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Originally Posted by RS America
I used the Stand By Flight benefit to go to Australia. Travis To Honolulu, then a empty C-5 to Townsville. Took about a week. Came back commercial.
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When was that? Pretty hard to find a C-5 these days.
My wife tried to fly Space a in the early 2000's when we lived in Germany. But the war(s) were really kicking off then and most of the planes were full.
They used to have the 'Rotator', a chartered commercial flight that flew from Frankfurt to Philly round trip or thereabouts. It was specifically for people on temp duty or moving to Germany or back CONUS. There was also Space A available on that but it was tight.
Pretty sure there was a Rotator to Korea/Japan. Was being operative. Not so sure those exist anymore.
As for Space A, there are categories of eligibility. Mission type movement was top and retiree at bottom. Everyone else squeezed in between.
I was stationed at a Tanker / Cargo base in the UK a million years ago. There was always a group of retirees w spouses that were in transit on Space A between Europe and the US. You could tell when they didn't get a flight, they looked pretty beat down as they stood in line to get Space A lodging on the installation.