Thanks for the clarification. I was going by what my dad told me, who falls into the 25+ plus category.

 

Andy....

Can't give you the exact "in's & out's" on how all the FF/Up-grades work at CAL....but I can tell you one thing.....First Class Upgrades at CAL come much easier (on the WHOLE) than they do at UA.

I have taken UA as a Non-Rev Int'l a few times, have had nothing but Business or better, very nice.....not so at CAL. Upgrades for rev pax seem to be more common thus making Prem Class hard to get as a non-rev.

My brother was traveling on CAL out of LA (on a 'ave' tix he got on CAL's .com), when he checked in at the automated machine, it offered him an Up-Grade on his coach ticket to BizFirst for $100 (and he is not a FF/or status with CAL or any of it's Alliance Partners).

Would like to see the "hard to come by Upgrades" preserve 'some' Prem Class space at least once in a while for non-revs....but just be aware of the 'trend' on CAL's side of the fence being that we'll all be completely 'seamless' soon concerning non-rev travel as one big happy family.

 

we should also look at cost for intl non rev. i think UA is charging a lot.
ex.
i pulled up the charges for a round trip to CDG

UA: ORD-CDG-ORD: first:$307, business:$258 (IAD-CDG-IAD) is $283 and $248

i tried DAL; MSP-CDG-MSP: $86 for business

How much are the fees/taxes on CAL for EWR/IAH-CDG-EWR/IAH?

maybe DAL's system is pretty good, you pay a flat $50 fee per year then it's all free coach/business/first.

 

CAL pass travel is divided into 4 regions: A-D

Region A is essentially domestic (including Canada and excluding Hawaii) plus some inter-South Pacific flying

Region B is To/From and Between Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Hawaii, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South America and Alaska and/or the U.S. Mainland, plus some other Hawaii to South Pacific/Asia

Region C is Alaska, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South America and the U.S. Mainland
To/From
Asia, Europe, Guam, India, Israel, the Micronesia Islands, Saipan and the South Pacific

Region D is Asia, Guam, Hawaii, the Micronesia Islands, Saipan and the South Pacific
To/From
Europe, India and/or Israel

Not sure if United folks have access to the InsideCoair site from the new United together or whatever login, but if you do up at the top is "Pass Travel." Hold the cursor over that and select "Pass Travel Information" from the drop down. You will get a new screen. Scroll down to find: "Pass Travel Regions and Charges."

Based on your question about EWR/IAH to CDG that would fall in Region C.

An employee or spouse would pay $100 RT in coach and $260 RT in BusinessFirst.

See the reason why the fee-waived vacation passes come in so handy when we want to go overseas in BF? I can't even remember the last time I paid for ANY travel charges. I either JS, perfect attendance pass (if illness does prevent me from coming to work for six months ) or vacation pass.

 

From the CAL side how can I look at UAL loads and list for a flight?
The memo from the company said it would be online through employeeres but I do not see the link...

Any help...

 

Hi, I'm thinking about sending my mom standby on Continental from ROC-EWR, EWR to PHX. I have checked the loads on employee-res system and they seem fairly good. I'm wondering how accurate this system is.

Skynet will often say a flight is oversold only to have 30 plus seats open, or make it seem the flight is wide open and one hour later it's oversold. I realize there can be offloading, delays and cancellations but I'm just trying to get a general idea of how reliable the numbers are on employee-res. Thanks in advance for any input.

 

It's pretty reliable in my experience. If you go to this website Continental Airlines and punch in the flight # under "flight information and status" link you can see what seats are open and where your mom will be on the overall stand by list. Quite a handy tool especially when gate agents try to slack at their jobs.

 

Thanks for the information!

 

And to add to what was said immediately above, was told that barring any of the unforeseen circumstances mentioned, once inside 24hrs the totals usually are pretty accurate. It was explained to me that the all the tickets sold on Travelocity, etc. become official in the system within the 24 hour mark. Just another piece of information if that helps you.

 

That does help, thanks.