Nonrev - First Class

[Fly4Free]

I tried flying first class from PHX-SJC but got bumped to coach because I was nonrev. 🙁

Has anyone been able to fly first class nonrev or am I just alone? *sob*

 

[LCC_#1]

I tried flying first class from PHX-SJC but got bumped to coach because I was nonrev. 🙁

Has anyone been able to fly first class nonrev or am I just alone? *sob*

The First Up program has made it very difficult. And I can't blame the agents for promoting it anymore than Cash Cow for the f/a's. Made $450 extra on this paycheck for promoting the Visa Card...professionally...btw.

 

[2clippedwings]

I tried flying first class from PHX-SJC but got bumped to coach because I was nonrev. 🙁

Has anyone been able to fly first class nonrev or am I just alone? *sob*

Recently on a red-eye SAN-CLT on an SA1 with an upgrade. It was great. Especially appreciated the rest because once I got to CLT had to rent a car to DRIVE home to another state because I could not get on....... :down:

 

[Fly4Free]

True, I get $5 for every first class upgrade I book myself.. 🙁

 

[LCC_#1]

True, I get $5 for every first class upgrade I book myself.. 🙁

Is that all? Oh I forgot that is US Airways value for promoting. $50 from BofA's cash cow looks mooooooarvelous!

 

[EricLv2Fish]

I use to get 1st class about 50% of the time. This was especially nice flying from PHX to TPA. Course I only flew on either Sat, Tues, Wed or Thurs.

 

[SegmentKing]

I use to get 1st class about 50% of the time. This was especially nice flying from PHX to TPA. Course I only flew on either Sat, Tues, Wed or Thurs.

I have yet to fly HP first class, but I'm about 33% upgrade ratio on US-East. I've even had a few F seats out of PHX. Although the BEST upgrade was flying back from London, took the "direct" flight all the way to LAS then HP home, got Envoy out of LGW which meant I snagged F in a 757 PHL-LAS

*heh*

I felt bad for all the US1's in coach....

... then I reminded myself of the paycuts and policy changes that have caused my job to suck, then I enjoyed myself for those 4 hours.

 

[PHL]

I felt bad for all the US1's in coach....

... then I reminded myself of the paycuts and policy changes that have caused my job to suck, then I enjoyed myself for those 4 hours.

The bigger question is why weren't any of those US1's in your seat? Are you saying employees are getting the upgrades before elites who fly USAirways for, among other reasons, the unlimited upgrades. They can hardly take advatange of that published benefit if employees are somehow finanglinlg upgrades instead.

And, you know if the paycuts and policy changes have caused your "job to suck", then maybe it's time to look at a differnet line of work. You can be sure there were a few passengers on your flight(s) that also were sitting there thinking how much their job sucks, too. And they were probably sitting in coach.

 

[SegmentKing]

The bigger question is why weren't any of those US1's in your seat? Are you saying employees are getting the upgrades before elites who fly USAirways for, among other reasons, the unlimited upgrades. They can hardly take advatange of that published benefit if employees are somehow finanglinlg upgrades instead.

And, you know if the paycuts and policy changes have caused your "job to suck", then maybe it's time to look at a differnet line of work. You can be sure there were a few passengers on your flight(s) that also were sitting there thinking how much their job sucks, too. And they were probably sitting in coach.

Passengers, both revenue and non-rev, are cleared in same class of service on thru-flights. This has been a practice going on for probably 20 years when airlines started downgaging direct flights.

And, I did transfer to a different job that I love a heck of a lot more.

 

[LCC_#1]

The bigger question is why weren't any of those US1's in your seat? Are you saying employees are getting the upgrades before elites who fly USAirways for, among other reasons, the unlimited upgrades. They can hardly take advatange of that published benefit if employees are somehow finanglinlg upgrades instead.

And, you know if the paycuts and policy changes have caused your "job to suck", then maybe it's time to look at a differnet line of work. You can be sure there were a few passengers on your flight(s) that also were sitting there thinking how much their job sucks, too. And they were probably sitting in coach.

PHL
I think..and I could be wrong..that the agents are not allowed to upgrade FF's that are using a free ticket. I saw this many times when I have flown to Europe. A US1 would try to give us a poor poor story and then the agent had to remind him that he was on a free ticket. Uh, I do believe the points are to actually be used for something. If one chooses not to use the points, then they can always Envoy Up...or whatever its called. That is still a great deal.

Leave Segment King alone. I know where hes coming from. Sucks is probably a strong word but those other passengers in coach also could had Envoyed up..so let him gloat abit

 

[Kev3188]

What's First Class?

 

[SegmentKing]

ya know what, 85% of my posts are "tongue in cheek" and the regulars know that. Some stuff I take very personal (such as boarding the MDA flights as USAirways (and NOT expres), some stuff I joke about (such as our inability to keep consistent policies), and some crap is just that, crap.

Heck, look at my avatar. That's Trevor from the Alaska Airlines commercials for "Sky High Airlines".. he is a customer service agent with CRT's as glasses that tell him what to say at all times... (cause that's what USAir mgt wanted us to do, at one point, or at least it sure felt like that!).



I was talking about my BEST upgrade trip, and its on a route I doubt that ANY employees have ever gotten an upgrade on since the merger.

Many employees do different things to get better seats on a flight, including one friend that flew to GSO (when we had mainline there) from CLT to get on the GSO-LAX flight that made a stop in CLT but had 40 some non-revs on it. Thru flights can be our saviours when trying to get home, just as it was mine.

the thru-flight seating policy is standard across every airline and it is the ONE true non-rev benefit we have remaining as employees as we can't get pulled off during the stop unless it is due to a revenue oversell.

 

[dukeman]

Many employees do different things to get better seats on a flight, including one friend that flew to GSO (when we had mainline there) from CLT to get on the GSO-LAX flight that made a stop in CLT but had 40 some non-revs on it. Thru flights can be our saviours when trying to get home, just as it was mine.

the thru-flight seating policy is standard across every airline and it is the ONE true non-rev benefit we have remaining as employees as we can't get pulled off during the stop unless it is due to a revenue oversell.

So, non-revs might be the only people to like "direct" flights? We FF's try to avoid them like the plague as they typically cut our mileage and/or segment earning.

 

[SegmentKing]

So, non-revs might be the only people to like "direct" flights? We FF's try to avoid them like the plague as they typically cut our mileage and/or segment earning.

Btw Dukeman, your post on FlyerTalk last year regarding Express Boarding Procedures caused some commotion at my station as another employee took credit for thanking Elites by name as they board 🙂

too bad we can't make that part of standard USAirways training!

 

[evprincess]

Before GoFirst came about I had pretty good luck upgrading when I thought I would upgrade. Now, I don't think I've gotten a single upgrade. Envoy used to be the only real chance, however that will change soon enough with GoEnvoy. Sigh.