News and notes from around the interweb:

• A United flight attendant who took sick leave after reporting a spinal injury incurred on a long haul flight wound up fired after the airline hired a private investgator to spy on him.

  The PI collected evidence that he was working at a cousin’s restaurant during his sick leave, in violation of company policy, though he disputes it and is suing to get his job back and back pay.

• Base CLEAR price will go up $10 to $209 and Amex credit will follow suit.

• British easyJet passengers turn 2.5 hour flight into a nightclub.

  @kiribarrachi Mi viaje de ayer London-Ibiza con easy jet fue un auténtico horror!!pasé miedo , un avión lleno de auténticos animales ingleses!! Todo el mundo de pie, chillando chicos pegandose, bebiendo botellitas de alcohol una detrás de otra… impidiendo a los asistentes del avión hacer su trabajo! Un auténtico infierno!!! Este vídeo solo és el final, lo que paso durante el trayecto no pude grabar.. antes de subir al avión ya iban borrachos, colocados! Tomando pastillas y alcohol a la vez( lo vi con mis propios ojos) fue un vuelo de 2h1/2 muy muy salvaje! Esto no se puede permitir! No deberían dejar subir a esta gentiza al avión ni vender alcohol dentro! No queremos este tipo de turismo en Ibiza, que se queden en su casa!! Lo pasé muy muy mal.. y los azafato@D sin poder hacer nada porque Como controlas dentro de un avión a estos animales salvajes?? Tiene que haber una solución!!! @easyJet #easyjet #turismoinglés #turismoibiza #animales #viajes #londonlife #londresibiza #londontiktok #ibizalondres #inseguridadavion #turismodecalidad ♬ sonido original – kiri

• Why Canada hosts more old passenger jets than any other country — by far The Boeing 737-200 “was designed to be fitted with a gravel kit” and “”All but seven of Canada’s 117 “remote northern airports” are unpaved” because “permafrost can melt in the summer, creating cracks or large ripples in [a paved] runway.”

  That [737-200] modification includes a deflector on the nose wheel that shields the underbelly from flying rock fragments. It also blows compressed air in front of each engine to prevent debris from entering the turbofans, which could be damaged and shut down.

• 15% off purchase of GHA Discovery Dollars May 29 – June 19. (HT: Loyalty Lobby) Here’s whether it’s worth it, provided you stay at GHA properties:
  • Only some hotels let you apply Discovery Dollars to prepaid rates. They’ve begun rolling out the ability to apply reward dollars during the booking process. For hotels where you can only apply on-property, you wouldn’t be able to use these to cover a prepaid rate (which can be cheaper).

  • If you’re not spending on food, beverage, spa, etc. at those places then this deal doesn’t make as much sense sense. In that case you might give up 10% savings on the prepaid rate and 7% rebate on cash spending in order to buy Discovery Dollars at a 15% discount.

  • But if you don’t book prepaid rates, or the hotel you want to book lets you apply Discover Dollars to the reservation while booking, this is a nice discount.

• Woman set up a discount travel agency using stolen credit cards when the travel she was buying for clients cost her zero, she could sell everything super cheap and still have a great margin!