Originally Posted by
amartin1979
Actually, your standby priority will typically be ahead of many United Employees since you will be BP8, while many UA employees use BP10 to save money.
Not 100% true. Internationally, most employees go as an 8A (normal priority for employees) or use our performance passes that waive the service charge. Buddy pass travel is at priority 8C.
I've worked many SFO-SYD flights. Depending on the time of year, these flights can be EXTREMELY hard to nonrev on even as an employee. Keep in mind that a family of 4 is even more difficult. My advice would be to plan ahead and only expect to sit in economy. Squeezing your way into Business will be tough!
-IFLYUA