ID90
An industry discount ticket at 90% off the full published fare, the classic standby staff fare on your own or another airline.
Definition
ID90 is an industry discount fare — 90% off the full published fare — historically the standard concessional ticket for airline staff travelling on their own or an interline partner's flights, almost always on a standby basis. Its confirmed sibling ID50 gives 50% off with a reserved seat. Between airlines the ID90 has largely been replaced by the ZED scheme, which sets flat fares by distance zone, but crew still use "ID90" loosely to mean any staff-rate interline ticket.
What it means for you
An ID90 gets you to the other side of the world for the price of taxes, provided the flight has empty seats; on a Friday before school holidays it can strand you for days. Know the difference between a standby fare and a confirmed one, and use ID50 or a ZED confirmed fare when you must arrive — the day before a report, for instance.
In practice
An Emirates crew member lists on an ID90 interline ticket for a holiday flight to Cape Town on a partner carrier and clears on a quiet Tuesday, while the buddy-pass rider next to them in the queue does not.
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Related terms
4 terms- Staff travelPay & benefitsHeavily discounted, usually standby, flights for airline employees and their families on their own airline and partner carriers.
- Buddy passPay & benefitsA discounted standby ticket airline staff can give to friends or family, flown space-available and under the employee's name.
- JumpseatPay & benefitsThe fold-down crew seat at each door or on the flight deck; as a benefit, the right to ride it free when commuting or travelling.
- CommutingRoster & schedulingLiving somewhere other than your base city and flying in on staff travel before each trip, common at US and European carriers.