Non-Rev Lounge

Exploring Aviation Passions and South African Adventures with Kim In this episode of the Non-Rev Lounge, hosts Lara, Tyler and Monique chat with a dedicated listener and avid traveler, Kim. Kim shares her emotional connection to the Emirates A380, her experiences living near LAX, and the benefits of using buddy passes for air travel. She vividly recounts her background from South Africa to moving...

Pilots, Podcasts, and Paris: Travel Talk and More In this episode of the Non-Rev Lounge, hosts Monique, Laura, and Tyler reunite to discuss their 2025 goals, recent journeys, and amusing anecdotes from their travels. They share stories about unexpected guests on planes, including stowaways and inflight incidents. The team also highlights their experiences with new destinations, including a unique...

Timotheus' Journey: From Airliner Maintenance to Adventure on Tall Ships This episode of Non Rev Lounge features guest Timotheus from Montreal, an aircraft maintenance engineer who shares stories about his work in aviation and his adventurous sailing trip in the South Pacific. Timotheus discusses his fascination with airliners, detailing his career path and various technical aspects of his jo...

This episode covers the hosts of the 'Non Rev Lounge' podcast—Monique, Lara, and Tyler—discussing their holiday experiences, travel adventures, and health issues. The episode includes recollections of family gatherings, getting sick during travels, and plans disrupted by illness. They also share amusing tales of large family parties, difficult holiday trips, and celebrating New Year&apos...

Holiday Travels and Christmas Traditions (Lara cut her head off for the recording, if you are watching see if you can see and how Tyler tried to cover it up) Monique and her friends reminisce about memorable holiday moments, discuss their travel plans for Christmas, and exchange thoughtful gifts in this festive episode. They share insights on flying during the holiday season, gift-giving practices...

Non Rev Lounge Ep. 206: Adventures, Mishaps, and Holiday Reflections In the latest episode of the Non Rev Lounge, Laura, Monique, and Tyler return to Lara's kitchen to discuss their experiences over the past week, including receiving a positive response to their YouTube content. They share stories about vacation trips, Thanksgiving celebrations, and discuss the implications of travel benefits...

Celebrating Four Years of Non-Rev Lounge: Introduction and Memorable Moments You can now watch our episodes on Youtube https://youtu.be/2MWdSwPqGB0 In this episode, Monique, Tyler, and Lara introduce themselves and discuss the origins and growth of their podcast, Non-Rev Lounge, which is celebrating its four-year anniversary. The hosts share their backgrounds in the airline industry and talk about...

We’re podcasting remotely this time! Bear with us while we transition to a video format! Trading work items! Lara goes through Miami! AND WHY!!?? Tyler gets recognized!!  Monique chases down non revs (“Hey Mary”) Pet peeves! (And why does Tyler have so many? 🤔 The Fritos Story Don’t bring your own alcohol to consume onboard  Have you ever had a black eye? Poor Spirit Airlines 😢 Tyler takes his w...

This week we have Caroline join us to talk about her time as a military flight attendant.  She is also a flight attendant with Lara and has some fun Non-Rev stories. Air Force jet mechanic  KC 135 Boom Operator  Alaska reservation agent Doug from The Next Trip Podcast is a “Gucci Boy” Congressional Flight Attendant  I don’t care who you are, but what do you want to eat? 737 but the Air Force calls...

We are in the 200 club as well as the 100,000 download club.  (**) Be prepared for plenty of flex from Tyler 🙄 StaffTraveler Is offering a 10% code for any of our listeners who buy their eSIM. Use the Promo code ST10NONREVLOUNGE  https://share.stafftraveler.com/nrl-esim ✈StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel! Use this t...

We have a special episode! The crew is joined by our frequent guest, Brittany, and her travel bestie !  (**)  Why are the flight attendants spraying the cabin with an aerosol while passengers are on board? Karaoke bonding  Registered guest Croatia 🇭🇷 first non rev flight! Brittany has big news! Brittany flys with Lara’s son Drew ❤️ Someone DM’d Lara and asked to buy her flight attendant shoes! 😱...

This week Tyler takles about his recenty trip with his wife to  Venice and Athens StaffTraveler Is offering a 10% code for any of our listeners who buy their eSIM. Use the Promo code ST10NONREVLOUNGE  https://share.stafftraveler.com/nrl-esim ✈StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel! Use this to sign up: https://stafftravel...

We meet the famous Captain Aux!  Aviation Captain, bush pilot, travel enthusiast, pilot mentor, blogger and published  author! Really, is there anything this man cannot do? A love story ❤️ His career as an author  Boeing or Airbus? Cochise College like prior guest, Kayla The Pilot How he started as an Alaskan bush pilot capnau x.com Aviation Dad and Mom Non reving during Covid Flying for a Flagshi...

