News and notes from around the interweb:
- Travel insurance that pays out in magic beans!
FYI LifeMiles will sell you travel insurance where your compensation is in miles, not cash. Points for creativity. pic.twitter.com/9LZWs3hLuk
— Becky Pokora (@sightDOING) February 16, 2023
- United is starting to put functional wifi into its Boeing 757s. Once the make sufficient progress on their fleet, the airline will no longer be un-flyable.
— 🇺🇦 JonNYC 🇺🇦 (@xJonNYC) February 16, 2023
- New fees for foreigners entering Thailand starting in June it’s always politically more palatable to tax people who can’t vote. The new tax will be included in airline tickets for airport arrivals.
- The one passenger on a plane who watched romantic comedy “Hitch” instead of the Superbowl. The internet roasted them, but it’s not like they put their bare feet on the armrest in front of them…
The 1 dude watching Hitch on this plane should be jailed. A menace to society pic.twitter.com/Cut701G68h
— Brett Hanfling (@Brett_Hanfling) February 13, 2023
- New United Airlines free snacks in economy will rotate Dark Chocolate + Sea Salt Chocolate Crisps by Undercover Snacks, Apple and Mango Fruit Bars by That’s it, and Savory Snack Mix by Summer Harvest. Biscoff and pretzels will remain in the mix.
- Goldman Sachs drops idea of issuing its own brand credit cards sure that’s part of “scal[ing] back plans to become the primary bank for the masses” but they also.. lost a ton of money to bad credit decisions with the Apple card.
It’s genius paying out in fake money. It’s must cheaper for them I’d assume.