From: unitedafa.org

See also: Vacation Bidding Tutorial and Tips 

Section 18.E. of our Contract provides the timeline for annual Vacation bidding and establishes October 29 as the date on which the primary vacation bid period opens. 

Vacation bidding occurs according to the following negotiated timeline: 

Note:  All times listed are Local Domicile Times 

Our annual Vacation Bidding article provided by the United MEC Central Schedule Committee has been published on our MEC website. This year we have again included a downloadable mobile friendly booklet that you may save directly on any mobile device for easy reference. 

Please keep in mind 2016 is a leap year.  The additional day in the February schedule month has driven some changes in the Flight Attendant Schedule Months as defined in Section 2.W. of our Contract.  When bidding vacation, it is critical that you are using the correct start and ends days for each month to ensure you are submitting legal bids for each schedule month.  If you use the wrong start or end day, you may inadvertently submit an overlapping bid that does not meet the minimum requirements to be legal.  When applying vacation slide rules, your initial vacation bid must be legal. If not, vacation slide will not correct an invalid bid.

You may span two calendar months using 14, 15 or 16 vacation days, provided you have at least four (4) full vacation days in each month.

If you bid to span two months using 17 or more days, you must have a minimum of seven (7) full vacation days in each month.

The 2016 Flight Attendant schedule months follow: