News and notes from around the interweb:
- United Airlines Bingo
- AQR Capital Management LLC Buys 1,431,113 Shares of JetBlue Airways Co. doesn’t mean what you think it means… while they have a variety of funds with different strategies, in general they buy on value (JetBlue stock is pretty beaten down…) and momentum (has been rising on Icahn activism).
- Shangri-La Circle 10 elite nights by May 31 earns Jade status.
- Amex dropping SiriumXM from the Platinum’s digital entertainment credit effective May 8.
- TIL:
- Woman Claiming to Be a Doctor Demands Emergency Landing, Fellow Passenger Calls BS with Unexpected Results (HT: Paul H)
- I’m pretty sure that ‘Apple Vision Pro’ and ‘upgrade’ here are unrelated but can’t wait for the articles suggesting wearing one (‘don’t dress nice’?) to get upgraded.
I got double dog dared by @bffmike to board my flight to Austin while wearing the Apple Vision Pro. I felt like a total idiot.
The gate attendant leaned over and… upgraded me to first class.
I then had the most productive 3 hour plane ride of my life. pic.twitter.com/lstdahq06u
— Jimmy Jacobson @ SXSW (@jimmyjacobson) March 9, 2024
- When Mexico sent the military to patrol the Cancun beaches, drug gangs went to Tulum?
All the beach clubs have been taken over by cartels. pic.twitter.com/lFMZF7Ulp4
— RealEstateDude (@realestatedude0) March 10, 2024
What I find interesting is how every airline goes so far to obstaficate what actually goes wrong when there is a problem. I.e. “technical issues” It would be more honest.
United bingo should have half of the squares with weather excuses with most of them being lies.