Best source for airline employee deals

[need2fly]

I checked out the travel forum with no luck...so...

What do you use to find out about discount and deals offered to airline employees. Ex. ASU travel guide, perx.com, id90.com, etc....

TIA,
N2F

 

[treetop flyer]

Ahh the joys of the "airline discount!"

There are the usual suspects:

perx.com
dargal.com
ASU
etc.

I have had the best success by choosing a place I want to go...and simply calling and asking for a special rate. This has worked for hotels, cruises and just about anything else. You could probably get a discount at Dairy Queen if you tried hard enough!

Best of luck and enjoy your travels!

TF

 

[Sandstorm]

if its an all-inclusive resort you are looking for, i highly recommend www.interliner.com

 

[ualdriver]

Room availability permitting, I just found out airline employees get 50% off all Disney Resort Hotels.

 

[Flying the Line]

Try nonrev.net also.

 

[labbats]

I'd recommend against ASU. I paid for the subscription for 2 years and half the time the deals listed were null and void.

They don't update it when someone pulls out of the ASU plan, so you get a lot of calls to someone who doesn't know what you are talking about, then you get on hold and speak to a manager who remembers something they used to do years ago but he can't remember how long ago. It gets old after a while and ASU showed little interest in fixing this problem.

 

[Balut]

Room availability permitting, I just found out airline employees get 50% off all Disney Resort Hotels.

Where did you find that out?

 

[ualdriver]

Where did you find that out?

My friend mentioned it to me the last time I went to visit that blood sucking, leech of a mouse with the family. Of course he mentioned it AFTER I had made arrangements. He gave me a link, too, which I have at home. PM me in a couple of days and I'll post it.

 

[naviator]

www.touchdown.co.uk

Mostly flight deals from the UK to "all over the world" but they also have other great stuff. Cruises, etc.

 

[crxpilot]

Room availability permitting, I just found out airline employees get 50% off all Disney Resort Hotels.

This is true. Just call them directly and tell them you are an airline employee. They will ask you to fax a copy of your airline ID in advance for the 50% rate.

 

[Hutchman]

This is true. Just call them directly and tell them you are an airline employee. They will ask you to fax a copy of your airline ID in advance for the 50% rate.

Availability permitting? Does that mean we line up in the lobby by seniority hoping for a room? At what point is it a reserved room? A day, week, month in advance?

 

[Slim]

Balut,

If you are retired military, or in the Reserve/National Guard, you can stay on-property at Shades of Green. Room rates are based upon rank and park passes cost less. My family stayed there for a full week and loved every minute.

Slim

 

[ualdriver]

Availability permitting? Does that mean we line up in the lobby by seniority hoping for a room? At what point is it a reserved room? A day, week, month in advance?

Don't know. Click the link below and let us know. The rates you see on that page are the 1/2 price rates without taxes.

http://www.dargal.com/attraction/

 

[crxpilot]

Availability permitting? Does that mean we line up in the lobby by seniority hoping for a room? At what point is it a reserved room? A day, week, month in advance?

Nope, once you make a reservation and provide them with your information, its all yours when you show up. Have fun!

 

[RJAA]

Just go to priceline.

 

[vetteracer]

http://www.airportrooms.com/

It's completely free to use, no fees what so ever. You only get billed if you make a reservation.

This company did a consortium with rental car companies, hotels, etc to offer the same deals that they offer some airlines, etc. The parent company of this is Travelhero.com. They have been in business for over 15 years and are the behind the scenes switch that all the online booking sites use. Everyone else has to pay this site to make a reservation, that is why this site has no fees. This particular site http://www.airportrooms.com/ is fairly new, and cruises, Disney, Golf, should be coming soon. This is the best one stop site out there for cars and hotels as of now. It's for any airline employee, not just pilots, and it is free.

The idea was to offer the same perks to any airline pilot, that they would normally only offer to a certain airline.

I booked a car in PHX last month for around 15.00 a day, and that was with all the taxes, etc.

It's the real deal.

 

[Balut]

Balut,

If you are retired military, or in the Reserve/National Guard, you can stay on-property at Shades of Green. Room rates are based upon rank and park passes cost less. My family stayed there for a full week and loved every minute.

Slim

We would do that if we were going to DisneyWorld, but we are planning DisneyLand trip. Thanks for the tip though.

 

[Long Time Gone]

Room availability permitting, I just found out airline employees get 50% off all Disney Resort Hotels.

It's not "room availability permitting".

I made a normal reservation for 5 days at the Saratoga Springs Resort. The original cost was approximately $1600 for a 1 bedroom apartment with a full kitchen, king bed, queen sleeper sofa, and the single bathroom had a garden jacuzzi tub, plus a separate shower that would fit 3. After I mentioned that I was an airline employee, the price dropped to approximately $850.

I had to provide a letter in good standing from my employer within 24 hours, or the price would go back up permanently. No big deal. Just follow up on it, that your company did submit the letter. Disney actually called me 3 times that day, just to remind me that they needed the letter faxed to them in order to protect my rate. I also brought a copy of the letter with me at check in. You also have to bring your employee ID with you to check in for verification.

I've had friends of mine also receive large discounts from cruises, all-inclusive resorts, etc.

 

[ualdriver]

It's not "room availability permitting".

So even if they don't have a room available, they'll get you one? Hey, even better!