Friends and Family Discount

[LewiLewi]

Does Crystal offer a friends and family discount to relatives/friends of employees? If so, what percent of fare is discounted?

[Texas Tillie]

3 hours ago, LewiLewi said:

Does Crystal offer a friends and family discount to relatives/friends of employees? If so, what percent of fare is discounted?

 

I have no idea and don't think it's any of my business one way or the other how they choose to operate internally. I either do or don't like their product offered to the public and think the fare I'm offered is acceptable or not.

[LewiLewi]

23 hours ago, Texas Tillie said:

 

I have no idea and don't think it's any of my business one way or the other how they choose to operate internally. I either do or don't like their product offered to the public and think the fare I'm offered is acceptable or not.

I didn't ask for an opinion. I asked if someone could answer my question.

[ryndam]

18 minutes ago, LewiLewi said:

I didn't ask for an opinion. I asked if someone could answer my question.

With all due respect, this type of proprietary question should be addressed directly to the appropriate decision-makers in Crystal’s or A&K’s corporate offices, and not on a public chat forum. 

[Keith1010]

I concur with the responses you have received from Patty and Rob.

 

I would just add if you are not an employee I would hope that this question would not be answered by A&K/Crystal.  

 

I can't imagine asking this of any business.

 

Will the next question be how much do people get paid and what are their benefits?

 

Keith

[Roland4]

In fairness to the OP, some lines, Royal Caribbean specifically, do offer a fare category called "Friends & Family Discount" that is generally available to virtually anyone working in the industry.

 

To answer the OP's question, Crystal does not offer an F & F discount that I am aware of.

[Texas Tillie]

43 minutes ago, Roland4 said:

In fairness to the OP, some lines, Royal Caribbean specifically, do offer a fare category called "Friends & Family Discount" that is generally available to virtually anyone working in the industry.

 

To answer the OP's question, Crystal does not offer an F & F discount that I am aware of.

 

Is that the same thing as an interline fare or something else?

 

Patty

[BWIVince]

2 hours ago, Texas Tillie said:

 

Is that the same thing as an interline fare or something else?

 

Patty

IME they’re different than industry rates because anyone can use them without any particular credential — they’re tied to the employee extending it and not the user normally.  Marriott is one of our biggest local employers here and the actual Marriott employees are usually loathe to acknowledge the program’s existence, while the family members of those same employees usually talk about the program constantly, to any random stranger on the street that will stop and listen to them.  🫤

 

F&F rates are an HR benefit, and like most restricted rates and HR benefits, I fall on the side that asking about their availability is kind of tacky, especially since it usually leads to people nagging their acquaintances at those travel suppliers for their codes, which is not how it’s supposed to work.  It’s a free country, and you’re welcome to be as tacky as you like though.

 

Vince

Edited July 26 by BWIVince

[LewiLewi]

9 hours ago, Roland4 said:

In fairness to the OP, some lines, Royal Caribbean specifically, do offer a fare category called "Friends & Family Discount" that is generally available to virtually anyone working in the industry.

 

To answer the OP's question, Crystal does not offer an F & F discount that I am aware of.

 

5 hours ago, BWIVince said:

IME they’re different than industry rates because anyone can use them without any particular credential — they’re tied to the employee extending it and not the user normally.  Marriott is one of our biggest local employers here and the actual Marriott employees are usually loathe to acknowledge the program’s existence, while the family members of those same employees usually talk about the program constantly, to any random stranger on the street that will stop and listen to them.  🫤

 

F&F rates are an HR benefit, and like most restricted rates and HR benefits, I fall on the side that asking about their availability is kind of tacky, especially since it usually leads to people nagging their acquaintances at those travel suppliers for their codes, which is not how it’s supposed to work.  It’s a free country, and you’re welcome to be as tacky as you like though.

 

Vince

 

9 hours ago, Roland4 said:

In fairness to the OP, some lines, Royal Caribbean specifically, do offer a fare category called "Friends & Family Discount" that is generally available to virtually anyone working in the industry.

 

To answer the OP's question, Crystal does not offer an F & F discount that I am aware of.

Thank you for your reply.