This week the crew talks about a nuber of topics.  Sorry for the delayed show Tyler was busy traveling! Hence the name of this podcast!! Hee hee! Lara whines about doing domestic flights as if she is an international 👸 Happy 10 year anniversary to Monique!! Why Tyler will NEVER retire!  JetBlue has lounges?? Chester (Alaska) marries Pualani (Hawaiian) We talk mergers!! Prospect, the company,  ens...

Kayla joins the crew to talk about her life as Non Rev.  She talkes about her flight school and about recently aging out of her flight benefits.  Kayla’s parents are prior America West Airlines!  US Airways was a bad merger First flight at 6 months of age ❤️ Kayla went on her ATL overnight! Now today Kayla is STILL going with her mom on her overnights!  Kayla’s sister got a lay flat seat BEFORE Ka...

This week the 3 of us talked about Tyler's NonRev holiday weekend trip to Germany. And we piggyback off the Flying Smarter Podcast about JD Power passenger satisfaction report and what things we like with travel and NonReving!!  Planning a meet up! Tyler REALLY has traveled bunches this year! What tea does he have on wife Katie that she allows this? Where on the aircraft did Tyler & Katie...

Dorkfest!!  This year Tyler is the only one of the three of us to attend this annual Avgeek gathering at LAX airport!  Tyler goes outside of his comfort zone  DJ Spotter”s cousin Devon takes a train from SEA to LAX!! Lara did some recon and it takes 34 hours and he had a bedroom!  Tyler gets a concourse shout out from a listener!  Monique and Lara give their weak a$$ excuses why they didn’t attend...

Lucky for us that 🔥Dane The Dentist/Ramper and Rachel The Flight Attendant/Health Coach with  the nice butt, stuck around for another fun episode! We were having so much fun 🙌 Lots of Pro Tips in this episode! We discuss airline employee cartels!  Paying for shifts 🎶 Get your money for nothing, and your chicks fo free🎶 Lara doesn’t want your crappy domestic trips….but feel free to send a dic$...

Our guest Diana is a full-time nurse and a part-time ramp worker.  She is Tyler's coworker and used to be Katie’s (Tyler's Wife) co-worker and definitely she prefers Katie.  🤣 She talked about her love for traveling and said she would do the airline job for free if it meant she got her flight benefits!!  Diana is just the cutest ramper Lara has ever seen! Two jobs! Nurse at the Children...

Did Dane get arrested, you bet he did.  Was it in a foreign country Yep.  Everyone is going to love this episode! Dentist, ramper, photographer, traveler and easy on the eye TOO! What is a seasonal employee? Pay load optimized, over grossed and weight restricted mean the same thing! Drove by himself through Austria 🇦🇹 and the  Italian alps 🇮🇹 so he could take some phenomenal photos 🙌 while hiking...

This week we have Brenna Join us to talk about some of her travels.  She grew up her entire life as a Non Rev and has seen the world! 🌎  Brenna’s parents are prior America West Airlines! Dad is an Airbus Capt and retired military pilot. Mom is a retired AWA CSR and Flight Attendant. Studied Global Studies, duh!  Got a Master’s at Thunderbird! Peru, Greece, Macedonia, Brussels for school abroad! W...

We meet Rachel a flight attendant for a US carrier. She ZEDs everywhere!  Rachel speaks French and has been to Paris many times. She decided she wanted to go to the Olympics! Someone pushed Rachel into applying for a flight attendant position. She applied to appease them! She was meant to be an FA! Oh, to be young and beautiful! The pilot saw her and re-opened the door to put Rachel on! How does y...

This week we had Mathew join us and share some of his travel trips and well as his really cool experiences!  The Next Trip Podcast debates their airline's new “Full Transparency” policy so we join in!  Mathew grew up as a non rev kid! Fell in ❤️ with first class! Met Rosie and blinded her with Paris for dinner! This Guy M + Rosie = 💒 = 🍼🚼 School district changes their break schedule so no...

WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE!!  So much happening in our aviation world!!  We discuss!  Ode to Billy Joel  Phoenix London market changes What the heck is Tuachan? Crowdstrike!  Blue screen of death Where was Rico? Southwest BIG changes Tyler is now a Hyatt Globalist!!🙌 Tyler is all over plane spotting Henry the EP gets Tyler into the ultimate lounge! Dayton Air Show Olympics! StaffTraveler Is offerin...

This weeks episode Eric and Catherine join us to talk about their first non-Rev trips as well as share some tips on some new technology that may help your travels.  Catherine tags along on a business trip to Japan as her first non rev trip!  Sakai City directly south of Osaka makes the best knives First mistake she makes as a non rev…. Eric’s first non rev trip is to Hartford…. In the Continental...