flight benefits of a spouse-help!

[Da Vinci]

ok, let's say i am a first officer at express jet. can my wife fly on express jet for free (almost)? how about continential airlines? how about the many feeders continential has that are not owned or operated by continential??

ok, one more question, my wife wants to go to japan, can she ride standby in continential to japan???!!!!

one more. she wants to go to vermont, but vermont doesn't have any carrier affiliated with continential going there....can she ride on a delta affiliated carrier for little or cost??

thank you for whoever helps me with this. basically, my flight time is around 1000tt and 200 mt and i think i'm ready to start looking at airlines. i'm hoping to get on with a carrier that would allow passage to japan for little or no cost to me and my wife if it is possible. also looking for the best flight benefits for my wife within the us.

 

[AWACO]

If you are going to base your career off who has the best travel bennies you are an IDIOT! Standby travel sucks you never get where you are going without a bunch of trouble. Tickets are cheap just buy a freakin seat. Can you just imagine your poor wife stuck in Japan trying to explain to the gate agent she has a ZED fare for CAL and her husband works for XJET? Um me no understand...have no seat for you...sorry see ticket counter again...??!

 

[paulsalem]

If you are going to base your career off who has the best travel bennies you are an IDIOT! Standby travel sucks you never get where you are going without a bunch of trouble. Tickets are cheap just buy a freakin seat. Can you just imagine your poor wife stuck in Japan trying to explain to the gate agent she has a ZED fare for CAL and her husband works for XJET? Um me no understand...have no seat for you...sorry see ticket counter again...??!

Wow that was helpful.

My buddy works for CHQ, he can designate one person to be able to travel for free (or like $12 a leg) on whatever Mainline CHQ does flying for out of CMH (or something like that).

As far as international, he said that he can get tickets for anyone at like 10% the normal rate.

I'm not an airline pilot so hopefully someone will add to my info.

AWACO, the guy asked a question, why not let him answer the question, and let him make a decision as an adult. Maybe that his wife's flying is very important to him. Who knows maybe his Wife’s mother is very sick and lives across the nation, or the globe, and she wants to spend as much time as possible with her, but cannot afford a plane ticket every week.

I hope this isn’t the case Da Vanci

 

[ms6073]

In an attempt to offer a generic answer to the orginal poster (with the caveat that the following may not even be remotely accurate as the information is very dated) but travel benefits can vary from airline to airline and employee group to employee group. Typically, an employee of for an airline has a finite set of 'pass' priviledges which can be extended to family and occasionally friends. A pilots significant other often enjoys free flight benefefits within reason while the pilot typically also has the ability to purchase ID-90 (fares at 90% of the unrestricted rate). Some companies also assign pilots a 'pass book' containing a finite quantity of passes of varying types which the pilot can simply validate required information after which the recipient can use for things such as non-rev and standby travel. In many cases travel priviledges are also shared among a number of other airlines but only employees of the effected airlines would be able to elaborate on the specifics of such programs.

 

[AWACO]

Wow that was helpful.

My buddy works for CHQ, he can designate one person to be able to travel for free (or like $12 a leg) on whatever Mainline CHQ does flying for out of CMH (or something like that).

As far as international, he said that he can get tickets for anyone at like 10% the normal rate.

I'm not an airline pilot so hopefully someone will add to my info.

AWACO, the guy asked a question, why not let him answer the question, and let him make a decision as an adult. Maybe that his wife's flying is very important to him. Who knows maybe his Wife’s mother is very sick and lives across the nation, or the globe, and she wants to spend as much time as possible with her, but cannot afford a plane ticket every week.

I hope this isn’t the case Da Vanci

OK u try and non-rev international every week! Get a clue this guy cant be serious.

 

[CA1900]

Wow that was helpful....
AWACO, the guy asked a question, why not let him answer the question, and let him make a decision as an adult.

You must be new to Flightinfo. :cartman:

 

[paulsalem]

You must be new to Flightinfo. :cartman:

Been here for a couple years. And a few ulcers.

Just trying to fight the good fight.

 

[Da Vinci]

Wow that was helpful.

paulsalem...thank you for your answer. i'm obvioulsy not going to base my entire career on flight bennies...however, i also want to make an educated decision and my wife being able to travel to japan a couple times a year without breaking the bank would be frosting. anyway, luckily my mother in law is not sick, but she does live in japan, and i'm a pilot...as in start up pilot so money is just not available to fly to japan more then once a year. it's exciting that my wife may be able to travel to japan for less then 1000 dollars and see her family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[paulsalem]

Wow that was helpful.

paulsalem...thank you for your answer. i'm obvioulsy not going to base my entire career on flight bennies...however, i also want to make an educated decision and my wife being able to travel to japan a couple times a year without breaking the bank would be frosting. anyway, luckily my mother in law is not sick, but she does live in japan, and i'm a pilot...as in start up pilot so money is just not available to fly to japan more then once a year. it's exciting that my wife may be able to travel to japan for less then 1000 dollars and see her family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea I'd be looking at those bennifits too. I hope someone with more experience with this helps you out.

Good Luck

 

[skydiverdriver2]

I have worked at several airlines, and the man is right, they vary from airline to airline. All employees at any particular airline get the same bennies, but pilots and dispatchers can also jumpseat. I won't go into that, as you asked about your spouse. Most airlines allow you to travel for free, as well as your spouse and dependent children under 24 or so. They can also keep bennies longer if they are in college full time. Your spouse will get a travel card, and she can fly space available anywhere your airline, or the one who owns you, goes. If your airline is not wholly owned, it may be different. Also, she can get a reduced rate ticket on another airline that flies to a place your's doesn't. It's usually called an ID-90 or ID-75, depending on your agreement with the other airline. Some codeshare parters give each other ID-95's, too. What that means is you can purchase a ticket at 90 percent or 95 percent of the airline's Y fare, which is the highest fare for that segment. These are sometimes a good deal, sometimes not. You can often find a full fare ticket for the same price or just a bit more than the ID-90, so shop around.

I know a first officer who goes to Japan every month to be with his family. It's doable, but she will need a flexible schedule as she may get stuck. If she doesn't work, it should be very possible.

Hope that helps.