I got my letter today in the mail (BY the way, another $11000 well spent CCY, guess the Hub, DRS and USDaily arent adequate avenues for dispensing info to active employees, of course retirees would have to get snail mail, but.....)
There are a couple of items at work here.
For the most part, active employees will have the same benefits as last year including no term pass fees taken out of pay, 8 companion passes, ability for single employees to register a "Guest" (registered companion name change only).
All retired employees regardless of time will still have 4 companion passes offered.
All retired employees with less than 25 years of service , and for the dependents of other retirees, we will offer a Service Charge program only, thereby eliminating the Term Pass Charge. (Does anyone know what the Term Pass charge was this year for retirees?) Service charge is $20 ow coach domestic and $40 ow coach international plus taxes
Upgrades are now $20 per segment domestic regardless of miles, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Caribbean and Central America and $100 per segment Europe. This means the <1000 mile segments increases $5 and the >1000 miles segments decrease by $10. (Are we going to have to start selling $5 upgrades to add to the $15 Zone A upgrades out there that cant be reissued or are previously issued letter upgrades still ok with Zone A and B upgrades now considered $20 upgrades since they are good for 3 years?)
Also all employees, active and retired, can purchase ID75/90/95 on UA and LH depending on the carrier and person traveling. This includes family members and domestic partners listed on term passes as well as parents.
There are a couple of items at work here.
For the most part, active employees will have the same benefits as last year including no term pass fees taken out of pay, 8 companion passes, ability for single employees to register a "Guest" (registered companion name change only).
All retired employees regardless of time will still have 4 companion passes offered.
All retired employees with less than 25 years of service , and for the dependents of other retirees, we will offer a Service Charge program only, thereby eliminating the Term Pass Charge. (Does anyone know what the Term Pass charge was this year for retirees?) Service charge is $20 ow coach domestic and $40 ow coach international plus taxes
Upgrades are now $20 per segment domestic regardless of miles, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Caribbean and Central America and $100 per segment Europe. This means the <1000 mile segments increases $5 and the >1000 miles segments decrease by $10. (Are we going to have to start selling $5 upgrades to add to the $15 Zone A upgrades out there that cant be reissued or are previously issued letter upgrades still ok with Zone A and B upgrades now considered $20 upgrades since they are good for 3 years?)
Also all employees, active and retired, can purchase ID75/90/95 on UA and LH depending on the carrier and person traveling. This includes family members and domestic partners listed on term passes as well as parents.
