Staff Travel
(Current Staff Agreement 2009)
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' ST09 '
published by People Department and Staff Travel, 15th November 2007,
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STAFF TRAVEL 2009
For Existing Eligible Former BA Staff
Effective from 1st April 2009
ST09 published by People Department and Staff Travel, 15th November 2007,
Staff travel is a non-contractual benefit granted at the sole discretion of British Airways and, as such, can be amended or withdrawn at any time.
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Staff Travel Products for travel on BA
Standby
* Unlimited standby travel, fares based on the mileage flown.
* Tickets have “Traveller” cabin eligibility.
* Acceptance for travel is based on availability at the time of departure, after all commercial
considerations. Employees are responsible for paying any applicable taxes/fees and charges.
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Premium Standby
* Unlimited ‘standby’ travel at three times the standby fare, based on the mileage flown.
* This concession is given a lower priority than an annual bookable concession and a higher
priority than standby concessions and is eligible for travel in the Club cabin.
* Acceptance for travel is based on availability at the time of departure, after all commercial
considerations.
* Refunds are not given on tickets that are used where seats are allocated in either “Traveller”
or “World Traveller Plus.”
* Employees are responsible for paying any applicable taxes/fees and charges.
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Annual Bookable Concession (ABC)
*Granted to employees in recognition of length of service and/or position held in the
company at ‘nil’ fare.
*Cabin of eligibility varies dependant upon position in the company and if there are children
under the age of 12 in the party.
* Concession valid for travel 1st April – 31 March. All travel must be completed within this
period except when outbound travel takes place in March return travel must be by 30 April.
* A fixed rate service charge will be applied to adult and child tickets, infant tickets are
excluded. The service charge is fixed at £10.00 per ticket for each of the three years
following the launch and will be reviewed annually thereafter.
*Employees are responsible for paying any applicable taxes/fees and charges.
Discounted Commercial
*Access to limited number of discounted commercial tickets made available from time to
time, currently known as 'Hotline' in the UK.
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General
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Nominee Policy for Existing Eligible Former BA Employees
Former employees may nominate: -
*1 person of their choice, plus any ‘child/ren of the family unit’ under the age of 24
Nominees can be changed on a rolling 6 monthly basis, provided they have been nominated for a minimum of 6 months.
Definition of ‘person’ being a friend or relative.
For definition of child/ren of the family unit refer to Nominee Policy for Children of Former Employeesm of BA plc
Nominees, excluding Travel Companions, are eligible to travel independently.
For Interline travel employees will be required to state the relationship of their nominee(s) to assess if travel is permissible. Please refer to the following classifications:-
* Father, natural / step or Civil Partner of natural father*
* Mother, natural / step or Civil Partner of natural mother*
* Spouse, person of the opposite sex the employee is legally married to
* Civil Partner, person of the same sex that the employee has registered in a Civil Partnership
* Partner, person of the same or opposite sex who the employee considers being their partner
* Brother, natural, half, step** or son of the Civil Partner of the natural parent
* Sister, natural, half or step** or daughter of the Civil Partner of the natural parent
* Son, natural step** or son of the Civil Partner, under age 24
* Daughter, natural step or daughter of the Civil Partner, under age 24
* Travel Companion, person other than above, e.g. friend, see below for examples
Notes:
* To qualify as a step-parent the nominee must be legally married to the natural parent. For the Civil Partner of a former employee’s natural parent to be eligible they must be in a registered CivilPartnership. Partners of a former employee’s natural parent can be nominated but as a Travel Companion only.
** To qualify as a stepbrother or sister, the parent of the step-brother/step-sister must be legally married to the former employee’s natural parent. Children of the Civil Partner of the natural parent are eligible providing they meet the ‘Child/ren of the family criteria
Examples of who a Travel Companion could include:
* Friend; child over 24 years of age; partner of natural parent
* Other relatives e.g. Grandchild; Aunt; Uncle; Niece; Nephew; Cousin; In-laws
Nominee Policy for Children of Existing Eligible Former BA Employees
Children of the ‘family unit’ are eligible to former employee’s staff travel benefits.
Definition of children of the family unit
* Natural or legally adopted child of the former employee under the age of 24
* Natural or legally adopted child of the former employee’s spouse/Civil Partner or partner who at the time of nomination is aged under 18 and lives in the same household as the employee up to the age of 24
* Child, under the age of 18, who is subject of a formal care arrangement and residing on a
permanent basis in the former employees household and likely to do so for the foreseeable
future. Eligibility ceases when the formal care arrangement ends or age 24. Proof of residence may be requested
* Natural or legally adopted child of the former employee, or of the former employee’s
spouse/Civil Partner or partner, with ‘special needs’ and aged 24 or over, providing the child had previously been nominated prior to their 18th birthday
Children of a nominated Travel Companion will not qualify.
Other relatives e.g. grandchildren, nieces, nephews etc, or children over the age of 24 can be nominated as a Travel Companion.
Changing Nominees for Existing Eligible Former BA Employees
Former employees will have the opportunity to change their staff travel nominee(s) at any time, providing the existing nominee has been on record for a period of 6 months or more.
Nominees can be changed on a rolling 6 monthly basis.
Former employees must ensure that nominations are made in line with the policy. Making a nomination that is subsequently found to be false will lead to disciplinary action being taken.
