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Dark Side Of Rewards Miles And Government Surveillance: DOT Audits How Airlines Abuse Your Data

Mar 21 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation is launching a comprehensive review of the top U.S. airlines’ privacy practices concerning passenger data, focusing on potential unethical monetization and data sharing with third parties, in an effort led by Secretary Buttigieg and influenced by Senator Wyden’s advocacy for stricter privacy protections.

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JetBlue Will Cut Some Transatlantic Flights Next Month, May Lose Their Hawaiian Partnership

Mar 21 2024

A report from an executive meeting with JetBlue employees over all of the change that’s going on at the airline after the government blocked their partnership with American Airlines, stopped them from acquiring Spirit Airlines, and after corporate raider Carl Icahn took a stake in the carrier suggests that cuts may be coming to transatlantic flying and that there’s risk to their partnership with Hawaiian Airlines too.

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