AA Employee-happy with Travel benefits?
 

I am considering taking a p-t job with American Airlines just to get the travel benefits. Does anyone here have those AA benefits and could you tell me if they are so restricted to be useless or actually a good deal. Thanks.

I've been wondering the same thing - why did you choose AA? I've been looking at Delta or UA since they fly to the places I want to visit more. What job would you take?

i JUST KNEW THERE WAS AN AA RESERVATIONS CENTER NEARBY. OOPS. I would be very interested in anything you might know about the other airlines. I haven't heard from AA yet, but I think you have to work swing shifts that include during the night. That worries me since I do have another job, and I do not sleep well even without all that disruption. Supposedly, you get to fly free internationally after you survive 6 months. Are Delta and UA similar? Where is it you want to go that the other airlines are better? I don't really know much about who flies where. Good luck. Anne

My brother-in-law worked for another airline, and while he and his family used the benefits, it was always on a tenuous basis, as it seemed they never knew for certain whether they would actually get on the plane or not.

I suspect with recent trends for the airlines to book more heavily, that has become even more of a problem for the employees. He is retired now, but they have a winter place in Florida and it seems that, even with his looking at the bookings, they frequently go to the airport here (at least they live nearby, and he can still park in the employees' lot) to find there is no availability, and play that game for three or four days before they win.

Thanks for the info,Clevelandbrown, that is one of the things I have been concerned about.

I was speaking of another airline, so you should definitely check with AA; not all airlines treat their workers the same.

But I think an actual worker would be a better source of actual information than a recruiter.

I have been with my airline for over 34 years and am somewhat confused about your question. Are you teaching and thinking that you can work a reservation job at the same time? If that is the case-NO!You will be working alot of holidays,weekends,possible nights and overtime when the weather,etc. goes bad-not good if you have a regular job.

Momliz is probably interested in Delta as Delta flies to more places internationally than American.

The travel benefits are not what they use to be and as others have stated you have a better chance of getting to where you want to go on time with just buying a cheap ticket ahead of time especially if you have no seniority.Discounts on other airlines seem to cost more than if you bought a ticket on Orbitz.

yes, I'm interested in Delta and UA since they both fly internationally. I want to travel to Europe and Africa. I have heard that with flight benefits you essentially fly stand by. But, once you know your way around, you can find out which flights you have more of a chance to get on. These, however, are not in prime traveling seasons and nor are they at the most convenient times - they are when no one else wants to travel. So flight benefits' utility may be doubtful, especially if you need to work around the constraints of another job.

Think Moscow in November;Buenos Aires in January(hot, hot ,hot!!!) and India during the monsoon season. Like I said before-the wonderful time of working for the airlines has past.............