02-27-2006, 07:02 PM
I'm talking about what is called a non-revenue passenger. On our own carriers the fee is ridiculously low (and some even complained about a $25.00 upgrade charge!) and we are allowed buddy passes for friends and family who aren't immediate family. For me it was $50.00 plus the tax on a y8 fare, substantially less than a paid ticket of any sort, standby or otherwise. We got 10 a year and one year so many of my cousins were fighting over them I cut them all up! Let 'em pay their own way to Vegas and Cozumel...and Denver and NYC...etc.