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Some airlines may have agreements with their staff that friends & family can travel on ID90 tkts. Usually a limited number of people for a limited number of flights per year.
So if you ain't pally with anyone in the industry, tough. You pay full price like everyone else.
BA279,
There is another way. Marry someone with concessions or find a friend in the business. Seeing your location, if you are young there are lots of nice girls at the business park. If you are old, get one of kids to work for an airline.
As has been said, ID90s are great value for money but you'll only get them if you work in the industry and then usually only if work for an airline or in ATC, (although there are some exceptions to that).
The disadvatage is that you've got to be very flexible and be prepared to be stuck at any given location if there are more paying punters than seats for you, (I was marooned in Mahe for 3 days more than I'd bargained for - it was hell).
Touchdown do some good deals but you still need an employers letter of authority proving that you do work in the industry (and they do check the authenticity of it at random).
Touchdown and similar offer some reasonable, but far from good, deals compared to normal travel agencies. However when you consider that the average travel agency is as much use as a fart in a thunderstorm (I was recently told in a UK high street agency that a special they advertised in their window for LON - CPT was on China Airlines ..... and then when I queried that, that there were no direct flights on that route), this is not saying much.
Judicious research on the internet, using sites such as Kayak and Skyscanner, or sometimes carriers' websites, will usually come up with a better deal.
We gave up using ID90's years ago, just not worth the aggravation and additional expenses when not able to board, and in most cases being treated like scum by check in staff.
In my youth I travelled the world on ID90s (and ID100s occasionally) and BA Hotline tickets, I was never bothered about getting stuck somewhere for a couple of extra days, it was all part of the adventure. That all changed when the kids came along, after one too many disappointments of not getting on and having to return the next day I decided it just wasn't fair on the kids and stopped using them. With the cost of air travel as low as it is these days its hardly worth 'the risk' any more, once taxes are added in quite often there wasn't that much of a difference in price between what the regular punters paid, plus in some countries I lived in it was also taxed as a benefit in kind.
I also used Touchdown a lot in the past, I would buy the ground package from them and use my ID90 or ID100 for the flights, they had some superb offers particularly on some of the more upmarket all inclusive resorts in the Carribbean, if you didn't get on your flight they would be quite accomodating in reaaranging the dates or (even the destination on one occasion) or offer you a full refund in the worst case scenario......
As others have mentioned you always need to be flexible. Touchdown have some amazing deals (usually outside of school holidays). For example last year we spent a week skiing in Val d'Isere on a full Mark Warner package...Touchdown price: £370pp Mark Warner Price: £1200pp
Another useless thread, a non airline employee asking how he can get a ticket that is available only to airline staff. I don't work for a bank, any chance of me getting a staff discount on my bank loan?
If you want staff discount, get a job in the industry!!!
Mods, come on, do your job and remove stupid threads like this one.
Another useless thread, a non airline employee asking how he can get a ticket that is available only to airline staff. I don't work for a bank, any chance of me getting a staff discount on my bank loan?
If you want staff discount, get a job in the industry!!!
Mods, come on, do your job and remove stupid threads like this one.
Whats useless about this thread if someone can learn something from it....?
He now knows he doesn't qualify for an ID90 but he knows he can still travel on a Buddy Pass if he knows someone working for airlines that offer them or a Hotline ticket if he knows somebody in BA or even a Ryanair 'Blue ticket' which Ryanair staff can give to whoever they wish. He also knows now that Touchdown deals can be very good value and they're widely available to a whole range of people engaged in ancillary occupations.
If I was in the original poster's position I could think of no better forum to ask this question than on here.......
As an aside (apologies for the thread hijack), but how does one actually go about getting hold of ID90's?
I fly for an IATA member and would be interested in taking advantage of this system. However, are ID90's only usually available for the carrier which you work for?
Depends on which carrier you work for. You need to check with your staff travel department, they will hold a list of which other carriers you and your nominees can use ID90's on.
You'll only get a definitive answer by asking someone at your own workplace, but FWIW
1. As far as I know for ID90's you have to go through your own airline's staff travel department/office/admin. I'm not sure there's any other way of obtaining them - anyone else know for certain?
2. Most of the major scheduled outfits have some form of reciprocal staff travel arrangement with the other major carriers....
ASFKAP, I would have taken more notice of your post if it weren't for the fact that half of the threads you have started on "PPRUNE" have been questions on computers. I think you are on the wrong forum mate!
Anyway, I am pleased to see the thread seems to have moved into sensible discusion about ID90's between qualifing members.
Anyway, I am pleased to see the thread seems to have moved into sensible discusion about ID90's between qualifing members.
Nice U-Turn there Ballbag, I'm glad you're "pleased" mind you if you'd gotten your way this "stupid thread" would have been consigned to the bin.....
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Mods, come on, do your job and remove stupid threads like this one.
It might be better for all concerned if you save your 'hissy fits' and let the moderators run the board as they see fit, if you've no interest in a particular thread and nothing meaningful to contribute you can always choose to ignore it, simple really.
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I would have taken more notice of your post if it weren't for the fact that half of the threads you have started on "PPRUNE" have been questions on computers. I think you are on the wrong forum mate!
Are you suggesting theres no room for a computer forum on this board...?
Why not throw your toys out of your pram again and demand the moderators close it down immediately, who knows they might listen to you this time....
Remember theres no such thing as stupid questions, only stupid answers....
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mind you if you'd gotten your way this "stupid thread" would have been consigned to the bin.....
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