Lucky us! We have a guest! Chris, a pilot for a major carrier non revs everywhere with his 3 children and super organized wife! They have a special needs daughter and he wants people to know that you CAN non rev with preparation and patience. Chris is a fantastic guest! First we talk shop! Lara was on NPR in Los Angeles talking about a Wall Street Journal article on the etiquette of asking people to switch seats.  Lara knows Dawn Gilbertson, the writer of the article, from Dawn’s prior gig at The Arizona Republic.  Here’s the link if you want to listen to Lara talk about switching s ..read more

Kelsey is back!! Columbus gate agent Kelsey travels around the world for her birthday! Kelsey is also a rental car guru and gives us some great tips on renting cars with savvy!! Earn those miles?!! Lara talks us about her flight attendant annual recurrent training  Kelsey goes to Doha Airport appreciation  Singapore ??  Link your frequent flyer account to your rental car account! Kelsey shares her funniest gate agent stories unfortunately it involves a NON REV!! Non Rev Lounge After Dark in the outtakes! Kelsey’s airline code for rentals: Budget U072900 ✈StaffTraveler is a g ..read more

We have a returning guest Broadway Tina, and her husband Meade join us to talk about some of their recent travels and also tell us all about Home Exchange! Catch up with Tina Upgraded Athens Cruise Buying tickets to see the Eclipse What is Home Swap The three different ways to do a swap Six weeks in NYC Hospitality and ultra-luxury If interested check out their Home Exchange https://www.homeexchange.com/?sponsorkey=tina-2ab76 ✈StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel! Use this to sign up: https://stafftraveler.com ..read more

The three of us talk about some of our Spring break Travels. Short and sweet enjoy.  Monique visits the Grand Canyon Kate's drama continues Southwest Buddy pass ends up in Jail  Hyatt Club and Glass-blowing Lara bids HNL for a warm toilet seat The Chase Sapphire Reserve cuts Resturn access Outtakes (Pilots, tip more than a dollar) ✈StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel! Use this to sign up: https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge ✈️Don’t  forget your PERX.COM discount!!  Use NONREVPOD30  ..read more

We three discuss our jobs at this time of the year! Isn’t it interesting how the people from different cities have their own flavors?  Boeing has their own woes Control tower vs pilots What the heck happened to Catherine, The Duchess of Windsor? Captain retirement flight….does his non revs get priority seats; jumping the list?? It pays to know people! ? Brittany and Connor (Stand By With Me on IG) have BIG NEWS!! ✈️ + ? How can gate agents not know how to correctly roll over non revs to the next flight? ???????? Why do some airports have so many different names?? Where do you change a di ..read more

We are big fans of Andrew and his Aviation Potcast.  Tyler and Lara have been guest on Flying Smarter and now we get to have Andrew on our podcast.   Andrew and his love for Aviation Getting private pilot licene in high school Andrew writes for AirlineGeeks.com Visiting every Disney Park Lara starts singing elevator Aviation Regulations Pikachu Dreamliner Current trip Flying Smarter Eplained Find Flying smarter at www.flyingsmarter.com, X @flying_smarter,  IG @flyingsmarter and Facebook Flying Smarter Podcast ✈StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist your non-rev travels ..read more

The three of us each share a recent story from work, a trip to OAK, and heading to Idaho Falls for Grandma's funeral. Turblance on PVR flight Pounding on door to jet bridge Plane clothes officers want to see checked bags Delays into SFO Crime in Oakland Attending Network awards is like nonreving Prize Getting home Bereavement and saying good by to grandma ✈StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel! Use this to sign up: https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge ✈️Don’t  forget your PERX.COM discount!!  Use NONRE ..read more

Tyler and Lara work this year’s The Cranky Network Awards ceremony and dinner! By far the aviation industry’s leading event! Almost every US and Canadian carrier is represented along with executives from Boeing and Airbus!! All the major airlines send their network planning teams to this event for the award ceremony!  Brett Snyder enjoys The Non Rev Lounge and is a big supporter! Thank you to Brett and The Cranky Concierge for your support!  Many thanks to the Oakland airport! They were the sponsors of this year’s Cranky Network Awards. Tyler and Lara got to meet a lot of the Oakland ..read more

Remember when Lara was at a bday party and that guy randomly kissed her and then immediately ran to Lara’s husband to apologize?? This is the girl we were celebrating!  How do you dress like yourself?  How did you get into aviation? Another America West Airlines story! Flight attendant = friends Personalities make the difference? Our airline picks wine ? based on what tastes best at 36,000 ft Bridget learns about the areas of our country as a FA! Each area has its own way of ordering drinks ? If you want to travel with 10 flight attendants, you better ask 40 to go because they’re so ..read more

Brittany the Flight Attendant from overseas joins us as we discuss all things aviation!! Passengers  tooting and drinking ? True or False story Taylor Swift flight numbers! What’s that all about and it makes Tyler ? Phoenix Is The Friendliest Airport?? Another airline beats our airline for a non stop to Paris! If you’re interviewing for a flight attendant position, do you cross your legs? It’s tacky for passengers to hear FAs complain about their contract. Another Skip lagging story! Pilot Brittany flies a float plane!!  Alaska by air! Britt lands on a lake ? Stay tuned  for th ..read more