News and notes from around the interweb:

• The Capital One lounge at New York JFK had a small back of the house fire last week, and is currently closed. The lounge’s status is currently reflected in Capital One’s app and on their website. I don’t actually expect it to be closed very long, probably measured in days though hopefully it won’t stretch out. It’s a good sign that employees were spotted inside this morning. I asked Capital One about it, and they shared:

  The Capital One Lounge at JFK airport is temporarily closed to address a facilities issue. We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to welcoming guests again soon

  

  Update 9/9: the lounge has re-opened!

• The official American Airlines way to designate a seatback entertainment screen inoperative:

  Broken media equipment?
  byu/Swed3s inamericanairlines

• Trump congratulates Delta on bending the knee. They have reverted to “Notice to Air[b]men[/b]” and they now have adopted “Gulf Of America”

• I mean, American does lead the industry in mishandled bags..

  @AmericanAir y’all have delayed my flight by 4 hours and counting and now have luggage on fire. Please do better. pic.twitter.com/RmByLaX5Mp

  — Mason McElduff (@MasonMcElduff) September 5, 2025

• “Taxes are the price we pay for civilization.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

  Most tax line items ever?
  byu/bernaltraveler inhyatt

• Turkey now requires airlines to provide each passenger with at least 200 ml of free drinking water on every flight—no exceptions. In the U.S., Spirit and Allegiant charge for water. Scott Kirby tried to when he was President of US Airways.