News and notes from around the interweb:
- Some American Airlines flights are already getting free wifi in advance of January’s change. The move to match Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and soon United and Alaska is wise – but happens not to be good for me.
I prefer the high priced wifi that reserves bandwidth for those who are paying versus the increased usage that comes with free. Delta flights with a similar system noticeably underperform American’s today, so I expect a degradation in performance once free hits. Free only really pairs with top performance on Starlink. United and Alaska don’t have the broad roll-out yet.. but when they do, they’ll be tops in among U.S. airlines for wifi.AA: wifi
-starting Dec 10th "testing" will begin on some planes ahead of complimentary Wi-Fi, sponsored by AT&T, to all Advantage members in 2026.
-customers will find out about the complimentary Wi-Fi on the flight as part of the inflight announcements– No pre-flight emails…— JonNYC (@xJonNYC) December 10, 2025
- This is broken down by race and occupation, but I think we need a crosstab.
A flight attendant just revealed her before and after body count from one year on the job in America The lifestyle is wild! pic.twitter.com/KHZ06pELIr
— Dami’ Adenuga (@DAMIADENUGA) December 9, 2025
- This is just unacceptable in business class.
[LHR][DFW] Chicken Stuffing Toasty rant
byu/TallBlondBeauty inamericanairlines - Air India admits compliance culture needs overhaul after flying Airbus without permit
- Qantas could fly seasonal non-stops to Las Vegas
- 40% of passengers at one Texas airport leave without paying parking garage charges
Waco Regional Airport is considering enforcement measures including gate arms, ticketing and towing after losing about $100,000 in parking fees since implementing paid parking in October.
Airport officials said 40% of travelers skipped paying the nearly $5 daily parking fee and boarded their flights without using the required ParkMobile app.
- J.W. Marriott sells the most alcohol in Austin more than any bar or entertainment venue. All those Bonvoy elites drowning their sorrows?
Here we go again with false prophet JonNYC…
Gary is so self-interested that he’d rather no one get free WiFi so that his paid WiFi is slightly better…‘thot’ leader.
As to the ‘body count’ announcement, maybe keep that to yourself.
I’ve noticed more flights where the wifi isn’t working. Once it’s free it and everyone is trying to stream I doubt it’s going to be very good. I can’t imagine AA spending much money on it. The wifi in the clubs was awful for about four years before AA upgraded that.
Not everybody can afford to pay for wifi.