News and notes from around the interweb:
- American Airlines a data breach from a phishing attack disclosing information on “a very small number of customers.”
Personal information exposed in the attack and potentially accessed by the threat actors may have included employees’ and customers’ names, dates of birth, mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, and / or certain medical information.
The airline said it would offer affected customers free two-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks to help with identity theft detection and resolution.
- Booking.com will take a position in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by placing a warning on accommodations in the West Bank. (HT: @crucker)
- Did a JetBlue flight fly through Hurricane Fiona? (HT: Jonathan W)
- How some passengers approach premium cabin travel (though little will ever match 8 bottles of Dom on a single one-way journey).
My usual routine for leisure flights in F/J:
In the lounge:
Three glasses of champagne before lunch
Two glasses of wine with lunch
A cocktail before coffee and dessertOn board:
Two glasses of boarding champagne
A gin and tonic after take off
3 glasses of wine with lunch/dinner
A glass of dessert wine
A digestifThen an ibuprofen and as much water as they will give me!
- Flight attendant claims J. Lo is an unsufferable diva passenger
- Air India will take delivery of ex-Delta Boeing 777-200LRs
As I calculated a few weeks ago, the 8 bottles of Dom story has to be bogus. It’s cute, but full of humblebrag BS. The science doesn’t add up.
A few years ago, I booked a spot near TLV through VRBO. After booking, while taking a closer look, SO and I noticed it was on the other side of the pre-1967 border (the Green Line), but barely, by maybe 100 meters. We were a bit concerned, but after taking a look at the map, determined that it wasn’t in the West Bank per se, but in one of those squiggles on the way to Jerusalem that would get negotiated away to straighten borders in any peace deal. Perfectly safe. And booking.com would be perfectly legitimate to note to potential bookers whether any property, in any area of the world, is in a potentially dangerous area. There are neutral ways to do that. There are some places in the US that probably need that banner as well.
There’s a photo of a 2008 Chateau d’Yquem, but I don’t see it in any of the links. Which airline was serving one of the most expensive dessert wines in the world?!
@Jianxiang – Emirates
Your drinking seems to be quite light!
Lounge – champagne on arrival, pre food cocktail, wine with each course, port, post food cocktail, negroni whilst waiting for gate
Onboard – champagne, cocktail after take off, pre dinner cocktail, paired wines with meal, port, post meal cocktail, few champagnes and soft drinks during, flight, juices with light meal or breakfast.
I always go through a few bottles of water
We shouldn’t admire and glorify behavior which is arguably alcoholic. It’s a sad reflection on our society that during the early days of COVID Liquor Stores were deemed to be “essential” businesses only to prevent millions of Americans from Alcohol Withdrawal, a potentially lethal medical emergency, at the same time that medical resources were being stressed with COVID patients.