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I was trying to go from LAX to Cancun the other day on Alaska Air #240. The flight originates in Seattles, stops and unloads in Los Angeles, then reloads and heads on to Cancun. There was one seat left and the gate agent had to give it to a guest pass pax who originated in Seattle. I think its a stange policy but it evidently came about to protect non-rev passengers traveling on flights through Alaska. Also, under this policy, a non-rev passenger from another airline would still get priority over an Alaska employee or dependent trying to get on in the stop-over city. (Another F/A told me how she tried to get her family of 4 from LAX to Cancun last years but was bumped by a NW family of five who originated in Seattle.) Does any other airline have a similar policy?
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We do at Continental but the way I understand it is the thru flight only applies to Continental Employees and Family. It doesn't apply to Buddy Passes unless they are traveling with an employee or someone in their JA. I have been affected by this in HNL when family members of an employee are placed in front of employees traveling to IAH because they started with the flight in GUA. However if they don't make the thru flight they go back to their original pass classification when they are listed on the next flight.
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I've never experienced this, however, I've heard that on DL, if you start with the flight in city A, through city B, onto city C, that you are placed at the top of the list for your priority in city B. For instance, a buddy pass starting in A will be the first buddy pass to clear in B, but will not bump any employees as the top of their priority is below the bottom of employees priority.
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AA - Through/connecting pax have priority over "local" pax in same classification.
I've benefited from "connecting" boarding priority quite a lot.....what can I say, I live in LA. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...#>/biggrin.gif
