will be.
#28
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I will walk with forty years and I have no illusions of non-revving anywhere. FYI, there aren’t any “good” seats anymore...that ship has sailed.
Still don’t understand how ego has anything to do with years of service deciding priority for boarding. Just to be clear, you think someone hired in 1980, who worked at United for ten years, should board ahead of a current forty year employee? That’s absurd.
Still don’t understand how ego has anything to do with years of service deciding priority for boarding. Just to be clear, you think someone hired in 1980, who worked at United for ten years, should board ahead of a current forty year employee? That’s absurd.
Essentially we dumped on the only gift given to anyone who retired from this outfit, all in the name of “me.” Because no one should have an unfair advantage over me. If that isn’t ego I don’t know what is.
But enough about boats, cars and airplanes let’s talk about me. Remember that old joke about male pilots?
For those interested in the current retiree boarding priority here it is from the FT web site.
“Your board date is a calculation of completed days, months and years of service to the company subtracted from your travel date. Retirees and early-out participants have a board date in a day, month and year format. If two retirees have the same board date, their Pass Riders are cleared for the flight based upon time of check in.”
“The calculation is based on the days, months and completed years of service to the company:
(Years of service x 365 days) + (Months x 30 days) + days = total number of days”
From the Q&A for pass travel and retirees.
Just about to purchase another discount ticket anyway.
Another pointless thread.
#29
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**As I understand it**, it's even worse for retirees. Once retired, you no longer carry DOH for SA travel. At age 65 and a day, you get a swift kick in the nuts and your years of service disappear like hot young titty tequila shots at a bachelor party. You're now lower than the UA Express bag smasher hired last week.
Pay me more now. I'll save up for a nice used 40-foot diesel pusher motor home. Nat Parks, here I come. Or a nice ketch or trawler. I'll buy FC tickets for trips to Hawaii and EU.
Google the number of ATP's in the US. Then, Docs, Attys, etc. SA travel? AYFKM?
Pay me more now. I'll save up for a nice used 40-foot diesel pusher motor home. Nat Parks, here I come. Or a nice ketch or trawler. I'll buy FC tickets for trips to Hawaii and EU.
Google the number of ATP's in the US. Then, Docs, Attys, etc. SA travel? AYFKM?
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