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Monday, June 19, 2017

Travel / NonRevving - HL 274 (1)

Note about layover hotels: The layover hotel info IS STILL AVAILABLE in a couple of locations including Inflight (IFS) section of Delta net. Login to DeltaNetDepartmentsIFSHotels. 
 Please help Capt. Joel out and CC the PCN with your answer:

Joel Payne
Email           flyplayne@bellsouth.net
Issue Area   Non Rev
Comments      I'm seeking a little input here on the NEW pass travel, recently announced. Hope I don't wander too much , but I'm OLD. This will apply to those of us who lost our pensions years ago. I understand that there will be no more $50 annual fee for passes, but- 1. As I understand it, if a Buddy Pass rider wants to come visit me and have a shot at sitting in First/Business class. I have to use a pass/ticket [and my time] to go to their departure point. Be it Jamestown, NY or Johannesburg, SA, then downgrade my S3B pass to S4 and hope for the best. Same would apply to the visitors return leg. What kind of advantage to the employee/retiree is this? I have seen times, on international flights where the only seats available WERE in Business. This appears to me to be a veiled attempt to exclude S4's from ever having the opportunity to experience a ride up front. Who's next-retirees?It would also seem that now I will be billed directly from Delta [PBGC retiree] and have to collect the price from the "Buddy" who may be using Pesos, Krona, Euros, etc. Now, the "Buddy" or myself will have to absorb the cost of depositing a possible foreign currency into a U S bank/Credit Union. Another employee/retiree benefit? 2. The pass value is even more confusing to me. Since I'm being paid from the PBGC, I understand I'll just be billed directly from Delta. Will the bill be under the old cost system, or the new "imputed" value since my retirement check is coming from the PBGC? Will Delta notify the PBGC of the pass charges, so that the PBGC can "impute" it for tax purposes? Comments welcome- Joel Payne B767A ret.

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