Airline w/ the best employee travel benefits?
#31
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Programs: Delta, Starwood, Hilton
Posts: 455
A friend of mine that has Delta travel benefits tells me that now days it is quite hard to take advantage of them becasue the number of flights is less. She told me a couple of horror stories about people she gave buddy passes to that were stranded. Years ago one of my sons worked for Delta and we loved using the passes--but we knew they were taking a chance on being bumped, stranded or whatever.
#32
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Programs: United MileagePlus Silver, Nexus, Global Entry
Posts: 8,798
They do tend to do better if they're very flexible on where they go, i.e. if they're willing to go to HNL or MCO or SAN or wherever things work better. Makes accomodations tricky though
#33
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 3
I know you didn't ask about CO, but theirs is seniority based, and it DOES matter. The CO hierarchy is employees, travel companions, buddy passes. Within each of those, you're ordered by hire date (companions per the employee's hire date). However, people holding "vacation passes" go before "personal passes." (Vacation passes are provided to the employee on a limited basis.)
There have been times when I've had to change to a vacation pass a couple of hours beforehand in order to get on. And other times when I was the last person boarded, and others were left behind. I'm glad my dear friend has been working there so long!
There have been times when I've had to change to a vacation pass a couple of hours beforehand in order to get on. And other times when I was the last person boarded, and others were left behind. I'm glad my dear friend has been working there so long!
#34
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 3
Do you know how Delta transitioned the flight privileges for SONG airline employees for their companion, spouse and parents? Where those employees grandfathered in or did they have to complete updated paperwork?
#35
Moderator: Delta SkyMiles, Luxury Hotels, TravelBuzz! and Italy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 26,502
The most recent and relevant comments are six years old. Therefore, I am locking this thread.
If one wishes to start a more contemporaneous thread on this topic, it would be welcome.
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If one wishes to start a more contemporaneous thread on this topic, it would be welcome.
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