-I get to skip passengers in line to get through security
-I get to skip passengers in line to go through customs (most places)
-I get to stay in fabulous rooms, in fabulous hotels, with fabulous BEDS!
-I usually get major discounts in bars, restaurants, and stores by just showing my Crew ID
-I get to visit friends I haven't seen in years!
-I never have to worry about getting to/from the airport on layovers because a car service picks me up and drops me off
-I get to lay out at the pool all day if I want to in a sunny city and get PAID for doing it :-)
There's lots of other fun things as well. But then you have times that are NOT so fabulous, such as last night.
I sat in the JFK flight attendant lounge for 4 hours on International Standby, packed and ready to go, primped and in my uniform, and didn't get called for a trip :( . Then I had to take the bus back at 11pm and drag my suitcase back to my pad.
Yuck.
3 Standbys were called while I was there: 1 sent to Madrid (jealous!), 1 sent to San Francisco (not as jealous), and 1 sent to London (I will flying there on the 8th!). The rest of us were released :( boo.
Luckily, my good friend from my training class was sitting standby too and we got to hang out and catch up. :-) Hanging out with friends on standby (and making new ones!) makes my raise the rating level of last night closer to FABULOUS.
I am sitting on International Standby tonight again too, so hopefully I get to go somewhere highly Glamorous! :-) (Please let someone call in sick on the four-day Madrid trip!!!)
*B
ps: one of the great things of living with a bunch of flight attendants: the random things you find around the apartment. Exhibit A: A pen from a hotel in Kuwait. REALLY?! haha!
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