Jetsetters’ Edge: The Profile Tweak Every Frequent Flyer Should Use for Dating Success

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Oct 22 2023

There’s one tweak to your online profile that could turbocharge your right swipes and get potential dates sliding into your DMs.

A meme for the Tinder and Hinge era started this year that you can replace the screening that used to happen through close connections with government vetting. Just demand that your dates have TSA PreCheck because the government has already done a background check.

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Warning: DEA Agents Are Searching Airline Passengers At Their Gates And Taking Their Money

Oct 21 2023

DEA agents in disguise are hanging out in airport terminals and going from gate to gate searching passengers as they prepare to board their flights.

In the Atlanta airport they’ve been found telling passengers it’s a ‘secondary screening’ to make them believe they’re required to submit, even though as a legal matter doing so is voluntary. Passengers don’t know they can just say no. But saying no may mean being detained. And when agents find cash, they keep it.

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Bypassing PreCheck: My Unexpected Shortcut Through Airport Security (Tales From ZorkFest)

Oct 21 2023

I almost felt guilty! I skipped both the general and PreCheck queues, and no doubt many of the people in those lines would have been eligible for the Priority line. They just hadn’t noticed it.

TSA also wasn’t checking eligibility to use that line and there was no one at the entry to the line checking for it either (TSA screeners don’t care how you get to the front of the line, they do not manage the lines). Anyone could have skipped to the front without even appearing to do so.

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Aer Lingus Terminates United Airlines Codeshare. Big Win For American Airlines Customers Coming?

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Oct 20 2023

Aer Lingus is an oddball airline. Geographically Ireland is well-placed for connections between the U.S. and Europe, in addition to serving a major tourist destination. They’re owned by the same company as British Airways and Iberia. Yet they partner with United Airlines. And that partnership creates arbitrage opportunities, for as long as it lasts.

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