A woman who flies around the US for free saves “tons” – because her brother is a pilot.
Sophia Bamford, 22, started getting free flights in March 2024 when her brother Anthony Bamford, 23, put her on his standby list.
This means whenever her brother is flying on a plane and it is not full – Sophia can take one of the seats.
Since then, Sophia has flown nine times with her brother as pilot – including to New York City, Orlando, Venice Beach, Colorado.
Sophia is planning to take her brother’s flight to Canada and use the standby pass to go to Puerto Rico with a friend.
Sophia, a nanny, from Miami, Florida, said: “It’s so amazing. It’s a surreal feeling.
“Both of my brothers are pilots and for me it is difficult to tell that we are adults.
“For me, we are all still children.
“It’s weird when I’m on his flight and he’s sending all these different people off to their vacations or home or wherever they need to be.”
Anthony started flying in high school and would fly small planes and Sophia would join him.
He then became an instructor and would take Sofia around the United States.
Sophia said: “Earlier this year, I was able to take advantage of his flight benefits.
“When you’re a pilot, you have to put someone on standby.
“When you are on standby it means you get the flight completely free.
“You get to the airport and if the flight has extra seats, you can get on the flight.”
The first time Sophia got on her brother’s plane was when he flew to New York City.
It was also Sophia’s birthday, so Anthony announced it on the plane.
She said: “The first flight I took was my birthday.
“He announced through the speaker that it was my birthday and said the seat where I was sitting.
“People came up to me and wished me a happy birthday.
“Usually when I’m on a plane he’s flying, I’ll be waiting for him when everyone gets off the plane.
“It’s great to see him out of the booth.”
Sophia said her favorite location was when Anthony flew her and her mother, Karen, 62, to Colorado in February 2024.
Sophia said: “We’ve mainly flown into New York City as we have family up there.
“We’ve been to Colorado and back in one day which was my favorite trip.
“My brother had two extra seats on the flight so we decided to make the trip.
“We saw snow which was very cool.
“Being from Miami, we had never seen snow like this before – it was amazing.”
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