To know about FedEx Employee Discounts For Airfare…read on this article…!
We all know how expensive air tickets are, but there are some exceptions wherein you can get a discount on airfare. There are some companies that offer discounts on flight tickets to their employees. Several courier companies like FedEx give discounts up to 90% on full-priced tickets to their employees. Let’s take a deeper look into this and know more about it.
Whenever we have a courier to parcel to our loved ones or need to do a professional shipment, the first name that comes to our mind trusting that they’ll efficiently complete the task and will do it with proper care is the name FedEx. FedEx ensures that your parcel is delivered rapidly within the stipulated time to more than 220 countries and territories.
FedEx Employee get an airfare discounts but they need to fly standby for doing so. Even their immediate family members, spouse and children can use this discount even if they (FedEx Employee) aren’t present with them.
At least 7 days before you wish to travel you need to purchase a standby ticket there are other such guidelines that have to be followed to avail this discount.
We have mentioned them in detail further in the article.
Terms and Conditions of Getting the Airfare
Employees of FedEx Corporate, Express, and Service get airfare discounts even for their family members but under one condition they should be flying on standby to avail of these discounts.
Standby meaning
Flying standby means that you do not have a reserved seat, after all the confirmed passengers have boarded the flight and there are some extra seats left then you’ll be given this extra seat.
The good thing about being a standby is that if there’s an extra seat available for the flight and you’re an employee or immediately close (spouse, child, or parent) to an employee of FedEx then you can get the flight ticket at a discounted rate.
But, the disadvantage of being a standby is that you never know if you’ll be able to get an empty seat on a flight or not. It’s simply luck by chance.
Priority list of Standby :-
You might want to keep in mind the priority that is given to the standby passengers to confirm their seats. The priority list is as given below:-
Passengers having a ticket but are still on standby
- Commuting Pilots
- Commuting Flight Assistances
- Leisure Pilots
- Leisure Flight Assistances
- Employees of FedEx and their immediate family members or other courier services.
Standby tickets are only valid till 90 days of their date of issuance. After this, they’ll expire and become invalid.
Presence of the Employee is Not Required with the Family
FedEx employees don’t need to be present with their spouse, children, or parents if they wish to fly solo but they’ll need to provide the FedEx photo id of you (the employee) to the airline.
The discount for FedEx employees on flight tickets differs from destination to destination and also by the contract FedEx has with the airline. Also, you need to clear the Personal Travel Certification Test of FedEx, for 6 months to get the discounts.
This test proves to FedEx that you’ll behave in an appropriate manner that won’t affect the company’s image negatively when flying on standby. The test doesn’t require any fee to be taken.
Guidelines for Availing the Discounts
The guidelines for availing discounts by FedEx on airfare are as follows:-
- You need to purchase a standby ticket at least 7 days before for the day you wish to travel on.
- You must also list it to the airline that you’ll be traveling on standby as you’re an employee of FedEx.
- You can use the airline’s website to buy the ticket or use ‘https://www.myidtravel.com/myidtravel/ui/’ in which you’ll have to enter your FedEx id and password to book a ticket.
- On the day you wish to fly, FedEx advises that you arrive at the airport 90 to 120 minutes before the departure of your flight.
- You’ll need to provide your photo Id that is issued by the government and if you have a FedEx-issued photo Id then that too.
- Kindly note that your dependents who are above the age of 18 too should have a Government-issued Id and if your minors are accompanied then the company won’t allow accessing this discount.
Airlines offering the Discounts to FedEx Employees
These are the airlines we found that have a contract with FedEx to provide discounts to their employees :
- Air Canada
- Alaska Airlines
- Allegiant Air
- American Airlines
- Avianca Airlines
- Azul Brazilian Airlines
- Canadian North
- Cape Air
- Cathay Pacific
- Delta Air Lines
- Emirates
- Etihad Airways
- First Air
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Icelandair
- JetBlue
- Mesa Airlines
- Porter Airlines
- Silver Airways
- Southwest Airlines
- Spirit Airlines
- Sun Country Airlines
- Tradewind Aviation
- United Airlines
- Vueling Airlines
- WestJet
Some companies even provide up to 90% off on full-priced tickets to FedEx employees.
Conclusion
This is surely a great benefit for the FedEx employees but following the terms and conditions for availing it is another story. Wishing the information we provided to you was helpful. Safe travels!
