But there’s always a possibility that that T status doesn’t help if I check in a few minutes after someone else, or if the flight is oversold. I know that once the listing is made and the seat is confirmed, I’ll move from D2 (or D1, if I opt for it) to D2T. SAT doesn’t offer many direct flights (except to hubs like DFW, CLT, and MIA) so in order to get to just about anywhere, I’ll need to add a separate leg. Listing for a flight, say, from my base at SAT to some place like JFK. One of the things I’m most scared about is the uncertainty. I think there’s a pretty steep learning curve with nonrev travel, even just through my own airline. This is super helpful, thank you! I start this week at AA and I’m excited to take advantage of these benefits (in time). I get a seat assignment as soon as I check in online, and can change it freely. Lots of times when I fly KLM, BA, FI, LH, LOT, etc. Lots of them clear your seats up to 30 hours before departure, which is a huge peace of mind. There is also a cool feature these European airlines have. The total cost one-way was like £80 for the ZED on British from LHR-JTR. Still usually worth it: I flew to Greece recently with a ZED on BA from LHR so that I could fly in a lie-flat to LHR on my airline. One cool thing is you can buy say a business class ZED on lots of airlines, for a little more money you can be really comfortable. A ZH LAX-SYD-LAX in economy will run you $378, vs the $80 to stay on your own airline. The airlines come to an agreement together to choose how much to charge each other’s employees. Zed Low, Medium, High, Value and service fee. There are 5 types of ZEDs that I can think of: ZL ZM ZH VAL and SF. A lot of times on short routes the tax is more than the fare. Because there’s a fee for ZED based on distance, you also have to pay all the other taxes associated for departure and arrival. You do get a ton of options on ZED, but it costs a lot more. ZEDs kick in once you’ve been employed for 6 months for most of them, some of them are 3 months apparently, but I haven’t looked in awhile. I used to fly to DUB every few weeks and the total was about $26 each time. The cheapest ones you’ll find are Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain among some others. It’s $0 to SYD, and the $80ish to fly back. So if you’re doing a round trip ORD-SYD-ORD. The most expensive taxes off the top of my head are UK ($170?), France, Germany, ($80ish) and Australia. (There are a couple of countries in the pacific / Caribbean / Asia which do but I can’t remember) This is regardless of cabin you’re seated in for AA. Since there are extremely few countries who assess taxes flying inbound, you’ll almost never have to pay a dime leaving the US to fly to another country. And are there tons of airlines that AA can ZED on?įor international you only pay the applicable departure and customs taxes. What about AA international flights? And can you tell me what those taxes and fees would roughly run? Example would be flights from ORD-CDG and ORD-SYD? Just curious how much those flights actually cost with ZED fairs. But I like that AA benefits are by check-in and not seniority.Īnyways, so can you help me understand ZED a little more, or at least the cost of it? I know with American you don't pay anything for domestic flights. I.E my schedule would be less making it easier to run my own business. Although Unifi would probably be more convenient with fewer flights to the airport. Not really looking at Unifi because I've heard that its next to impossible to get on DL flights because Unifi is D3 passes. An airport local to me has openings with AA and Unifi. I have considered taking a PT job with AA in order to have access to my own non rev benefits. So I have nonrev'd for years on a friends buddy passes.
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