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American Airlines Free Wi-Fi Is Showing Up Early On Some Flights — Expect Service To Get Worse, Not Better [Roundup]

Dec 10 2025

American Airlines has already announced free Wi-Fi for AAdvantage members starting in January, but some flights are getting it early as “tests” begin — and that’s likely great news for most passengers. The catch is that when everyone piles onto a free connection, performance almost always suffers, so I expect today’s relatively usable paid AA Wi-Fi to look a lot more like Delta’s slog once this fully rolls out.

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Warning To Instacart Shoppers — The App Is Testing How Much More It Can Charge You For The Same Groceries [Roundup]

Dec 10 2025

Instacart isn’t just marking up groceries — it’s running quiet tests to see how much more it can charge different shoppers for the exact same items, potentially adding up to hundreds of dollars a year. Plus airlines forcing gate checks with empty bins, Austin paying subsidies to Southwest, and American’s spin on a reduced wheelchair fine.

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United CEO Says American Is Bleeding $800 Million A Year In Chicago — Leaked Figures Put The Loss At Just $70 Million In One Quarter [Roundup]

Dec 09 2025

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has been boasting that American is “bleeding” $800 million a year in Chicago — but leaked internal figures tell a very different story. They put American’s fully allocated loss at roughly $70 million in just one quarter, a big number but nowhere near Kirby’s claim.

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Delta Hates Upgrades So Much That 20+ Comfort+ Seats Went Empty Rather Than Seat A Diamond There [Roundup]

Dec 08 2025

Delta left more than 20 Comfort+ seats empty on a transcon while a Diamond couldn’t self-upgrade into them, which is exactly where their “extra legroom isn’t really an upgrade” strategy has led. In today’s roundup I look at how Delta is throttling upgrades, the new Vegas reality, airport therapy animals, boycott theater at 35,000 feet, and even a pigeon running wild on an IndiGo flight.

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‘My Spouse Loved Executive Platinum Status More Than Our Marriage — So I Got It In The Divorce’ [Roundup]

Dec 06 2025

Her spouse fell “madly in love” with Executive Platinum status and out of love with their marriage — so she put the legal bills on an AAdvantage card and walked away with elite status of her own. Plus: TSA’s new “proper papers” fee, Chase lounge diners sneaking in McDonald’s, musical Southwest flights, and an IHG points program devaluation.

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‘To Fly, To Serve As Little As Possible’ — British Airways Asks Passengers Which Perks To Cut Next

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Dec 05 2025

British Airways once promised “To Fly, To Serve.” Now they are surveying customers on which perks to give up next, from meals and bottled water to pajamas and amenity kits, and dressing it up as environmental responsibility. It is the latest step in a long march from “world’s favourite airline” to asking passengers to help do the cost cutting.

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Delta Passenger Sees Seatmate Text “Huge Woman Sat Next To Me” — Records Herself Crying Through The Flight

Dec 05 2025

A Delta passenger flying from Tampa to New York glanced over and caught her seatmate texting “HUGE woman sat next to me,” setting off a flood of tears she says lasted the entire flight. She’d recently lost more than 60 pounds and finally felt confident in a middle seat — until that moment. The man appeared to realize what he’d done, frantically sending blank texts to push the message off-screen, but by then she’d already recorded herself crying and posted about how painful “flying while fat” can be.

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