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I'm not sure how many airlines are left that still issue employees buddy passes in the sense that Southwest does (a free non rev travel pass that can be given to anyone and has no specific travel date), but if there are any out there, perhaps you'd be interested in swapping a pass or 2 with me. I have Southwest buddy passes and would like to trade with someone from another airline..
Your buddy passes are free to the user? I'd be happy to swap but ours (Alaska Airlines) require a fare of 10% of the full Y fare.
Yeah they're free. They just give them to us quarterly and they're good for any destination and can be given to anyone, good for 1 year from date of issue.. All you have to do is call the 800 number on the back and list.
Are your passes not unlike an ID90 then? I can already get on Alaska for $60.00 roundtrip + Tax.
Yes, Alaska guest passes are like an ID90 ticket. They are great for our nonpass eligible family and friends but not so much for other airline employees. I would love it if ours were free but, hey, we get a lot of them every year! http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...#>/biggrin.gif
Yeah, ours are the same (NW) and are limited to travel either to the employee's home, or meeting up with the employee at a third destination.
Really, really restrictive. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e..._DIR#>/sad.gif
We don't get buddy passes sorry http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e..._DIR#>/sad.gif
We don't get any... i wish we did as i love using those purple passes! There used to be a website swatrade.com where people could list tickets they won on interline carriers that they wanted to trade for purples (reds back then) or greens. I tried to look the site up but it redirects now. Maybe talk to someone at HDQ or the Pass Bureau? Heaps of ppl win those tix and want to trade, they just don't know who to trade with...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (num1bearsfan @ Nov 5 2008, 03:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>num1bearsfan,Quote:
Yeah they're free. They just give them to us quarterly and they're good for any destination and can be given to anyone, good for 1 year from date of issue.. All you have to do is call the 800 number on the back and list.
Are your passes not unlike an ID90 then? I can already get on Alaska for $60.00 roundtrip + Tax.[/b]
You better check your paycheck. I don't think WN buddy passes are free anymore (they were until a couple of years ago). From what I understand, WN employee's pay for each pass they accept (either $20 or $40) to cover any fringe benefit tax liabilities. Employees can choose to accept 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 passes per quarter.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AA ZED @ Nov 13 2008, 01:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>Quote:
num1bearsfan,
You better check your paycheck. I don't think WN buddy passes are free anymore (they were until a couple of years ago). From what I understand, WN employee's pay for each pass they accept (either $20 or $40) to cover any fringe benefit tax liabilities. Employees can choose to accept 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 passes per quarter.[/b]
Yes and no.. The way it works is due to a tax issue, the passes had to start being reported as taxable income and thus had to be given a value. The company determined that the passes are worth $40 each. So what happens is, each time passes are distributed they add $40 additional per pass to the gross pay of each check and then deduct it at the same time. They do this so that we can pay the income tax on the $40. So we don't actually PAY that $40 per pass, we pay the income tax on $40... It's negligible.
Hey, i also work for southwest and am looking to trade buddy passes with someone. I was wondering if you found anyone who was interested, that would help me out alot. Thankyou!
Kevin
We get alot of buddy passes, but they run 100 dollars each way CONUS.
Kevin, be advised that "buddy pass" seems to mean something completely different at other airlines.. Other airlines usually charge a significant amount for them and they typically need to be ordered with the destination intended up front, unlike ours that are generic and can be used for whatever, whenever.
I didn't know this at first either.
Basically we don't really have any use for other airline's buddy passes because they are no better than a ZED or ID90, which we already get through our own pass bureau.
Need CO buddy pass ASAP
Kevin, what do you need a CO buddy pass for? Did you receive my PM?
The only reason I could see why anybody would want to "TRADE" buddy passes is because their airline does not go to foreign terminals. SWA doesn't fly abroad that I know of, whereas CO does. A one to one trade of a buddy pass would be a lopsided trade off, beneficial to the SWA guy but not to the CO guy because BUDDY PASSES at CO cost more traveling overseas than CONUS buddy passes. Significantly more.
Yeah but why a buddy pass? Would he not be just as well off with a ZED ticket?
He probably wants to fly somewhere that WN does not go to and wants to take a friend along.
Sure, he could get a ZED but his friend can't.