News and notes from around the interweb:
- “Canceling or switching credit cards doesn’t stop recurring charges, thanks to a hidden banking system that tracks your financial life”
Millions of Americans pay for Netflix, doling out anywhere from $6.99 to $22.99 a month. It’s a common belief that you can get out of recurring charges like this by canceling your credit card. Netflix won’t be able to find you, and your account will just go away, right? You wouldn’t be crazy for believing it, but it’s a myth that canceling a credit card will stop your recurring charges.
…When you switch cards, Netflix doesn’t just stop your service — they just start charging your new card. There’s a largely hidden service that enables Netflix and most other subscription services to keep throwing charges at you indefinitely.
- Sheikh United al-Airlines.
Sheikh United al-Airlines has issued a fatwa declaring shrimp to be halal, bringing an end to the century long debate. pic.twitter.com/qbbqOe3027
— Saad Malik (@SaadMalik) April 28, 2024
- BLADE has launched a luxury bus to the Hamptons (NYT) which is a little bit weird because their helicopter business is all about avoiding the Long Island Expressway not sitting in traffic.
- 19 CRJ-700s expiring from the American Airlines contract will see SkyWest removing seats, changing the plane to CRJ-550s which will likely go to Delta where they’ll operate Essential Air Service subsidized routes. One fewer flight attendant on routes without many passengers.
- Delta Air Lines bans passengers from taking bananas out of its clubs but walking out with $30 in cheese is fine.
They had an absolutely fantastic cheese. I asked the guy what it was, he said he wasn’t sure but he tried to find out. So he went back to the kitchen.
One of the other staff overheard me going on about how good it was. He looked at me and smiled and said you know just take a Starbucks cup and fill it up and take as much home as you want. my jaw dropped, it was clearly a really expensive cheese. And of course, I took him up on it.
As I was walking out of the club, the chef came out, carrying the discarded cellophane. It was an extra old mimolette. I probably walked out of there with $20-$30 of cheese.
- While we’re at it, a pet peeve of mine is bulk toiletry bottles in the shower that say what they are in small, light print. I’ve taken my glasses off by the time I get in the shower. It would be nice not to have to get back out of the shower, put them on in order to read what’s what (and remember!), before returning to my shower.
Hey Marriott: fixed it for you
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FYI- it’s not a hidden banking system- It’s called “Account Updater” and is a service regularly used by companies (and nonprofits!) to charge recurring charges. It accounts for expired cards** and changed account numbers for the same card holder.
The service does *not* apply to all credit cards. The issuing bank has to participate in the program, and as a result, smaller banks/credit unions may not participate.
It’s offered as a convenience to the bank and customers… I know I routinely get new cards and it stinks to change everything.
What *IS* generally hidden is how easy it is to process a credit card. All you really need is the 16 digit account number. Zip code and the CVV checks are actually optional, and your signature on a receipt? It doesn’t mean a thing to authorize a card, and barely even used for disputes.
However, if you are a business and have a gateway (the software which allows you swipe cards or use a virtual terminal) that *allows* you to just enter a card number, you will pay the highest transaction fees, because naturally, there is a higher risk of fraud.
While legacy software gateways still let you do this, most new(er) gateway do force AVS (Address Verification… and could include zip code *and* street address), and the CVV code.
Yes to clear shower bottle labeling for those who wear glasses outside the shower.
I don’t think these frames are going to Delta. United wants all of its 70/76-seaters to be E-Jets. UA has 19 CR7s on the OO contract for ASE operations. Transitioning to 550s allows UA to replace the CR7s with 175s (once approved for ASE) and enables SkyWest to start taking on G7 CR5s that it can’t staff.
UA would have to license the CR5 STC to Delta and I do not believe this to be the case.
Netflix started charging me twice and could not/would not stop, and I figured it had to do with this card number change carryover. I had to cancel their service and initiate a chargeback report. Cards have a specific process for turning this off, and fortunately I had a copy of the chat with the Netflix rep saying there was nothing they could see to turn it off. I thought I might turn it on again in a month, but actually Amazon Prime is fine.