Bennies at NJA

[gunfyter]

You wear your uniform to the grocery store then, right?

I don't go there either.

 

[gunfyter]

Side note after reading some Union stuff at other fracts:

Are new hires issued a Union Bat?

Naw.. Had to get mine at Baseball Express. Conveniently located Right across the street from The Citation Service Center at the SAT airport. All Baseball, All the time.

 

[fugghedabowdit]

A question about the reserve schedule....

Could one bid reserve to avoid the 7/7 schedule? Would one want to?

Thanks.

 

[gunfyter]

Yes if you like 7 on 4 off 7 on 4 off.

 

[AA717driver]

Does NJ qualify for Interline discounts? Not just ID90's but what about cruises and the like?

Thanks, Baja.

Baja--That was one of the harder things to get over in my post-airline career. I thought I'd miss having passes but I don't. If I want to go on vacation, I either buy tix (because they are so darned cheap and the hotels are free on points) or use points or FFB miles to get them.

You do this stuff for a few years and you'll build up enough points to get the whole vacation package--including airline tickets.

I'll be "retiring" form AA in a couple of years and get passes but I doubt I'll use them for vacation. The wife and kids will because they have time to kill sitting standby in the airport. You'll eventually realize how much being on standby sucks.

As for cruises, a couple of guys in my company used their points for cruises. You can get a lot of bang for no bucks doing that. One did a Carribean cruise with airline tix on AA and the other did an Alaska cruise--neither cost a dime other than petty cash.

The points thing is a huge bennie that's really intangible--it's not something you can put on paper when you're figuring up how much you'll make at this job but it's a big deal if you like to travel on your time off.

Hope this helped.TC

 

[jrav8tor]

Hey AA717 and Batsky,

Could you elaborate a little more about this points/credit deal or point me in the right direction where I can read up on it?

I not quite sure I am getting it.

Thanks,

JR

 

[Diesel]

jrav8tr-

Unlike the airlines we collect all hotel and airline points.

On an average year i collect 500,000 + hilton points. Plus i collect a bunch of delta points to keep me gold.

I use my hilton amex or hilton visa card for checkin at the hotel. that's double points along with the airline double dip miles and the hotel points.

500,000 got me 1 month of trecking around europe with my wife staying at the finest hiltons, and conrads that europe had to offer.

The airline miles allow me to upgrade to buisness on international trips.

Plus being gold medallion makes sure i get upgraded to first while riding around on the airlines.

 

[old*art]

Diesel good news/bad news - you can kiss the Delta Gold good bye with 7/7. With Delta's new rules it is not physically possible. Unless you are on the flex of course ......

 

[batsky2000]

How do you figure that, I made platinum on 7/7, you only need to fly 75000 miles, 50,000 for gold, very easy to do if you fly 2 legs at each end each tour

 

[widespreadpanic]

A Few Questions:

1) Do you fly on all the airlines? Your choice of airline? or Does the company choose what is cheapest?

2) Is there any vacation during year 1?

Thanks
WP

 

[old*art]

I am proud for you. Maybe with international pickups, but much harder with domestic. Work 26 weeks, three off for vacation, company recurrent and two sim trips only leaves twenty weeks to get +/- 45,000. Throw in the fact the company does not always put me on Delta any more, and I have not made it since leaving the 17 day schedule. But to not have to fly international any more ? - PRICELESS !!!!!

 

[old*art]

Two weeks vacation first year - three after five - with the company picking the airline by need/price with a no fly list.

 

[flywest]

As I understand it the vacation is prorated your first year, and it is after you have completed the first full year that you get to bid for two weeks of vacation. For example, those hired in April of this year got 3 days of vacation to using during the current vacation bid cycle (July 05-June06). Once we reach July 2006 they will have the two weeks of vac.

Flywest

 

[wolfpackpilot]

Maybe with international pickups, but much harder with domestic.

Old*fart,

The entire year I only took the airlines to/from Europe twice. They really, really try to keep from having to do that. I know some folks get it more than that, but on average it doesnt happen as much as you think.

Truth be told, I'd rather sit in my plane and fly across the pond than ride in the back on the airlines...

It's gotten that bad.

 

[gunfyter]

I guess its different on the BBJ