Nonrev boarding priority
12-20-2022, 11:00 AM
#12
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So you technically were not a pre-board but the ops agent thought they were doing you a favor. FA assumes you are a pre-board, and there are restrictions on where they can sit. Probably could have just explained you were on a paid ticket and they'd have let you sit where you wanted.
Speaking of early boarding spots... are the wheelchair numbers especially high this year, or is it just the legs I'm flying (*cough SJU cough*)?
12-20-2022, 11:03 AM
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Where do these "restrictions" come from? I've heard it's an FAA rule, but that makes no sense to me. Seems more like it would be a company policy to keep those seats open for folks who pay for the earlier boarding spots.
Speaking of early boarding spots... are the wheelchair numbers especially high this year, or is it just the legs I'm flying (*cough SJU cough*)?
Speaking of early boarding spots... are the wheelchair numbers especially high this year, or is it just the legs I'm flying (*cough SJU cough*)?
generally preboards are minors and disabled and can’t sit in the exit rows. Jumpseaters just get lumped into the phraseology by non-thinkers. The best people to have in the exits is qualified crew-members but SWA…
12-20-2022, 12:51 PM
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No. We do not pay anything to fly on our own metal or have any sort of enrollment in a nonrev program. We do get imputed income quarterly on either buddy passes or rapid rewards points that can be used for revenue travel.
The company also runs a rewards program that issues points (SWAG) that can be converted into rapid rewards or a variety of other things. That is also imputed.
The company also runs a rewards program that issues points (SWAG) that can be converted into rapid rewards or a variety of other things. That is also imputed.
12-20-2022, 12:55 PM
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Where do these "restrictions" come from? I've heard it's an FAA rule, but that makes no sense to me. Seems more like it would be a company policy to keep those seats open for folks who pay for the earlier boarding spots.
Speaking of early boarding spots... are the wheelchair numbers especially high this year, or is it just the legs I'm flying (*cough SJU cough*)?
Speaking of early boarding spots... are the wheelchair numbers especially high this year, or is it just the legs I'm flying (*cough SJU cough*)?
SJU to anywhere.
PBI to anywhere north.
It's amazing what some folks will go through to not pay $20 for early bird.
12-20-2022, 04:08 PM
#16
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No. We do not pay anything to fly on our own metal or have any sort of enrollment in a nonrev program. We do get imputed income quarterly on either buddy passes or rapid rewards points that can be used for revenue travel.
The company also runs a rewards program that issues points (SWAG) that can be converted into rapid rewards or a variety of other things. That is also imputed.
The company also runs a rewards program that issues points (SWAG) that can be converted into rapid rewards or a variety of other things. That is also imputed.
12-20-2022, 04:29 PM
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12-20-2022, 06:34 PM
#18
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they can get benefits if you go committed partner and fly for free. Companion can satisfy committed partner minus the made up SW requirements.
12-20-2022, 09:44 PM
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Which is funny, because the number of available wheelchair pushers has been inversely proportional to the increase in wheelchairs. I get that we contract that function out to the lowest bidder, but dear lord.
SJU to anywhere.
PBI to anywhere north.
It's amazing what some folks will go through to not pay $20 for early bird.
SJU to anywhere.
PBI to anywhere north.
It's amazing what some folks will go through to not pay $20 for early bird.
12-20-2022, 11:24 PM
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