Originally Posted by
more4less
Hi sperrgepaeck,
Unless it has changed, staff traveling on duty hold a S ticket, S1 is with a confirmed seat and S2 is a standby seat. When traveling on vacation, it is and R ticket. R1 is with a confirmed seat(ID50) and R2 standby seat(ID90).
The LH guys that got C seats in front of me, had R2 on their BP, so I understand they were on vacation.
It is true that, in certain airlines, staff can buy ID50 and ID90 seats in C(and probably also in F), but 99.5% of the time they buy ID90 in Y.
Hi
more4less,
So someone did his/her homework
The "S" thing depends on if you are a simple employee on business trip (S7) or a manager (S1). For the "R" thing, my LH friends always tell me that if its interkont, they buy ID90 in C, and then a whole bunch of contingency tickets, just in case sth goes wrong.
Correct R2 is standby and can be bought anytime. R6 is the lowest confirmed ticket, can also be bought anytime but might not clear the WL. They can be bought in Y/C/F for LH, and there are many interline contracts, so they can basically fly everywhere in the non LH world even in C.
R1 can be bought once a year if you are +10years with LH and I believe is the best that a LH staff can get (could even get VDB with this one)
If the guys you saw had R2 and were in C, then they mostlikely had a C ticket as well, unless they had one of the white little BP's, then they got upgraded from Y.