Buddy pass LAX to Germany
A united employee is offering me a buddy pass. I need to be in Germany before May 20th. I have a lot of time flexibility and am willing to suffer a bit. That time of the year, are the flights so full that I should forget it?
I was planning to leave a week before the 20th.
I have never done a buddy pass before and have some basic questions.
There are several routes to Germany, through chicago, houston, ny, texas and I can go to either frankfurt or munich. I assume that the day of the flight I would be making a bunch of decisions based on seats. What I do not understand is if it is me making these decisions or does my employee friend have to do it on my behalf. Obviously I dont want to annoy my friend and would rather deal with it myself.
Any advice?
Or should I just book thru orbitz and avoid the hassle?
Sorry to be such a noob...