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<blockquote data-quote="ManInBrown" data-source="post: 1128129" data-attributes="member: 46614"><p>Having access to the standby tickets while working at Express was the one benefit I actually enjoyed. Used it probably 3 or 4 times a year. Basically 80 bucks roundtrip anywhere you want to go in the US. Used to be even cheaper but Express raised the price to be able to profit off of it a little more then they did in the past. Used to be you just paid the taxes and fees which was about 40 roundtrip. Now it's 2 separate charges. One is FedEx travel processing fee. The other is for the actual ticket. You can also fly intl but not sure of the exact price. It was a great benefit. As far as you being able to "finagle better deals on your own". Not possible. I used to check the full fare ticket every time I flew somewhere standby. Anywhere from 350-800 round trip. It's the one thing about working at Express I will miss. Many employees that use it also don't know this little trick. No need to wait in the regular flyer security line. You can flash your FedEx ID and go thru the airline employee security check. And I don't get your "free load" comment. It's not freeloading. It's standby. Full fare paying customers get seats before standby people do. Not really that hard of a concept. Do you know how many travelers would give there left n*t to have access to $80.00 standby tickets to fly anywhere they want?</p><p></p><p>Of course the whole thing is kind of a double edge sword for Express employees. Access to standby tickets because Fred pays off the politicians to have Express classified as an airline. LOL. So that keeps our wages in the gutter. But hey. Cheap airline tickets. LOL. Made the switch to UPS. If all works out and I eventually land a permanent FT driver spot then I could actually afford a full fare plane ticket. Imagine that</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ManInBrown, post: 1128129, member: 46614"] Having access to the standby tickets while working at Express was the one benefit I actually enjoyed. Used it probably 3 or 4 times a year. Basically 80 bucks roundtrip anywhere you want to go in the US. Used to be even cheaper but Express raised the price to be able to profit off of it a little more then they did in the past. Used to be you just paid the taxes and fees which was about 40 roundtrip. Now it's 2 separate charges. One is FedEx travel processing fee. The other is for the actual ticket. You can also fly intl but not sure of the exact price. It was a great benefit. As far as you being able to "finagle better deals on your own". Not possible. I used to check the full fare ticket every time I flew somewhere standby. Anywhere from 350-800 round trip. It's the one thing about working at Express I will miss. Many employees that use it also don't know this little trick. No need to wait in the regular flyer security line. You can flash your FedEx ID and go thru the airline employee security check. And I don't get your "free load" comment. It's not freeloading. It's standby. Full fare paying customers get seats before standby people do. Not really that hard of a concept. Do you know how many travelers would give there left n*t to have access to $80.00 standby tickets to fly anywhere they want? Of course the whole thing is kind of a double edge sword for Express employees. Access to standby tickets because Fred pays off the politicians to have Express classified as an airline. LOL. So that keeps our wages in the gutter. But hey. Cheap airline tickets. LOL. Made the switch to UPS. If all works out and I eventually land a permanent FT driver spot then I could actually afford a full fare plane ticket. Imagine that [/QUOTE]
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