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<blockquote data-quote="quadro" data-source="post: 668297" data-attributes="member: 12850"><p>And your point is??? Again, the personal discounts are simply a by-product of the business agreements. It's up to each airline to determine their standby procedures. If that puts FedEx employees at the bottom of the list so be it. I'm not sure off the top of my head but do UPS employees get discount travel? If they do, they are no higher or lower on the standby lists than FedEx employees.</p><p></p><p>We can bump those 75% discounted employee shipments if we need to. There is no delivery commitment on them.</p><p></p><p>Airlines have done a much better job of reducing capacity over the last few years in attempts to turn a profit. That absolutely has made standby travel much harder. Not just for NRSA travel but also for their own paying customers who want to change flights.</p><p></p><p>If you use the free tools that are out there to check loads on flights, you can definitely improve your chances of successfully using a non-rev ticket. Keep in mind that often times the discounted ticket is as much and sometimes more than a confirmed ticket and not worth buying.</p><p></p><p>80% of flights might be overbooked but 80% of them are not oversold which means that they go out with at least an empty seat or two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quadro, post: 668297, member: 12850"] And your point is??? Again, the personal discounts are simply a by-product of the business agreements. It's up to each airline to determine their standby procedures. If that puts FedEx employees at the bottom of the list so be it. I'm not sure off the top of my head but do UPS employees get discount travel? If they do, they are no higher or lower on the standby lists than FedEx employees. We can bump those 75% discounted employee shipments if we need to. There is no delivery commitment on them. Airlines have done a much better job of reducing capacity over the last few years in attempts to turn a profit. That absolutely has made standby travel much harder. Not just for NRSA travel but also for their own paying customers who want to change flights. If you use the free tools that are out there to check loads on flights, you can definitely improve your chances of successfully using a non-rev ticket. Keep in mind that often times the discounted ticket is as much and sometimes more than a confirmed ticket and not worth buying. 80% of flights might be overbooked but 80% of them are not oversold which means that they go out with at least an empty seat or two. [/QUOTE]
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