New to Nonrev

My partner has been with ASA for a year now, and we are looking to hopefully make an international trip sometime soon. I travel as a Domestic Partner, so we have to pay Imputed Income for my travel. Since we are Delta Connection, we have S3c status on Delta Mainline.

My question is this........:

I dont understand how to figure or know how much my travel will cost to somewhere like London ( which seems, from what I have read on here, to be one of the most expensive destinations ).

Is there a way to know how much we will have to pay before booking our non rev reservations ?

Also, is there tricks as to days of the weeks that are easier for Nonrevs to travel ?

I will appreciate any input...

THANKS !

yes--your employee partner has access to price your ticket. He can book you all the way thru the process without paying to get a fare quote before submitting payment. You're right---LHR is most$$, then LGW for taxes/fees and down the line. Do you pay a yield fare as Domestic Partner or are you treated as spouse?
I'm not sure we have any ASA folks here, but we do have other connection employees. Maybe they can offer more info.

added note:
you can't get imputed income fare ticket prices on travelnet yet--"it's coming to a theatre near you...."

I think it is kind of in between a spouse and yield fare ( although I am really not sure what a yield fare is ).. But for example, we traveled to Ft Lauderdale from Atlanta last year. My partners flight was absolutely free, but from his check, they deducted what is called Imputed Income for my travel, which totalled about 30 dollars. A yield fare was higher than that per the yield fare calculator on Travlenet.

How do you go about telling how much it will actually cost ? When I have booked before, it never gives me an amount. I can tell within 2 days how much it was, because it will list it after the travel is complete on a page called " Imputed Income " page.. But as far as knowing before hand, we cant figure out how to tell. The only calculators offered are Yield fare, buddy pass, and Interline travel..

As I understand it, a spouse's ticket would be absolutely free as well. Am I correct about that ?
Thanks so much !!!

You can find all the info thru your employee partner looking at Deltanet. Go to Domestic Partner section--read thru to bottom as applies to you, then at bottom of page find link for Imputed Income pass travel costs. It's explained as a total base yield fare as taxable income. The example explains ATL/ZUR RT in detail and you apply estimated employee tax bracket to get approx costs. You're just being charged the trip costs as income, not as an actual yield fare.

Calculate imputed income for dom part: domestic travel, multiply miles by $0.036; international $0.0262; travel to/from Alaska/Hawaii, $0.0166.
Hope that helps!

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As I understand it, a spouse's ticket would be absolutely free as well. Am I correct about that ?
Thanks so much !!!

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I may be wrong, but I am almost positive this what I read when Delta made the Domestic Partner rule: Delta considers DP and spouse the same for travel privileges, but the IRS does not. The value of the ticket is considered income and therefore the tax must be paid.

Something similar was posted on Travel Net about DPs using ZED fares. Something along the lines of: While Delta does not make a distinction, not all airlines treat a DP the same as a spouse.

The short answer: Spouses are free domestically, and pay the same as employees for overseas.

I am not sure if all connection carriers are the same but for delta imputed income is based on yield fare, so your domestic partner would get the yield fare added into their taxable income and depending on their tax bracket their check would be this much less. But, not sure if I am correct as a yield fare to FLL is approx $60 and if they are in a 30% tax bracket they should only have approx $18 withheld from their paycheck.

Does your domestic partner's company have a travel manual? If so it should state how the imputed income works.

Tony

As mr767er has said he has access to Deltanet (as all employees anyway), it's all in there.