News and notes from around the interweb:
- A viral clip shows a man on a packed flight casually peeling and eating a whole raw onion at his seat while fellow passengers react in disbelief. It isn’t a random cabin meltdown, though – the “onion eater” is an influencer whose shtick is doing gross-out food stunts in public.
MAN BITES INTO A RAW ONION ON A PACKED FLIGHT – AND THE ROW INSTANTLY FALLS APART
He pulls out a full onion at 30,000 feet and eats it like it’s a damn apple. Within seconds the smell detonates through the cabin – passengers wiping their eyes, covering their faces, looking… pic.twitter.com/lWEb3X1iCG
— HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) December 1, 2025
- Is Kevin Bacon the new American Airlines managing director of premium services..? He did lose most of his money to Bernie Madoff so maybe he needed the job?
Dancing in the JFK lounge?
byu/songwritersonprocess inamericanairlines - Reno airport will open an RFP for a new lounge in the second quarter of 2026.
- Qantas first class will finally offer dine on demand and pour Bollinger La Grande Année 2015.
- 70% bonus on transfers from Chase to IHG One Rewards through January 15, 2026. Please do not do this.
- (1) That tape means maintenance already knows. (2) The action should be a refund – you did not provide the advertised product in exchange for the customer’s money – not a vague suggestion that you won’t similarly stick it to other customers in the future.
Oh no, we're truly sorry to see that your tray table is broken. DM your confirmation code, so we can share this with our Maintenance team for immediate repair.
— americanair (@AmericanAir) December 2, 2025
- It looks like American Airlines AAdvantage accounts are finally seeing loyalty points deducted when returning shopping portal purchases. Previously miles would be deducted but loyalty points would stick, and people were earning status buying things and then returning them.
Surely the oxygen masks should have deployed?
“influencer”… *sigh*
Another data point in the devolvement of society. Maybe I should be glad I’ll be pushing up crab grass 30 years from now.
Now this is known to be a thing, I would guess others will take a snack onion with them. I will have to try to fly with durian to eat onboard. Unlike onion guy, I will not be having trouble with it.
@George Romey — So, you’re a Millennial now? Because, if you’re already in your 50s or 60s, I think30 more is pretty optimistic, especially with the way the country/world is going. So, like, I’d set lower expectations, unless you’re super rich or genetically very lucky.
@jns — “Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?”
Why shouldn’t we get the 70% bonus on transfers from Chase to IHG One Rewards? Not that I was planning to do so, but there’s no link in that item to explain what’s wrong with it.
@Joshua K. — Because IHG points are worth about 0.5 cents per point at breakeven, and Chase UR is anywhere from 1-2 cents per point, so even a 70% bonus to 0.5 is still less than 1 cpp. That’s why. Feel free to ignore the math. You do you.
@Joshua K – an IHG point is worth about half a cent. You aren’t even getting a penny a point in value here, except in the most outlier of cases. You are going to be far better off – if you want to book an IHG property – doing so through Chase Travel where it will generally be able to also stack with IHG benefits and points.
May I offer anyone some limburger cheese and some oily tuna?
I love onions but would never be so impolite to other pax
“Oh no, we’re truly sorry to see that your tray table is broken. DM your confirmation code, so we can share this with our Maintenance team for immediate repair.”
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