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Originally Posted by NJA_Capt  Highly over-rated. For the exact same reasons that the "not over-rated" folks have stated.
You have to be flexible.
You never know if you will get on the plane to leave.
If you make it to the destination, you don't know if you will make the flight back.....or the next one.....or the next one.
If you want to vacation when/where the masses are vacationing, forget it.
You may have to "get creative" flying multi legs to get where you want.
Non-revs also get last dibs on meal flights.
I prefer the fewest legs possible and guaranteed seating (FC of course). I don't want to spend half my time waiting in terminals or airlining though cities I didn't plan on visiting. You either have to pony up the $$ or cash in some perk points (free/space positive). |
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Originally Posted by bwade210 Overated?! Lets see, in the last 6 months my girlfriend and I have flown
SAT- LAS
SAT- ORD
SAT- DCA
SAT- LAS
SAT- SLC
SAT-RDU
SAT- DCA (got back yesterday)
all for free. Just for working in an enviroment in which I love for an airline which I enjoy. Plus all of my friends that have boring desk and construction jobs are jealous that we (airlines employees) have such great benefits which adds to the fun. |
and that right there shows the perk....sure, you could get a guaranteed FC ticket and pay a bazillion dollars for that ticket...but you won't get to travel as nearly as often as you can when non-revving... it makes vacations a lot less expensive and therefore, more frequent.
I've never been denied a meal flying coach overseas or domestically.. sure, in FC, it's possible to get last dibs but i've really only experienced that maybe once or twice on the many trips i've had... and it really doesn't bother me to not get what i'd like to try... they're all "ok" and it's food.
The FA's do get a list that labels the non-revs but it also labels the passengers as well so if they need to call you by name, they can. esp in FC where technically you should be called by Mr, Mrs, Miss...
it's yin/yang!