I was the lucky recipent of a pair of buddy passes last fall. As reported above, if you wanrt to stand by for First class there are myriad dress code restrictions, including skirt length, no T shirts no athletic shoes and many more. The most incomfortably dressed people in Dllta's top cabin are probably travelling on buddy passes. The wait list for use places buddy passs holders after any revenue pax, but the seniority of the buddy pass donor determines the prority of the pass holder. Also- they do not promise a meal- On my flight there was no first class meal available and they wouldnt serve a coach meal, but the FA's were nice and kept offerring drinks and nuts and cookies. Good thing we werent travelling trans pacific. There is a special phone line to call so you can check the availablity of the flights you are interested in including the avaiablity of first class down to the number of available seats. we had fun picking a destination for a spur of the moment vacation.
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