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June 8th, 2005, 15:07
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Indianapolis
Posts: 387
|  Travel Passes
I was looking at American Eagle as an airline to work for as a mechanic after I finish A&P school. They advertise after 2 years of employment I get 24 space available travel passes to give to friends and extended family members(ontop of the unlimited travel passes for myself, parents, spouse, and dependant children). I am wondering if this is something only American Eagle does at the regional level or if others(i.e. Expressjet, Comair, Skywest, ASA, etc) provide the same or similar to their employees. I am very interested into Skywest and Expressjet's policy on this since they are my target airlines. I am wondering about this because my sister will help me financially to get all my pilot licenses, but wants travel passes in exchange for the help when I fly (or work as a mechanic) for an airline.
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June 8th, 2005, 15:40
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
Posts: 9,406
  | Re: Travel Passes
I think every airline has a 'buddy pass' program of some sort. Keep in mind that these buddy passes are the lowest priority of standby travel. I quit giving mine out many years ago, and when we get Bill's every year we shred them. I would tell people they can get just as good a price (you pay service fees & taxes on these buddy passes) by checking lots of websites, and buying a cheap ticket means a CONFIRMED seat!
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June 8th, 2005, 19:39
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kads
Posts: 820
| Re: Travel Passes
OO authorizes 24 segments per year after 6 months of employment. cost is $30 a segment.
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June 8th, 2005, 22:28
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: lower canada
Posts: 1,649
| Re: Travel Passes
who is OO, skywest?
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June 8th, 2005, 22:44
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 13,855
| Re: Travel Passes
On XJT, it's sometimes cheaper to fly on SWA than use a buddy pass. You're also a revenue passenger and not stand by if you do it that way. I wasn't around long enough to get buddy passes, but I probably wouldn't have used any of them if I had been. At SWA, you got incentive passes if you had perfect attendance for the quarter. Like buddy passes, they were the lowest priority, but they were totally free (no service charge, no taxes). There ARE other passes at SWA that are positive space (ahead of non-revs but below revenues pax) and a must-ride pass that even let you bump revenue pax.
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