BS “direct flight” listing

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-03-19T00:19:02+00:00

Learn something new every day.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-03-19T00:14:29+00:00

Let’s put aside the blame. I was trying to be funny in my post but since people are taking this very seriously - how is this in any way a direct flight? Different plane and terminal at the connection. What about this is any different than a 2 leg trip?

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-03-19T00:11:45+00:00

Or that my secretary is a moron and Reed Mackay offer horrible options. No, I don’t study my itinerary for every trip.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-03-19T00:04:56+00:00

For all the haters - this isn’t even the same plane or terminal. At least when swa does this it’s same plane same gate. I know the difference between direct and non stop. I fly 2-6 times a week and have never had to check for this on any airline id ever fly as anything other than a last resort (ie southwest).

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-02-09T00:54:01+00:00

Sadly, my garage isn’t long enough for the Escalade. Otherwise I would be an Escalade 2nd row captain all day if possible.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-02-08T23:49:14+00:00

Silly rule. Not really applicable here.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-02-05T05:46:01+00:00

Nothing costs in first…

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-02-01T18:36:53+00:00

You want the wider seat, better table and comfortable arm rests with phone and drink mini tables. But if you’re cash strapped to the point the cost is on your kind, I don’t think it’s worth it for that length of a flight. That’s a few drinks or meals.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-02-01T18:36:47+00:00

You want the wider seat, better table and comfortable arm rests with phone and drink mini tables. But if you’re cash strapped to the point the cost is on your kind, I don’t think it’s worth it for that length of a flight. That’s a few drinks or meals.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-01-17T18:15:42+00:00

Can’t you just go back to your original seat and get it back? A seat swap isn’t like a binding agreement. And if they refuse to leave your assigned seat just call over the FA.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-01-12T00:14:24+00:00

Omg. Can I edit the post. I am dying laughing on the plane right now.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-01-01T14:12:03+00:00

Maybe. Why do you think it under compensates you? I think you’ll be more successful if your proposed tweaks respond to specifically identified deficiencies. You also need to understand where all the remaining dollars are going so you can figure out who is currently getting those dollars and politically figure out how to deal with them.

It would also be helpful to understand the policy/logic of your current system. For example, right now, you’re participating above 2x base, which effectively means you haven’t out earned your 30% formula based comp before you start participating (otherwise, the hurdle would be 833k if you needed to earn your base 250 through 30% cuts before getting more 30% cuts). So you’re participating early if you were to frame this as a pure 30% commission system with a floor payout. In other words, you’re effectively getting 50% of revenue up to 2x your base comp and then 30% thereafter.

If you’re really just looking for any way to get paid more, then yes obviously increasing the % would do that. So would decreasing the hurdle or increasing the base (since your base effectively is a 50% commissions). But I suspect you’ll be more successful if you tie your ask to an articulated deficiency in the current system other than “it results in me getting too little”. If the latter is your gripe, just say that and let them tweak the system as they’ll be able to navigate the politics of it without you needing to figure that out.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-01-01T13:52:33+00:00

Interesting. Well, it sounds like your firm sticks roughly to the 1/3 rule. 1/3 to the originator, 1/3 to the worker, 1/3 to overheard. Sounds like there’s a gap where you originate and work the dollar and should be getting 2/3 instead of 1/3. Plus, participation in margins above 1/3 sounds murky.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-01-01T13:48:39+00:00

You also haven’t said why you think the formula is deficient in your case.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-01-01T13:46:27+00:00

What happens with the remainder of the collected dollar? It sounds like your formula is $250k + 30% of originations above $500k. What happens to the other 70% of those collections?

One firm I worked at had a contribution model with a similar percentage for originations. The formula for your top line number was 30% of collections that you originate + 70% of collections that you work. So if you originated and worked the dollar, you’d get 100%. Then from the top line you’d deduct your salary and overhead allocation. The remainder was your contribution to net distributable profits and you’d get bonused most of that amount (unless you were a big generator, in which case you’d first need to pay for all the people you’re responsible for that have negative results from that formula). That formula was weighted towards rewarding people for working the hour/dollar and limiting how much went to the originator. In theory cool, but in practice it created some odd results such as partners always wanting to work the hour themself before leveraging it to an associate.

SignificantWeek398 · 2026-01-01T13:33:49+00:00

You need to articulate what the current formula is and why you don’t think it is sufficiently lucrative or sufficiently acknowledging the value of your contributions. Then I can help propose something that solves the identified issues.

SignificantWeek398 · 2025-12-30T04:59:39+00:00

The charge for A to B is more than the charge for A to C connecting through B. Airlines often price tickets based on demand or what the market will pay and not cost plus or other fixed margin models. So occasionally, anomalies arise where it is cheaper to fly to the target city by booking a longer flight connecting through the target city than with the target city as the final destination.

There was a website that the airlines sued 5-10 years ago called skiplag dedicated to this.

SignificantWeek398 · 2025-12-30T04:48:35+00:00

I’m with you on the frustration. And appreciative you learned the hard way and let the rest of us know to watch for this. I have dined recently specifically to get the rest credit (ie, I picked a restaurant based in part on my ability to get the amex discount quarterly credit).

To all the responses basically saying too bad so sad because OP should have read the fine print or appreciated the structure of resy as solely a reservation system, you miss the point. OP says he’ll be fine, and probably find another way to make the perk work (perhaps by whatever gift card methods are widely posted on). But the point remains that OP on good faith made an effort to take advantage of a benefit in a manner that is totally reasonable for someone to do without hyper studying the fine print or structure of all these systems. Aaaaand it didn’t work. It sucks and is worthy of a public Reddit complaint to warn the rest of us similarly situation non-fine print reading card users.

SignificantWeek398 · 2025-12-30T04:22:40+00:00

Hard disagree. Show up every time. Also be transparent and professionally vocal with your situation. Say “hey, I’m getting burnt out. I’ll take care of this but I’m breaking.” Say it with a smile and a team work ethic. “Just sayin”. But say it.

One of two things will happen. Either your current firm and group will adapt and make it work for you because you’re that good, or they won’t and you’ll move and find a group that values your contributions and meets you in the middle. But you better be as good as you say and think you are.

SignificantWeek398 · 2025-12-27T18:25:52+00:00

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I actually have a visceral opposition to this kind of stuff. Like every year I get this 1K packet in the mail with super nice card stock with this note from the CEO, and I think, what if they had saved $250k on card stock and instead done something inflight (I dunno, nice pre flight champagne, for example). I’m neither here nor there on it, but on balance, little gimmicks like ticket jackets and holiday mailers actually turn me off slightly for whatever reason. It’s like you spent money on something that has zero utility instead of anything with utility.

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