Questions. And some advice. Question 1: For which airline do you work? Question 2: Does your airline not permit you to check passenger loads so you can determine the best days for flying?

Advice: Ask a colleague to check passenger loads on particular days for you if you are unable to do so.

Also, do not ever, I mean ever, fly non-rev on holiday weekends. And in general, do not fly on weekends as a non-rev. You DO realize, of course, that flying non-rev is dependent upon seat availability? Therefore, do not plan on flying when seats are unlikely to be available.

That said, welcome aboard. My wife and I fly non-rev all over the world. We plan it out carefully, we arrange to fly from home base mid-week and we always, always, have a day or so in hand in case anything untoward occurs.

Case in point: London, one Sunday night recently. I checked the loads on our airline's on-line employee travel center for the next morning's flight from Gatwick to my intended gateway city of PHL. Wide-open. I arrive in the morning with a couple of hours to spare to check in. Whoops, I find the flight is oversold. How did THAT happen? Well, it happened because a couple of busloads of passengers scheduled for an earlier flight arrived late due to the British's capital's notorious traffic. They were bundled aboard the PHL flight and I was bundled off. I came home the next day instead. Of course, I had figured in an extra day just in case. It came in handy.

You'll get lots of good advice on this board. We luv ya.