Change to EK staff travel
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1629: They met somewhere in the middle after the feedback.
I guess my sources get out the lift on a higher floor than yours 7B.
And you know this how exactly? My sources tell me Mr President was away last week....
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Changes to the sub contingent which is nice to see, but the rest of us...
This paragraph is very telling -"At times, market fares may be lower than Staff Travel due to short term promotional initiatives. Other airlines might offer lower fares but have a weaker product, smaller network and often charge for extras like baggage and food."
We are talking about STAFF TRAVEL, are we not?? What on earth does other airlines rates and product have to do with our STAFF travel? Silly me, I thought it was a cost neutral essential benefit as an expat and not another source of revenue.
This paragraph is very telling -"At times, market fares may be lower than Staff Travel due to short term promotional initiatives. Other airlines might offer lower fares but have a weaker product, smaller network and often charge for extras like baggage and food."
We are talking about STAFF TRAVEL, are we not?? What on earth does other airlines rates and product have to do with our STAFF travel? Silly me, I thought it was a cost neutral essential benefit as an expat and not another source of revenue.
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Funny isn't it.
The Co. wants us to save them money on CDAs, S/eng taxi, cruise mgt, discretion, APU use...and the reward:
0.5% increase in two years and 20% increase in Cat 'A's
What am I missing here ?
f.
The Co. wants us to save them money on CDAs, S/eng taxi, cruise mgt, discretion, APU use...and the reward:
0.5% increase in two years and 20% increase in Cat 'A's
What am I missing here ?
f.
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I have to say , even when I am not 100% happy, the Special Ticket fares are very different now.
1,700usd instead on 9,000usd for a LAX-DXB-LAX on Buisiness Class or 780usd instead on 1,300usd in Economy its a good disscount from the full fare, at least my friends are not laughing in my face now.
Last week it was like triple of this
I agree regarding the increment on cat A.
1,700usd instead on 9,000usd for a LAX-DXB-LAX on Buisiness Class or 780usd instead on 1,300usd in Economy its a good disscount from the full fare, at least my friends are not laughing in my face now.
Last week it was like triple of this
I agree regarding the increment on cat A.
1,700usd instead on 9,000usd for a LAX-DXB-LAX on Buisiness Class or 780usd instead on 1,300usd in Economy its a good disscount from the full fare, at least my friends are not laughing in my face now.
And if the tickets are really available I would sooner have a better chance of getting home on an ID90 knowing that the aircraft wasn't being filled up with dizzy GR2s wide social circle on firm bookings.
In fact this benefit is no benefit to the staff who just want to get themselves and their families home and back.
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You can get bumped off with a full fare commercial ticket. The advantage of 'Firm' and 'Special' tickets is that (as with commercial tickets) you become the problem of the airline if you are offloaded.
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Oh I don't know about that, some flight deck crew actually have a few friends, strange but true...
Even TCAS had to bag a jump seat out of the UK recently, we can't do that.
