Originally Posted by
cepheid
They are for in-flight beverages. They are transferable. They do expire (generally at the end of the year, I think), but the FAs may or may not care about the expiration date. (The expiration date is new; chits from last year or earlier did not expire.)
BACKGROUND:
I basically don't drink in the first place. (I know, I know; I'm a real minority on this :-). So I've got coupons and not much use for them.
[Oh, -- and I am not working in any part of the government sector for any government.]
WHAT I DO:
1) I give away nearly all of my "usual beverage" coupons from UA to "active duty" personnel travelling in uniform that I encounter during my own UA travels. Military folks are poorly paid to start with, on "official travel" they don't get to pick their airline so they usually have no status on several different airlines. They get "sent" places and can't say no. Their official travel is all-economy, all-the-time. So this is my own (tiny) way of thanking them for serving.
2) On the same lines, I also often will invite a military person travelling in uniform to be my guest at UA RCC, particularly if they are headed overseas (which mostly means heading someplace ugly these days).
3) And since I'm earning 500 mile e-coupons much faster than I can spend them, I also often use the 500 mile e-coupons to sponsor "active-duty in uniform" people for at-the-departure-gate upgrades out of E- when I see them in the boarding area for my flight.
POLITICAL DISCLAIMER:
The only "political" thing I care about is extending Washington's MetroRail out to Dulles Airport). So, this note isn't a political statement on my part.