The space is now open, and it’s not only available to Black Card customers. There is an open Salon with complimentary coffee and (3) distinct areas with separate reservations. And a secret room.
Rich Anti-Vaxxer Offers Passengers $100 – $100,000 To Take Off Their Masks Inflight
Serial entrepreneur Steve Kirsch, who co-invented the optical computer mouse in 1980, has developed a real hatred for mask-wearing. It isn’t just that he doesn’t want to wear one. He doesn’t want anyone else to, either. When he flies, he offers other passengers money to take theirs off.
And he has a lot of money. He founded an internet search company in the 90s that he sold to Disney, and built several other companies including a anti-spam provider. So he thinks nothing of starting out with an offer of $100, and going up from there.
What The New Air Force One Will Look Like [Roundup]
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The Points And Miles Fallout From Silicon Valley Bank
By Monday there’s a reasonable chance that Silicon Valley Bank will be taken over by another bank, and even that uninsured deposits will be made whole. In any case, depositors will have access to cash soon.
However there’s one way in which this spills over… maybe not into other banks, but apparently to miles and points?
How One Man Ensures An Entire Row Of Seats To Himself When Flying
One man says he secures “poor man’s first class” – an entire row of coach seats to himself – with what he claims is a genius hack. It’s fraud, and something you’ll pay the price for if you try it yourself. Don’t be like this TikTok influencer.
How To Get People To Stop Talking To You On Planes And In Hotel Bars
Your seat opponent starts chatting away, and you’re tired and just want to rest, or you want to work. You’re not up for a conversation, don’t really care about their kids or that their monthly flights and co-brand credit card shows how much they know about the airline and its loyalty program.
So you put on noise cancelling headphones but that doesn’t quite do the trick. Sure, you opt for over the ear rather than ear buds just to make it more blindingly obvious yet somehow it isn’t. You also look down at your phone, which is a universal sign for ‘I’m not paying attention to you.’ But maybe it’s not so universal?
When Two Women Accompany Hotel Guest Back To His Room, It’s Not Because He’s Charming [Roundup]
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When Delta Ruins A Passenger’s Bag, It Becomes The Bonanza Of A Lifetime
Sometimes damaged bags work out in a customer’s favor. If you’re mid-trip the airline may have a replacement bag to offer you at the baggage office, to at least keep you going. They may also be willing to replace the bag, instead of paying out compensation. And maybe they’ll just keep sending you new luggage?
How To Work On Planes Like A Boss
This is inflight productivity move of a true boss: bring all of your emails printed out onto the plane for some uninterrupted work time.
New No Notice Changes From Marriott, JetBlue, How Can They Keep Doing This? [Roundup]
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