Originally Posted by
majorwibi
The passes will only be in your name but are electronically tied to your buddy pass issuers account. On DL your buddy passes do not have access to airline employee rates unless traveling with the employee but other airlines might be different.
When my wife and I used a Delta buddy pass, we did not have to travel with our Delta employee buddy, but that was about 6 or 7 years ago, so things may have changed.