News and notes from around the interweb:
- Woman Demands Airbnb Host Decorate The House For Christmas Prior To Her Arrival Imagine the cleaning fee!
A guest just Instant booked my Airbnb from December 24-26 (two nights). She said she is a single mom with her three daughters, and requested that I decorate the Airbnb for Christmas prior to her arrival…We’re been hosting for 5 years, have had over 500 guests and this is probably the most weirdly presumptuous requests I’ve ever gotten.
- Crypto.com now enables purchase of Accor points using 20 digital currencies however one coin seems conspicuously absent and I don’t mean $HAWK. (No FlyCoin, either.)
The only true asset that delivers diversification when needed: pic.twitter.com/tIYT0yYyvD
— Phil Bak (@philbak1) December 20, 2024
- Capital One moves to close its Discover acquisition with February stockholder meetings
- That’s funny…
At DCA:
“Now boarding flight to Tampa, Group 1 and active military. Government contractors do NOT count as active military. I repeat, government contractors may not board at this time. Thank you.”
— Overheard District (@OverheardWDC) December 19, 2024
- Alaska Airlines has trademarked ‘Atmos’ for lounge branding
- FAA refuses to certify Lufthansa’s business class seats for 787 deliveries due to safety concerns
From the link: “In any case, it’s understood that Lufthansa will be seeking compensation from Collins Aerospace, although whether that would cover the losses that the airline is racking up over the debacle remains to be seen.” The contract may limit or eliminate any compensation since the seats for Lufthansa are custom. Instead of flying the airplanes with those seats, maybe they could put in more coach seats so that they could at least try to make a profit while the Collins seats are modified to meet FAA requirements.
I’m sure narcissistic arrogant Airbnb guests make ridiculous requests by the thousands on a daily basis, maybe they just aren’t posted on SM and then picked up by bloggers. Not news, but a further indication of societal decline.
The “host”/rental operator can’t easily put a member on “global ignore” like is done to a growing list of members on FT.
Perhaps the renter was making the request to outsource decorating for a holiday celebration as a way to get out of the rental without a penalty or she’s just a high-demand person who doesn’t enjoy the work involved in decorating for a holiday.
Mantis hasn’t appreciated that the ultimate indication of societal decline in his lifetime is his kind of people supporting Trump’s election for US President in last month’s election.
Instead of branding a new Alaska Airlines lounge as “Atmos,” the Alaska Air Group might consider naming the airport lounge “Staph” to commemorate a notable aviation food poisoning outbreak reported by the Alaska Daily News. The article recounts that on or around January 31, 1975, a cook at International Inflight Catering arrived at work in Anchorage with two lesions—staph infections—on his right hand. International Inflight Catering, partially owned by Japan Airlines (JAL), provided meals for their flights. Despite his condition, the cook covered the lesions with bandages and did not inform his supervisors. For a second Airport lounge name option, I suggest “Cdiff,” referring to Clostridioides difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and colitis. Colitis is an inflammation of the colon. Most cases of C. diff infection occur after a passenger finishes a course of prescribed antibiotics or shortly thereafter.
Read more:
https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2023/12/17/alaskas-role-in-the-most-stomach-churning-food-poisoning-incident-in-aviation-history/
Dear renter, we are so sorry we will not be able to honor your request. The renters renting before you have specifically requested we do not decorate, as these decorations would be a danger to their young children. There would be insufficient time to clean and decorate between their stay and yours.