Ual Travel Benefits

[DEWFLY]

What are UAL's travel benefits like for express carriers? What are the rules and prices like?

 

[iflyjetz]

Please be more specific. Are you working for an express partner, or are you wanting to know what benefits United mainline employees have on our express partners?

 

[DEWFLY]

Working for an express partner...

 

[iflyjetz]

You'll travel BP-8C; slightly lower than UAL employees and their companions. As for pricing, I'll give you a couple of routes; let me know if you want any others:
Round trip LAX-AKL (Aukland, New Zealand) First class: $277.58; Business: $225.18; Coach: $126.98.
Round trip LGA-SFO First class: $111.20; Business: $87.84; Coach: $45.20
Round trip LGA-ORD First: $53.34; Business: $42.26; Coach: $26.60

That's the cost for UAL employees; I think that express partners pay the same amount.
Of course, this is space available, so you could sit for a LONG time, based on the latest UAL loads.

 

[Light Years]

You'll travel BP-8C; slightly lower than UAL employees and their companions. As for pricing, I'll give you a couple of routes; let me know if you want any others:
Round trip LAX-AKL (Aukland, New Zealand) First class: $277.58; Business: $225.18; Coach: $126.98.
Round trip LGA-SFO First class: $111.20; Business: $87.84; Coach: $45.20
Round trip LGA-ORD First: $53.34; Business: $42.26; Coach: $26.60

That's the cost for UAL employees; I think that express partners pay the same amount.
Of course, this is space available, so you could sit for a LONG time, based on the latest UAL loads.

:blink:

Love those US Airways benefits....

Anywhere-Anywhere $0.00

 

[DEWFLY]

Thanks!! I agree lightyears, about airways. They, until recently, were the only carrier I had ever worked for. I had no idea what to expect from UAL. Another question...Who can you put on your pass? Parents, spouse, children, domestic partner?

 

[Fly]

Until bankruptcy, it was free for us too. Bummer :down:

 

[Bear96]

Love those US Airways benefits....

Anywhere-Anywhere $0.00

I thought there was an annual fee for employee travel on U, and then upgrading cost quite a bit more? Unless that has changed...

 

[Kev3188]

Until bankruptcy, it was free for us too. Bummer :down:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't it used to be $15.00 each way plus a nominal fee per mile(s)- something like .00005 a mile- for express employees?

 

[Bear96]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't it used to be $15.00 each way plus a nominal fee per mile(s)- something like .00005 a mile- for express employees?

At one point, yes. But for a while until the most recent post-Ch.11 change, it was totally free in all classes of service for the employee and all eligibles. UA was even picking up taxes and security/departure fees, etc. I believe that started approx. some time in 2000, or something like that. Before that it was as you describe. We knew it was too good to last...

 

[Light Years]

Love those US Airways benefits....

Anywhere-Anywhere $0.00

I thought there was an annual fee for employee travel on U, and then upgrading cost quite a bit more? Unless that has changed...

No, that changed a couple of years ago. US Airways employees travel for free on US Airways, US Airways Shuttle, and US Airways Express flights.

There used to be an $80 a year charge for the "Term Pass" and different zones for upgrades, and upgrade prices varied. Thankfully thats no longer.

Now employee coach travel is free. Upgrades to First Class domestically (which includes Carribbean/LatAm) are $20. The company has sent upgrades to employees in the past, like last year when US Airways was the #1 Airline in the Airline Quality Rating.

Transatlantic flights are also free but you do have to pay international tax depending on the country (off the top of my head, the UK works out to under $40 round trip, Italy is about $15 round trip). Upgrades to Envoy Class are $100.

This all applies to US Airways Group employees (US Airways, MidAtlantic Airways, Allegheny Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines and furloughees).

Affiliate Express carrier employees pay $20 per flight. Some of the affiliates pay this for thier employees.

 

[Light Years]

: $277.58; Business: $225.18; Coach: $126.98.
Round trip LGA-SFO First class: $111.20; Business: $87.84; Coach: $45.20
Round trip LGA-ORD First: $53.34; Business: $42.26; Coach: $26.60

That's the cost for UAL employees

Almost $30 for LGA-ORD on your own airline? :down: That is not fair. I feel bad for commuters, that gotta add up, especially these days.

I flew from JFK-ORD on United on an ID95 (was treated very nicely, the ground staff at JFK were so friendly! 🙂 and I could swear it cost about $15... this was at least a year ago when the US-UA alliance started.

 

[iflyjetz]

Almost $30 for LGA-ORD on your own airline? :down: That is not fair. I feel bad for commuters, that gotta add up, especially these days.

Well, that's ROUNDTRIP cost.
Also, active UAL employees have an option of traveling BP-10 (I believe the lowest boarding priority) for free. That's only for active mainline employees (since Dewfly was asking about express partners, that doesn't apply), not furloughees such as myself.
As a furloughee, I am also not eligible to travel on our express partners. For mainline employees, travel on express partners is free.
Also, remember that all of the fares I listed included international taxes (AKL example).

Dewfly, your eligibles should be your parents, wife, children, and in-laws. As for domestic partner, I know nothing of that, but I think that it requires significant documentation.

 

[Light Years]

I do know that United offers a Domestic Partner program. Not sure if its open to both opposite-sex couples as well as same sex couples. US offers it to both, but same sex couples recieve medical, bereavement etc while opposite sex couples dont because they can marry. I guess that stuff wouldnt matter to an Express employee as they are just getting travel, thier own company handles benefits.

I remember a friend at UA getting the DP benefits, and it required the usual- proof of shared residence, proof of shared finances, and a notarized document.

Dewfly, you may also be familiar with the Registered Companion program at US- if you dont have a spouse/domestic partner, you can pick whoever you want to travel for free. I'm not sure if United has a program like that, but if they do it makes more sense for an Express employee and thier partner than applying for DP because UA is only providing the travel side, not benefits.

 

[gatemech]

Well, that's ROUNDTRIP cost.
Also, active UAL employees have an option of traveling BP-10 (I believe the lowest boarding priority) for free. That's only for active mainline employees (since Dewfly was asking about express partners, that doesn't apply), not furloughees such as myself.
As a furloughee, I am also not eligible to travel on our express partners. For mainline employees, travel on express partners is free.
Also, remember that all of the fares I listed included international taxes (AKL example).

Dewfly, your eligibles should be your parents, wife, children, and in-laws. As for domestic partner, I know nothing of that, but I think that it requires significant documentation.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Don't you still pay all the security & other taxes with BP-10? I thought only the service charge was waived with BP-10. The way most flights look I will stay with BP-8.