Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel by Kerwin Mckenzie
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McKenzie Ultimate Guides: A Guide to Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel By Kerwin McKenzie McKenzie Ultimate Guides: Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel Copyright Normal copyright laws are in effect for use of this document. You are allowed to make an unlimited number of verbatim copies of this document for individual personal use. This includes making electronic copies and creating paper copies. As this exception only applies to individual personal use, this means that you are not allowed to sell or distribute, for free or at a charge paper or electronic copies of this document. You are also not allowed to forward or distribute copies of this document to anyone electronically or in paper form. Mass production of paper or electronic copies and distribution of these copies is not allowed. If you wish to purchase this document please go to: http://www.passrider.com/passrider-guides. First published May 6, 2005. Revised May 10, 2005. Revised October 25, 2009. Revised February 3, 2010. Revised October 28, 2011. Revised November 26 2011. Revised October 18 2013. © 2013 McKenzie Ultimate Guides. All Rights Reserved. www.passrider.com © 2013 – MUG:NRSA Page 1 McKenzie Ultimate Guides: Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel Table of Contents Copyright ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 About the Author ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Chapter 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Other Airlines’ Policies and Procedures ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 Chapter 3 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Getting your Tickets; Prepare to be Bumped! .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Discount Airfares ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Chapter 4 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Documentation .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Chapter 5 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Chapter 6 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Before You Go ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Chapter 7 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Lodging ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Airport/ Airline Lounges ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Chapter 10 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Safety ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Chapter 11 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Make Friends .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Appendix ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Airline Directory (Africa – Asia) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Airline Directory (The Caribbean – Europe) ................................................................................................................................................ 36 Airline Directory (Europe) ................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Airline Directory (Middle East – North America) ...................................................................................................................................... 38 Airline Directory (The Pacific – South America) ........................................................................................................................................ 39 Online TraVel Agency Directory ......................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Rail Directory ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 www.passrider.com © 2013 – MUG:NRSA Page 2 McKenzie Ultimate Guides: Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel About the Author Kerwin is a commercial aviation enthusiast living in the United States. He has worked in the airline industry for 16.5 years. He holds a Masters degree in Aeronautical Sciences from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University known as the “Harvard of the Skies.” He still remembers his first airplane flight in the summer of 1974 as if it were yesterday. His flight was on a Cessna SkyMaster from the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston, Jamaica, to Boscobel, Jamaica, lasting a little under two hours. He was elated as his dream to fly on an airplane had finally come true! His first commercial airplane flight was during the summer of 1980 on BWIA (now Caribbean Airlines), from Kingston, Jamaica to Fort-de-France, Martinique. He spent 17 days there as a French Exchange student. On his way back, he stopped in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, for two days. In a typical year, he flies about 350,000 miles so he’s almost always on the road visiting friends and family. www.passrider.com © 2013 – MUG:NRSA Page 3 McKenzie Ultimate Guides: Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel Dedication This volume is dedicated to my loving grandmother, Florence McKenzie nee McKnight who passed away on December 20, 2004 at the age of 96 years young. She made me who I am today; thanks Mama. The volume is also dedicated to my grandaunt, Elizabeth McKnight who turned 104 years old in May, 2013. www.passrider.com © 2013 – MUG:NRSA Page 4 McKenzie Ultimate Guides: Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel Acknowledgements Thanks to everyone who provided support and input. www.passrider.com © 2013 – MUG:NRSA Page 5 McKenzie Ultimate Guides: Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel We Want to Hear from You! If you have any comments, please go to http://www.passrider.com/contact-us, we want to hear from you. www.passrider.com © 2013 – MUG:NRSA Page 6 McKenzie Ultimate Guides: Non-Revenue (Airline Staff) Travel Chapter 1 Your Airline’s Pass Travel Program If you are familiar with your airline’s pass travel program, you have won half the battle of flying space available; the other half is actually getting on the flights once you’ve made a decision. Your familiarity helps you to plan routings and maximize your dollars and travel time. For example, if you know that you have a zonal program (ZED) with one carrier as opposed to an ID90 or a service charge with another, then this may influence your decision on the carrier