@sandyf wrote:
By fairly simple did you mean less than an hour? Or perhaps only a little more than an hour? I have never tried one of these airline jobs. Can you expand on how you find flights? I am in one of their markets for the airline.Do you get a list of available flights to choose from and can you chose the least expensive seats to pay half of or do they give you the more expensive seats with half off which would end up being not much of a savings for me?
Yes, less than an hour. I think the first one took about 90 minutes, and about half after that. I write slowly so others may be able to knock off the narratives more quickly.
You find your flight on the airline's website. YOU choose the rate, date, market, etc. Then you email those to the scheduler. HE books the flight on his points (I'm assuming the airline stocked his account), charges your credit card for the full amount, and then reimburses half of that amount after successful completion of the report. You get no points on your loyalty account since they're booked by the scheduler, you cannot change the flight once booked, you cannot accept compensation for a bumped flight, and you have to do a report for each leg of the flight. It's worth it when the flight's expensive; not so much when you're doing a short hop.
They also have international flights, if you're close enough to the border to use a Canadian airport, but check the fares first. The airline is priced higher than many other carriers, so you need to figure out the actual savings.
Now scheduling travel shops for the day after Christmas through mid-January.