SWA travel

[Old School 737]

How does the travel bennie work for a non SWA guy and his family? I thought it was something like 35 bucks to get a non-rev pass for you / spouse / kids / and parents? But I was talking to a SWA gate agent and she said that its actually free and that its my company that is charging the fee since I have to go to our ticket counter to get the pass before going to the gate. She said its free to all the airlines they have agreements with (all but United and one other I think she said) and its the individual airlines imposing the fees to their employees. She said she and her husband rode on us ( Alaska ) for free.

 

[Skybus]

WRONG!!. Perhaps as a CSA they enjoy additional benefits through their station and LOCAL pass agreement. I believe the only pass agreement we offer is 50 bucks round trip,l For that we can enjoy the "generous" ID90 based on some ficticious overinflated fare that NOBODY pays. Years ago an ID90 on Continental R/T to Bali was $640. Wow where can I sign up for that and have the pleasure of flying standby.

 

[GuppyWN]

Skybus is right. There are several "local" agreements that station personell get that are not available to flight crew. SWA charges $50 round trip per person - but I would advise against it from this coming weekend through about labor day.

Gup

 

[Tejas-Jet]

How does the travel bennie work for a non SWA guy and his family? I thought it was something like 35 bucks to get a non-rev pass for you / spouse / kids / and parents? But I was talking to a SWA gate agent and she said that its actually free and that its my company that is charging the fee since I have to go to our ticket counter to get the pass before going to the gate. She said its free to all the airlines they have agreements with (all but United and one other I think she said) and its the individual airlines imposing the fees to their employees. She said she and her husband rode on us ( Alaska ) for free.

Your best bet...go to the Travel office at your airline....they'll give you the straight poop.

 

[igneousy2]

I'm not sure what the question is...Most passes are handled by your own company.

 

[Old School 737]

My question is, is my company taking the 35 or 50 bucks or whatever it is for themselves when SWA gives it free? After reading one of the other responses I do remember hearing about those stations agreements but why is it limited to station people only?

 

[igneousy2]

My question is, is my company taking the 35 or 50 bucks or whatever it is for themselves when SWA gives it free? After reading one of the other responses I do remember hearing about those stations agreements but why is it limited to station people only?

They can have their station agreements...I'll keep the jumpseat. Seems fair.