News and notes from around the interweb:
- After 3 years Mexico is still trying to sell its Presidential jet. Even before the pandemic it was tough to sell a VIP-configured plane because of the expense of converting it to passenger use. And Mexico’s President flies coach as his schtick.
⚡️#LoÚltimo El Presidente @lopezobrador_ abordó al vuelo Delta Airlines que lo llevará a Washington, DC, con escala en Atlanta, por la pista.
📹 Isabella González pic.twitter.com/aGZIMpwFyk
— REFORMA (@Reforma) July 7, 2020
- Class action lawsuit against United Airlines for sending text messages to help people make their flights it’s one of those things that makes you really sympathetic to tort reform.
- Capital One Starting to Raise Credit Limits in Hunt for Growth
- Earn miles referring people to Qatar Airways Privilege Club, who then fly the airline
- How business travel may shift in the post-pandemic world according to the CEO of IHG hotels.
“Instead of driving to the office five days a week, (their employees) may have to fly in once a month,” he said in an earnings call with analysts yesterday. “Additionally, people are talking about having small offices and less meeting space as well. And so they’re going to have to use hotels as gathering places to do things in the past with them in their offices.”
“I think the death of business travel has been exaggerated by a number of pundits out there,” he added.
- Thailand Launches New Mandatory Tracking App For All Tourists
- 5 Alaska Airlines lounges re-join Priority Pass
Oh Gary, after 6 years I’ve learned to be forgiving of your clickbait headlines but this one seriously misrepresents the facts. The passenger didn’t file suit because of United’s operational efforts, he did it because United kept barraging him with auto-texts after he sent the STOP request. There’s already a story there, why stretch it into something that it isn’t?
My cab was too slow. My hamburger leaked on my shirt. My coffee was too hot. I get too many emails. Can I sue? Waiting to hear from predatory lawyers.
+1 to David. Beyond that, the TCPA sets statutory damages at a low enough point that it makes individual enforcement uneconomical. I have a single merchant with a documented 30+ calls in violation of the TCPA, and I can’t get a lawyer to take it on contingency – they only want it if I’m committing to full hourly rate or if it’s a class action. It’s just not worth their time.
If we’re going to have sensible rules (like “quit calling or texting when people say no”), we need effective sticks for getting people to follow them.
Nice click bait title. The guy is suing United because he asked them to stop texting him and he continued to receive nonstop texts. Get it right smh.
Yeah, once again we see why ‘bloggers’ and ‘journalists’ are two different things. That title would never pass an editorial board, but fortunately it doesn’t have to.
The suite against United is definitely not an example of why tort reform is needed. The plaintiff, if the facts are correct, tried to opt out four times and even got confirmation that he opted out. But, texts kept arriving. I hope United has to pay big.
Oops, suit, not suite. Florida education!
Having been involved in internal discussions on both the technology and legal side of the TCPA, I can assure you that United made a choice to ignore the problems in their systems. That’s their choice to make, naturally, but it’s not indicative of a systemic issue if they get sued because of their decisions.