Generally airline employee flight benefits on other carriers are referred to as "interline" benefits. They usually fall into two categories, IDXX and service charge. Under the IDXX plan the numbers that replace the XX refer to the percent discount off of a full fare ticket. At Comair we fall under the Delta pass program and most of our interline ID agreements are for ID90s but there are some ID75s, mostly on international carriers. As an example, I got stuck in MSY once and had to buy an ID90 on WN to BHM to connect back up with the Delta network (and free travel). It was $21 including taxes. There is usually a minimum one way and round trip charge as well. Service charge passes are priced at a flat rate per segment rather that a percentage of the regular fare. These agreements are usually with smaller carriers flying short routes. There are exceptions to this. Before we were wholly owned by Delta we got service charge passes on them for $65 round trip but you had to request them well in advance so most of us tried to stay on OH as much as possible. Don't forget all of this is space available and then by non-rev boarding priority. Interliners usually get on last, after the carrier's employees, employee's family members, friend and family pass holders and network partner employees. With load factors what the are now, the benefit isn't all it is cracked up to be. I should be having a cold one on St. Pete Beach right now but I got bumped off of three flights Thursday evening (including the jumpseat) and decided to try again another time. This was with 11 years seniority and using one of the 6 higher boarding priority flight days we get each year. IROPS (irregular ops) did contribute to this but it is still a pain in the butt to get where you are going sometimes. Cheers- Tom Michael Burris wrote: > AIRLINE: > > Didn't know that Southwest doesn't book on other > airlines. I guess that is why the fares are so cheap. > Can anyone tell me what the name is for the flying > class privileges is for employees? This allows them > to fly on other airlines for reduced cost. > > Since this incident has happened, I've heard two > prevailing theories: weather and runway length. > We know that the plane was 1.5 years old and had just > passed a routine safety inspection. I'm also > confident of WN's crew and their abilities. My > feeling is that the weather was the culprit, but we'll > have to wait and see. > > Thanks, > > Mike Burris > Cambridge, Massachusetts > > >