Thread: soon to be non rev needs some advice

Originally Posted by 29palms

Great gesture, however I doubt you will get any takers on this idea. Reason being that most here are not willing to risk handing out buddy passes to complete strangers being its risky. If a buddy passer happens to lose it, gets mad about something, the buddy pass giver risks his travel priveledges. Even if you pay for the buddy pass. If its a friend or someone you know and the know the buddy rider, that may be a different story. I would consider greyhounding him from GL Illinois to SD. That's probably the cheapest way. I am not speaking for everyone here but I can feel the negativeness of the buddy pass situation from years of posting here. Most use them for either family members that are not eligible pass riders or friends that they really know.

I agree with 29palms. The buddy is a reflection on emp/retiree. I saw this just last month while I was in FLL. Two 'buddies' in the waiting area, missing getting on 2 flights. Making a little bit of a pest out of themelves to the gate agent. When they're on their cell phones talking about how pissed off they are about the situation, you can tell who they are (S4), with not a lot a training about how this system works by their DL friend. They did get on finally with the last flight of the day, as did I.