Originally Posted by pananna
I beg to differ. Employees do not get on a plane unless there is an empty seat. And contrary to what you have been misled to beleive, we don't fly free. They have really come down hard on letting employees travel in FC. You have to pay for it. I have to pay for a coach seat and I have to pay for a first class seat. And I pay dearly for buddy passes.Period.
And just like frequent flyers who earn miles for travel from tickets that are bought by their employers and get the benefit of using those miles for personal use, I as a benefit have received from the company I work for, the privilage of flying in an otherwise empty seat for a fee not free.
That is a benefit that I'm awarded for dealing with all the ANGST.
My mistake. For some reason I thought customers should get priority over employees in terms of upgrades. Please forgive my ignorance.
From your posts regarding business travellers, it seems you have some sort of resentment towards them, particularly those who enjoy the miles received on tickets paid for by their employers. Fortunately, most at CO realize that those "greedy" business travellers are also the hand that feeds them.