Originally Posted by
scoow
A "buddy pass" is an employee benefit. They can allow friends/family of Delta employees to fly standby if space is available. While a great deal if you are flexible on travel plans, when weather cancels flights or demand fills seats, you may be stuck for several days waiting for an available seat.
As an example anyone trying to get to PDX or SEA (or anywhere else within a 6 hour drive of those two cities) on a buddy pass or any Non-Rev benefits arent going to be flying until at least X-mas day if not later