Could be wrong, but I was of the understanding it is illegal to display your asic unless you are on duty and it is required for your duty. If it isn't illegal, poncing around the airport with your asic swinging from your neck trying to get 2 bucks off your coffee certainly should be!
There are different types of ASIC and AVID cards. Retail staff at airports seem to have different types.
Pilot ASIC cards are different because they include your ARN.
. There are 2 types/colours. The grey coloured ASIC is for landside only. The Red ASIC is for Airside. Pilots would have the red card. They are not "different". It is the same card with the same authority as OPs staff, refuelers, engineers and anyone else with a VALID reason to be airside. Retail staff would not have a valid reason to be airside and would be issued with the grey cards.
I have never been upgraded when checking in and using my ASIC as ID. I have been upgraded a few time when self checking in (and once got bumped up to the jumpseat of a 76. It was not as fun as it sounds).
and yes, grrowler, is correct. It is actually illegal to use your ASIC for a purpose other then what its intended to be used for. If you happen to be wearing one in uniform at the airport while on duty and the nice lady at Dome gives you a discount, then thats your fortune.
As far as I am aware you are only allowed to wear it when you have a 'legal' reason to be in that area for the requirement to have an ASIC. IE you don't have to wear one in the terminal if your not operational crew, so you don't need it. To get the discount in the terminal simply show it out of your pocket before ordering, I would not be wearing it around in customs controlled areas without a valid reason! Duty free in BN at least has a 10% discount for the ASIC, but gives 20% if 'operational crew', used to give the latter to everyone but obviously was impacting too much when everyone with an ASIC was using it!
The airlines consider them 'valid' ID in terms of identification, so certainly does not hurt in showing it to ID yourself for checkin, and may help with getting an emerg exit. Keg esp if you were in uniform, Virgin does seem to like to put especially Cabin and Tech Crew in emergency exits, simply for the basis of their EP training and backgrounds, which makes sense from a safety perspective.
The reason they give the cabin and tech crew the exit rows isn't because they're being nice. It's their lame way of "looking after" you for fatigue, as you will usually be operating the next sector. And rest assured, if the flight is full, and the paying customers have all booked and paid for blue zone seats, then the crew miss out.
Hmmmmm I get annoyed when I have to do written test for ASICs. Looking at some of the comments here shows a few people might need to re sit those exams before they lose their ASICs and probably their jobs.
Porch, Puff, there's no way I'm travelling DJ or J* in uniform. It certainly wasn't duty travel. It was 'leisure' travel (of sorts) and I specifically asked for the exit row on the basis that it makes sense to have someone there who has half a clue as opposed to a half tanked began with no idea.
I used my ASIC 10 minutes ago on checkin at Jetstar Hobart and instead of golden service I got a golden shower. Too early for check-in and was told that the Qantas club now closes in Hobart at 5pm or when the last QANTAS flight leaves. Sucked in when I read in the conditions that I can use the Qantas club when flying on Jetstar, after all I booked through the Qantas website. To add to that rant, last night I flew on Qantas specifically because they were serving dinner on the 7:55 pm flight, we were then 50 minutes late and they served a stale sandwich for "supper." LAME Qantas and I'm not talking about your mechanics.
On the positive side I just got a discount of $1.34 on my Chicken Parma burger and 5 fruits Goulburn Valley juice totalling $12.06 from 1848 Espresso Bar Hobart Airport, thanks guys
My point wasn't about what people got when they are out of uniform. It was adressing the post that surmised VA crew "got looked after". Generally, the only way you'd know they were crew is that they would be in uniform. So I can see where the assumption comes from. Simply correcting a misconception, nothing more.
P.S Have to say Keg, you used "makes sense", and aviation in the same post. I have to ask, how long have you been flying? (It's a rhetorical question mate, I know the answer!)
I used my ASIC 10 minutes ago on checkin at Jetstar Hobart and instead of golden service I got a golden shower. Too early for check-in and was told that the Qantas club now closes in Hobart at 5pm or when the last QANTAS flight leaves. Sucked in when I read in the conditions that I can use the Qantas club when flying on Jetstar, after all I booked through the Qantas website. To add to that rant, last night I flew on Qantas specifically because they were serving dinner on the 7:55 pm flight, we were then 50 minutes late and they served a stale sandwich for "supper." LAME Qantas and I'm not talking about your mechanics.
On the positive side I just got a discount of $1.34 on my Chicken Parma burger and 5 fruits Goulburn Valley juice totalling $12.06 from 1848 Espresso Bar Hobart Airport, thanks guys
So you payed Jetstar and you're pissed off that QF didn't provide a full lounge service. Perhaps we need to rewind back several years and review the threads about Jetstar offloading costs to QF??
I'm all for freedom of choice, Porch. But if you want QF Lounge, book QANTAS. You know the deal.
Must say that QF need to more clearly 'announce' when they are feeding people dinner.
As I see it now, they don't serve anyone dinner unless in Business
They serve some random combination of Carrot and egg between small slices of bread, and call it dinner. Wonder if the head of catering eats that for dinner when he gets home
If QF serve that, that's fine - but don't call it dinner. Call it a 'snack' at best
As a Jetstar customer you are entitled to use the lounge. I booked a Qantas flight through the Qantas website which was on a Jetstar aircraft and some $70 more for the same flight.
Hobart specifically now closes their lounge at 5pm, presumably as a cost-cutting measure.
What also happened recently was my Qantas flight was cancelled and intended up on a Jetstar flight that cost half as much, but alas the lounge was open late in Devonport.
It's all in the terms and conditions. Interestingly Qantas mainline only fly to Honolulu once a week, however they still open the lounge for the more regular Jetstar flights.
They still serve a hot dinner in economy particularly on city-flyer flights. The flight was levelled with 'dinner' but they served 'supper' plus they charged for alcohol. I've never had a cold sandwich before, but then again this wasn't a city-flyer flight.
What also happened recently was my Qantas flight was cancelled and intended up on a Jetstar flight that cost half as much, but alas the lounge was open late in Devonport.
Maybe it's the late night, but could you explain that one a bit further please XXX?
J* don't fly into DPO; only Qlink (I've got no idea when the regional lounge is open at DPO)
I had mine attached to my handbag ans security told me to put it away. it fell out again as I was boarding QF for an interstate flight and I got a business class upgrade... Ya just Neva know
So let me get this straight, we have a bunch of female lawyers wanting to or flashing their ASIC cards trying to or successfully getting free upgrades?
I've tried flashing my ASIC a total of 6 times since this thread started and only got 10% off my sandwich. Go figure.
Are you sure it's your ASIC's that you are flashing?
(It's a rhetorical question mate, I know the answer!)
