Mesaba new hires
12-02-2008, 09:44 AM
#5022
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
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That's correct, even step parents if that's the case. Not brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc though... Hopefully that cleared it up. You do have "buddy" passes for those instances, I believe you're limited to 8 a year and you must travel with the individual in order to use them.
12-02-2008, 10:15 AM
#5023
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That's correct, even step parents if that's the case. Not brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc though... Hopefully that cleared it up. You do have "buddy" passes for those instances, I believe you're limited to 8 a year and you must travel with the individual in order to use them.
12-02-2008, 10:47 AM
#5024
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: SAAB
Posts: 300
Nope not at Mesaba. Some yahoo at NWA was selling their buddy passes on ebay and screwed it up for the rest of us. At Mesaba the buddy must travel with employee on the plane.
12-02-2008, 10:51 AM
#5025
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12-02-2008, 11:03 AM
#5026
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: Stage Left
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That's correct, even step parents if that's the case. Not brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc though... Hopefully that cleared it up. You do have "buddy" passes for those instances, I believe you're limited to 8 a year and you must travel with the individual in order to use them.
Parents
The term Parents shall include mother/father/step-father/step-mother of the employee. In-laws are not eligible. Only the parents of the active employee are eligible to travel on passes and reduced rates. In the case of adoptions the adoption must have taken place prior to the employee reaching 18 years of age.
12-02-2008, 11:07 AM
#5027
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 47
I can only imagine that our travel benefits will improve. I just wonder when. I hear they are leaps and bounds better than they used to be. The one thing i will miss is being able to choose your seat on an empty flight and getting issued a boarding pass at the kiosk.
12-02-2008, 11:33 AM
#5028
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Spouse, Children: Free travel
Step-parents: Also qualify as parents. (i.e. both step parents AND biological parents can get the reduced travel benefits)
Buddy passes: The person MUST travel with the employee on ANY leg. 16 one way passes per year.
Designated travel companion: 16 one way passes in addition to the buddy passes. Can travel without employee. Travel companion can be designated ONLY if a domestic partner has not been designated (according to the website). I can double check.
12-02-2008, 11:38 AM
#5030
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Yeah it does kind of suck but it kind of makes sense in a way. Last year i got a buddy pass on U.S. Airways and i watched on two different occasions where the buddy was told that they may not have a seat and they went crazy on the gate agent. "my cousin said i got a seat in first class" and on and on. It was embarrassing. The worst thing was is this guy ended up getting a seat and i watched the plane leave.
You have to be an idiot to rely on a buddy pass on high peak travel periods. The gate agent was actually cracking up at the girl's stupidity. I was waiting for my flight. This girl went back and forth four times to the gate agent, insisting on getting a seat. The gate agent shook her head in disbelief, smiling at the girl's ignorance.
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