Kūʻai pinepine nā limahana mokulele i nā pass i loaʻa iā lākou ma ke ʻano he kuleana mai kā lākou luna hana. ʻO ke kūʻai ʻana iā lākou he ʻeha.
I ka manawa i ʻike ai ʻo Rick Schroeder lāua ʻo Jason Chafetz i ka pūnaewele i kūʻai aku i nā mokulele "pass buddy," manaʻo lāua ua loaʻa kahi kumukūʻai.
Hoʻopuka nā mokulele i nā pass i kēlā me kēia perks i nā limahana, nāna e hoʻohana a hāʻawi iā lākou i nā hoaaloha a me ʻohana e lele i kahi no ka hapa iki o ke kumukūʻai maʻamau. E uku wale ʻo Schroeder lāua ʻo Chafetz i nā ʻauhau a me nā uku no kā lāua huakaʻi, me ka mālama ʻana i nā kālā he mau kaukani i ka wā hoʻomaha Iulai i hoʻolālā ʻia.
Ua hui pū nā hoa aloha me kā lākou hookup, kahi lawelawe lawelawe lawelawe mea kūʻai aku o US Airways, ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo International International Airport i kēlā mahina aku nei a uku aku iā ia i $ 200 no kēlā me kēia, wahi a Schroeder, no ka ʻāpana ʻo Fishtown. Ua noi koke lākou i nā pass i nā huakaʻi hele i Kelemania no kahi $ 282 hou aʻe.
I ʻekolu mau pule ma hope mai, ua hoʻopau ʻia nā hoʻolālā a lāua, a ua hōʻole kā lāua mea waena i ka uku ʻole.
"ʻAʻole wau e hana hou i kēia," i ʻōlelo ʻo Schroeder i ka pule i hala.
Hōʻike ka pōʻino o Schroeder lāua ʻo Chafetz i kahi pilikia liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia e nā mokulele e hakakā nei lākou i kēlā me kēia lā: ua hala ka mākeke ma lalo o ka ʻāina i nā limahana.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia nā hana he nui, ua ʻōlelo nā luna ʻoihana mokulele ua hōʻemi lākou i nā helu o ke kūʻai aku i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. Ua hele kekahi mau huakaʻi kaʻahele, e like me Schroeder, i nā kahua mokulele e ʻimi nei i nā limahana makemake e hana i kahiʻaelike.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole kānāwai, ʻaʻole kūʻē ke kālepa kālā i nā kulekele ʻoihana a hiki ke hopena i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kahi limahana.
"Maopopo iaʻu ke huhū o nā mokulele ma kēia, akā ua kōkua maoli nā luna mokulele iaʻu e kiʻi i nā pass," i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Schroeder. "Ua hoʻohana wau i nā pass ma kahi o ʻumikūmālua mau manawa."
He "like ia me ka hōʻoki ʻana i kahi likiki," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻIke ʻoe i ka poʻe ma ʻō aku o ka Wachovia e walaʻau ana," Makemake i nā likiki? ' a kū pololei nā mākaʻi ma laila me ka hana ʻole. "
ʻO David Stempler, ka pelekikena o ka Air Travel Association, kahi hui kuleana o nā mea kaʻa, ua ʻōlelo ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka kūʻai aku ʻana i nā pass buddy. Ma mua, ua lohe ka hapa iki o nā huakaʻi i ka pono o ka limahana.
Akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stempler, "Ke hiki ʻoe i kēia ao o nā ʻāpana hina, e akahele pono ka poʻe holo."
I loko o kāna hoʻomaʻemaʻe pūnaewele, ua ʻike ka palekana o US Airways i ka memo like ʻo Craigslist.org nāna i ʻumeʻume iā Schroeder lāua ʻo Chafetz a ua alualu ʻia i ka limahana, ka mea nona ka inoa i hōʻike ʻole ʻia e ka mokulele. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka agena a hoʻihoʻi i ke kumukūʻai o nā likiki kāne.
Ua haʻalele iā Schroeder lāua ʻo Chafetz, he 33 mau mea, i ka mea a lāua i uku ai i ka limahana limahana, me $ 230 pakahi no nā mālama kaʻaahi i hoʻi ʻole ʻia mai Munich a Prague.
"Ke nānā pono nei nā mea lawe i kā lākou mau limahana e hōʻalo i kēlā mau hana hoʻopunipuni," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo David Castvetter, ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo no ka Air Transport Association, ka mea e hōʻike ana i nā mokulele nui.
Kau pinepine nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea huakaʻi hele i nā leka ma nā pūnaewele pūnaewele e ʻimi nei i nā pass. Hoʻopili pū nā mea kūʻai aku i nā kūkālā pūnaewele e like me eBay.