Former employees are responsible for updating the classification of their nominee/s in the event of a change of status at any time.
Examples: -
* If former employee divorces. NB: a former spouse may remain eligible if reclassified as a Travel Companion
* If partnership breaks down. NB: a former partner may remain eligible if reclassified as a Travel Companion
Death of a nominee within 6 months of being nominated
Former employees may nominate an alternative nominee on production of the death certificate.
Staff Travel Policy on the Death of an Existing Eligible Former BA Employee
Former employee policy
The nominee, nominated at the time of death, excluding Travel Companions, providing they have been listed as a Staff Travel nominee for a period of 6 months or more, will remain eligible to
* Unlimited Standby travel on BA flights
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* Discounted commercial ticket/s on BA
Valid for the remaining period equal to the number of full years continuous service the employee completed.
Any nominated child/ren under the age of 24 remains eligible during this period or until they reach the age of 24, whichever is sooner.
Exceptions:
Where the only surviving nominee/s are ‘children of the family’ then those children between the ages of 18 and 23 years inclusive at the time of the former employees death will remain eligible until they reach the age of 24. If all nominees are under the age of 18 at the time of the employee’s death, all eligibility ceases. Eligibility is not reinstated on reaching the age of 18.
Nominees who were the legal spouse; Civil Partner or partner of the former employee cease to be eligible to rebate travel concessions if they remarry or enter into a new partner relationship.
Staff Travel Benefits for Existing Eligible Former BA Employees
1. All existing eligible former employees with 10 or more years continuous service and in receipt of staff travel benefits prior to the launch of STAFF TRAVEL 2009, become eligible to the following:-
A. For employees who left up to and including 30 November 2007.
* Premium Standby Option on BA
* Discounted Commercial ticket/s on BA
* Annual concession based on length of service
10 – 29 years service inclusive – 1 Annual concession
30 years and over – 2 Annual concessions
B. For employees who leave between 01 December 2007 – 31 March 2009
* Unlimited Standby on BA and other qualifying airlines
* Premium Standby Option on BA
* Discounted Commercial ticket/s on BA
* Annual concession based on length of service
10 –19 years service inclusive – 1 Annual concession
20 years and over – 2 Annual concessions
* All existing eligible former employees with less than 10 years continuous service and in receipt of staff travel benefits prior to the launch of STAFF TRAVEL 2009, become eligible to the following:-
* Unlimited Standby on BA only
* Premium Standby Option on BA
* Discounted Commercial ticket/s on BA
* All existing eligible widows/ers of former employees in receipt of staff travel benefits prior to the launch of STAFF TRAVEL 2009 will be eligible to the following:-
* Unlimited Standby on BA only
* Discounted Commercial ticket/s on BA
* All existing eligible former employees with 10 or more years continuous service, regardless of their former employer, yet to re-qualify for staff travel benefits at the launch of STAFF TRAVEL2009, become eligible to the benefits outlined in 1A or B above from the date STAFF TRAVEL 2009 is introduced.
* All existing eligible former employees having left BA prior to the launch of STAFF TRAVEL
2009 under an Outsourcing/TUPE arrangement to become eligible to benefits outlined in 1A
above from the date STAFF TRAVEL 2009 is introduced.
Service Charge
A service charge of £10.00 per person will be applied (including children, excluding infants) for each annual bookable concession issued. The service charge will be fixed at a rate of £10.00 for three years from the date Staff Travel 2009 is implemented; thereafter it will be reviewed annually.
The period of eligibility for Staff Travel Benefits for Existing Eligible Former BA Employees
The principle of granting concessions to future former employees for a period equal to the number of full years continuous service completed will also be applied to existing eligible former employees.
The period of eligibility will be calculated from the date on which the existing eligible former employee drew their staff travel benefits.
For those leaving with an immediate pension - the period to be calculated from the date of leaving.
For those leaving on with a deferred pension - the period of eligibility will be calculated from the date on which the existing eligible former employee commenced receipt of the deferred pension and staff travel benefits.
All existing eligible former employees with 5 or more years remaining before a period equal to the number of full years continuous service is complete will remain eligible to the applicable new Staff Travel package for the remaining period equal to the number of full years continuous service. Thereafter all eligibility ceases.
All existing eligible former employees who are within 5 years of a period equal to their actual length of service will remain eligible to the applicable new Staff Travel package for a period of 5 years from the introduction of STAFF TRAVEL 2009.
All existing eligible former employees who have been in receipt of concessions for a period equal to, or greater than, their actual length of service will remain eligible to the applicable new Staff Travel package for a period of 5 years from the introduction of STAFF TRAVEL 2009.
All existing eligible widows/ers will remain eligible to unlimited standby and discounted commercial tickets for the remaining period equal to the number of full years service the employee completed or five years whichever is the greater. (please also refer to the Eligibility chart printed below this article).
Staff Travel Fares
The fares charged for unlimited standby personal travel will be the lower level (ZL) of the fares set by the Zonal Employee Discount organisation of participating airlines.
The fares charged for unlimited premium standby will be 3 x ZL level.
ZL fares are quoted in US Dollars.
Staff Travel Policy for Banked Long Service Concessions
Banked Long Service concessions must be used in full by 31st March 2009.
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