Delta thanks employees with positive space passes.

[BABABOOY]

As a "thank you"to Delta's entire family for their hard work recovering from the worldwide outage last week, today Delta has announced two positive space passes for every Delta employee​ to any destination they serve with Delta aircraft. More information is available on Delta Net.

 

[robbedagain]

thats terrific  congrats to all the delta folks   esp during the outages   

 

[WeAAsles]

Impressive. The employees absolutely earned it.

 

[jcw]

This is a great touch - nice way of thanking folks for their efforts

 

[Kev3188]

...and getting them to forget about it...

 

[WeAAsles]

...and getting them to forget about it...

Good point. But sometimes you also need to not look that gift horse in the mouth. The single employee can have him or herself a nice little adventure with that guaranteed seat.

A few days sightseeing in Paris could be very nice.

 

[Kev3188]

Couples can too. Families are sorta SOL.

Paris is awesome.

 

[WeAAsles]

Couples can too. Families are sorta SOL.
Paris is awesome.

I thought it was (1) round trip?

 

[Kev3188]

It is. Two positive space round trip tickets...

 

[lpbrian]

Are these taxed? Sounds like they will be very restrictive as to when you can use them.

 

[WeAAsles]

It is. Two positive space round trip tickets...

So it's two meaning you can also take your significant other. Again I think it's a nice gesture that should be appreciated. Do you know yet if there are any restrictions or do they have an expiration date?

 

[WeAAsles]

Are these taxed? Sounds like they will be very restrictive as to when you can use them.

I'm sure they'll have to add value to your gross income. They're probably required to do that by law?

 

[Kev3188]

So it's two meaning you can also take your significant other.

Yes. That's why I noted couples would be in good shape further up the thread.
 

Do you know yet if there are any restrictions or do they have an expiration date?

They haven't posted any specific restrictions. In the past, they have been restricted to booking in the "T" class fare bucket, which can make finding a connecting flight more difficult. I hope that changes for this one, but if not, I'll just get creative.

For taxes, there's been no mention of imputed income, so I can't say for sure if there will be or not.

I'm sure departure taxes/excise fees will have to be paid for by the employee, though?

I'd have to watch the video from our CEO again, but IIRC, they don't expire until a year after you retire...

 

[eolesen]

Reserved space for personal travel is always taxable, Kev.

Nice gesture, though.

 

[topDawg]

...and getting them to forget about it...

 
agreed. 
 
Hopefully the company will also put money into the extra staffing and training nee.......hahaha. nah just more stock buy backs.