ITRADE
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Does a car seat count as a bag if it is checked? Or is that an "assitive" device?
ED20 CHECKED BAG FEE!
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lildutchgrl
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If I was traveling on an ED20, I would print this out and when told I needed to pay to check my bag I would show this memo and state, "I'm an employee and this states I am exempt from the fees." It does not state a difference between non revving and buying a ticket. It states employees are exempt, period.
Here's something interesting. My husband turned in his miles for a ticket for my mom to visit my sister. He is a chairmans preferred. When she printed her boarding pass, she was listed as zone 1 and was not charged the bag charge. I thought that was interesting.
ITRADE
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Thats because US elites are not charged for first or second bag fees (assuming they meet the weight requirements).
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Actually, that is kind of dishonest. Why should you get to take your liquids through security just because your a crew member but not working. Not Cool.
1) They should change "Employees and Depenedents" to include traveling on nonrev tickets. Even though you are technically an employee because you work for the company, ED20s are REVENUE tickets and no other "nonrev" rules are followed when you BUY a ticket. You pay ALL fees associated with having a revenue ticket and receive all benefits such as denied compensation,etc. . They should change this part of the Q&A, agreed.
2) When the FF reservation was made, they input your husbands FF number to show what account to have the miles deducted from, but they didnt do it right leaving his mileage number and status in the record. That is why she got a Zone 1 to board.
3) A car seat or stroller does not count as a bag, unless you check in at the kiosk and say you are checking X amount of bags, including said item. If you do use the kiosk, just check the number of actual bags you have and when an agent comes to tag them, just advise them that you also have a car seat to tag and they will generate another tag for you. The agent shows that it is a car seat/stroller, etc and it is documented in your record and a report is sent to the manager at the end of the day showing all the items waived and which agent sine waived them. If you have to wait for someone to finish before helping you this might be a reason. We are documenting the heck out of the records right now because of the way the system is set up with "waivers" vs items that shouldnt be charged in the first place.
2) When the FF reservation was made, they input your husbands FF number to show what account to have the miles deducted from, but they didnt do it right leaving his mileage number and status in the record. That is why she got a Zone 1 to board.
3) A car seat or stroller does not count as a bag, unless you check in at the kiosk and say you are checking X amount of bags, including said item. If you do use the kiosk, just check the number of actual bags you have and when an agent comes to tag them, just advise them that you also have a car seat to tag and they will generate another tag for you. The agent shows that it is a car seat/stroller, etc and it is documented in your record and a report is sent to the manager at the end of the day showing all the items waived and which agent sine waived them. If you have to wait for someone to finish before helping you this might be a reason. We are documenting the heck out of the records right now because of the way the system is set up with "waivers" vs items that shouldnt be charged in the first place.
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I spoke to the refund department and WAS reimbursed my checked bag fees because the flight cancelled....so i am happy, however it won't happen again...i know these oil prices are hitting everyone very hard including us usairways lowly paid ee....i am happy i have a job but i will not be paying the 15 dollar fee again..I also have to find ways to "cut cost". that being said...so i am leaving ths alone. I will not utilize anymore ed 20 quote "20% discount" because in reality it does not exist, when you give it back in these checked bag fee.
I heard during the big "state of the airline" thing they had online last week that ed20s WERE charged a checked bag fee. Now, you could in theory buy an ed20 and also list yourself as a nonrev and check the bags under the nonrev listing for no charge......
YVINTERN
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Of course we could but why add a "work around" to deal with this crap from Tempe...this is an "ad absurdum" argument 🙂
Its a 20% discount on a CONFIRMED seat. It is a good perk, especially with some of the fares out there. Personally, it would be nice to be able to check the bag, upgrade, etc as a nonrev and fly confirmed, but if you want that, you get the benefits of that perk (no guarantee you're going.) If you cant figure out how not to get charged for the bag, then maybe you deserve to pay? :wacko: :blink: It's not rocket science here.
jimntx
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Would that work? If LCC is anything like AA, it wouldn't. Nonrev bags are tagged as such and are not loaded on the a/c until the system shows that the nonrev has been issued a boarding pass. I doubt the gate would allow you to board on a revenue ticket and then waste a seat by showing a boarding pass for your nonrev listing also.
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Its no longer about the 20% discount is about misrepresentation in the language written that YOU yourself admitted should not have been written...its not about beating the systems, it working within the system...you keep mentioning there is a way around the system maybe you should share your PERKS...I know I can get by but what PERK you use that you don't deserve to pay like the rest of us...as far as tickets prices UsAirways prices are always higher then other airlines so being on a CONFIRMED seat makes no deference to me when I can be CONFIRMED on another airline and dont have to pay the fees. I always believed in supporting our airline which is why i chose to use MY hard earn money to spend it here. So i will chose, as a consumer, to bypass UsAirways fares and fly another airline. Now THAT doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out. I did not come on to squabble with you i just wanted to share my experience. So please use your rocket scientist, college degree of wonderful knowledge on something else, don't waste it on dead air. Whats done is done its over!!!! I got my money back and now know that if I chose to fly as a full fair passenger i will be subjected to the bags fees.
Yes it would work, just don't have the the agent at the tkt counter put the standby tag on your bag. If they do, tell the gate agent to let the ramp know your bags were standby and to put them on the plane. The ramp doesn't look to see if a seat has been issued, they ask the gate agent if the standbys got on (and if you didn't have a standby tag on your bag it would get on without question).
Just a word of caution, you might want to check page 31/32 of the Employee Handbook before attempting this.
YVINTERN
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Checking Now...Is this for the 2006 or 2008 edition?
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The one with the 1-800-B-A-NARK phone #.
