New and notes from around the interweb:
- It’s not just Citi getting rid of travel protections and insurance benefits, Brian O drops me a note that his Bank of America Platinum Rewards Card has eliminated travel accident insurance.
Effective October 1, 2019, we will no longer offer Common carrier Travel Accident Insurance on your credit card. You will be able to continue to file claims after October 1, 2019 for occurrences prior to that date, subject to the terms and conditions of coverage.
- The American Airlines New York operation in one photo that simultaneously speaks to its great past and its deteriorating present:
- Air New Zealand flight delayed by bird stuck in the cockpit which, unfortunately, wasn’t a kiwi.
- It’s important to think in advance about how you want to respond to intrusive border searches
Copyright: andreyuu / 123RF Stock Photo - With SAS shares down 40% the Star Alliance member is now less valuable than a Nordic bus.
- Air New Zealand says they’re eliminating newspapers from lounges for the environment but that isn’t true we all know it’s cost, it turns out they’re no longer going to pay for newspapers that are 100% made from waste products.
- Before you leave on vacation, take a photo of your stove that way you don’t have to wonder and worry if you left it on.
While that’s a great picture of AA’s facility, I’m not sure the ray of sunshine is an apt metaphor for their future in new York. Ominous clouds approaching would seem more accurate.
“Before you leave on vacation, take a photo of your stove that way you don’t have to wonder and worry if you left it on.”
utterly stupid. why publish sheer garbage?
Assuming you are a legal resident of the USA and do not want your information to be accessed by government agents:
If you are traveling with an iPhone or iPad using current iOS system software, turn off FaceID and TouchID, and make sure that your manual passcode is not easily guessed, i.e. not 123456, 111111, or the like. The current iOS software will stop responding if brute force password attacks are used, such as those in the “black box” devices used to crack iOS devices.
If you are traveling with a Mac laptop with High Sierra or Mojave (MacOS 10.12 or 10.13) installed, disable TouchID if your laptop has it. The APFS file system is automatically encrypted and cannot be accessed without the passcode, so ensure that your passcode is not easily guessed (mother’s maiden name, pet name, birthday, etc.)
If your Mac laptop has an earlier operating system, enable FileVault to encrypt the hard drive content and use a non-obvious passcode.
External drives and USB flash drives can also be encrypted using FileVault.
An alternate method is to store the contents of your device in the cloud, wipe your device before going through Immigration, and restore it after you are landed.
Of course, with the above measures in place, you may be detained while ICE tries to access the device contents. They can demand your passcode, but you are not required to provide it. Stay cool and wait them out.
What is the Bank of America Platinum Rewards card? Do you mean the Premium Rewards? If so then this sucks big time.
Yes, Air New Zealand should save the environment and put all of its passengers on Qantas on NZ-Australia flights and not operate their flight if they have low loads and a Qantas flight operates about the same time. And they should provide free bus transportation to the city so passengers don’t have to take taxis.
Just a stupid enhancement, I mean, excuse.
Take a phone of your stove! Are you kidding me? Stupid article AND advice. I would forget to take a picture of the stove. How about the coffee maker? Iron? Washing Machine ? Dryer? Toaster Oven? Windows? Sliding Door? Back Door? Garage Door?
The pictures would take more time then just checking each item from a list.
If you want to get that same (or better) picture of AA’s LGA operations, you can deplane a mere 30 minute walk away and catch the closest Lyft in a packed parking structure there.