News and notes from around the interweb:
- Fake airline reps on Twitter are pulling the Google search travel agent scam that American Airlines is suing to stop.
And as bizarre as it is to get replies from fake accounts that seem just credible enough to help you, even more bizarre is that the scam involves actually helping people change their flights. Rabinowitz says scammers ask for info like an email address and flight confirmation number, then use that info to book a flight. They then ask for payment via PayPal for the courtesy—something that could easily have cost nothing with the real airline.
“At the end of the day, you might not even know that you were scammed because the service you wanted was actually rendered,” Rabinowitz says
- Everyone has their own pre-flight routine.
While down at the gate, I noticed a man in full running gear (tshirt, shorts, runners), running laps up and down the full length of the terminal passing in between passenger’s and their luggage while waiting to board their flights. …The guy was sweating profusely while running – he was doing a significant number of laps around the area. …I was boarding my flight half an hour after first seeing him, he was still running up and down the terminal.
- Even though the Honors program doesn’t require it, Hilton properties do sometimes upgrade to suites.
@_itspiedy This has to be a joke … a conference room? @hilton this is not what i booked. #fyp #whatisthis #iamoverit #exploremore #hilton #makeitmakesense ♬ original sound – the Princess - American Airlines isn’t paying flight attendants for jury duty time
- Disemboweled Goat Found in Couple’s Luggage at Chicago O’Hare
Credit: Customs and Border Protection - SAS charges for advance seat assignments in business class and Star Alliance Gold members are not exempt.
Don’t tell a certain Hilton fanboy who shall not be named about suite upgrades not being required even though they’re not. Even though Hilton’s upgrade terms say “up to” for a suite he construes that to be that mean that you’ll get one. Using that same wacky logic a scratch off lottery ticket that reads “Win Up To $10,000” by definition must pay you that amount.
As for fake airline sites, if it is AI, I would expect that the response to be inaccurate at least some of the time. I see AI generated nonsense all of the time.