“Ke ʻimi nei au i kahi pass buddy mai kahi limahana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. . . . Hiki iaʻu ke uku $ 250, "kākau ʻo" Christine "i kahi kūlana maʻamau i kēia mahina ma Topix.com.
"OK, ʻAʻole wau he limahana palekana ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," i hoʻopuka ʻo ia ma hope.
Hāʻawi ʻia nā limahana mokulele i kahi mahele o nā pass i pau i ka hopena o kēlā me kēia makahiki. Loaʻa i nā limahana o US Airways ʻewalu - ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana.
He mea hoʻowalewale paha kēia e hoʻolilo i nā keu i kālā, akā "inā i hele mai kahi malihini iaʻu a noi mai inā e kūʻai aku wau iā ia i kahi pāʻina, e ʻōlelo wau ʻaʻole," wahi a ka haʻi ʻōlelo a US Airways ʻo Philip Gee. Inā ʻoki ʻia, "hiki iaʻu ke huki i kaʻu mau pass āpau, a i ʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopau ʻia," wahi a Gee.
"ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea i kū mai kēlā manawa kēia manawa i kēlā me kēia mokulele mokulele, a maʻalahi paha nā limahana hou iā ia," i hoʻohui ʻia.
Aia kekahi pilikia i ka mea mākaʻi, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Gee.
ʻAʻole nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻohana ana i nā pass i hōʻoia i nā noho, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. ʻAʻole lākou e kau ʻia ma nā uku mokulele inā hoʻopau ʻia kahi lele. ʻAʻole uku ʻia lākou no nā ʻeke nalowale.
A ʻaʻole e uku ʻia nā huakaʻi e loaʻa pono ʻole nā pass no nā pass inā ʻike ʻia ka hana a hoʻopau ʻia kā lākou mau tikika mokulele.
ʻO Schroeder lāua ʻo Chafetz, o Radnor, ua ʻōlelo lāua ua manaʻo lākou ʻaʻole i hana ʻia kahi mea i kū ʻole i ke kānāwai e ka US Airways.
"Ua manaʻo mākou ʻaʻohe nui o ke kālā a ke kāne a kūʻai aku i kāna pass buddy āpau ke loaʻa iā lākou i kēlā me kēia makahiki," i kākau aku ai ʻo Schroeder i nā luna o US Airways.
ʻO Schroeder, kahi ʻenekini palekana-ʻike no ke Kula Nui o ke Kula Nui o Pennsylvania, a ʻo Chafetz, nona kahi ʻoihana kūkulu, ua manaʻo e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka papa mua i ka lā o kā lākou lele. Hiki i ka buddy pass ke hoʻopakele iā lākou i kēlā me kēia $ 3,500.
Ua ʻike lākou ua kāpae ʻia kā lākou mau likiki ke ʻike lākou i kahi hoʻihoʻi kālā i kā lākou bila kāleka hōʻaiʻē. Ua loaʻa ka mokulele i kā lākou hoʻokipa ma ka huli ʻana i nā pass.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Schroeder ua hoʻi ʻo ia i ka US Airways terminal a ua aʻo ʻo ia ka limahana nāna i kūʻai aku i nā pass - a nona ka inoa āna i hoʻomanaʻo hou ʻole ai - ua kī ʻia ʻo ia.
ʻO lāua a me Chafetz nā mea i hōʻino ʻia "ma o ka hewa ʻole o kā kāua ponoʻī," ua kākau ʻo ia i nā luna o US Airways. "ʻO kā mākou wale e noi nei e hoʻihoʻi hou i kā mākou huakaʻi i ke kumukūʻai a mākou i hoʻolālā ai e uku.
"ʻAʻole oʻu manaʻo he maikaʻi ke hoʻopaʻi iā mākou no ka pono ʻole o kēia limahana."
ʻO Chafetz, i nīnauele ʻia ma kahi huakaʻi ʻoihana i Thailand, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua "hōʻino loa" i ka hōʻole ʻana o ka hui i kā lākou noi.
"Manaʻo wau he kuleana [US Airways '] ia," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "E lawe lākou i ka eo."
Akā ua ʻōlelo nā luna o nā mokulele kūʻai ʻia nā pēpē buddy he laʻana ʻē aʻe ia o kahi mea i manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi loa a ʻoiaʻiʻo ia.
ʻO ka poʻe lawe ukana "makaʻala loa," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Castelveter, o ka Air Transport Association.
"ʻAʻole i hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Buddy pass no nā loaʻa kālā."
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