News and notes from around the interweb:
- The European Commission is investigating the fee third parties have to charge to make bookings on Lufthansa and plans to investigate British Airways and Iberia as well.
- Free email alerts for British Airways upgrade and award space
- An American 737 needs to be fumigated after a scorpion was found onboard before a Sacramento – Chicago flight.
- Plastiq will now only take MasterCard and Discover for mortgage payments, chalk one up in the rent versus buy column.
- Preparing for National Cheeseburger Day Wait, that’s a thing? Monday September 18th apparently. Oh that’s right last year Delta served Shake Shack burgers on afternoon New York JFK – LAX flights.
American Airlines Cheeseburger, 2010 - Redesigning hotel buffets to reduce waste
When does it make sense to spend an extra 2.5% on every mortgage payment in order to earn miles on each mortgage payment?
@tommyleo – credit card signup bonus, to meet minimum spend requirements. Or people hard-up for miles.