News and notes from around the interweb:
- “CleanPlus”
Hey @united, I thought you cleaned your aircrafts? This was from JUST the headrest of your flight I took just the other day. I have upcoming United flights, maybe I should reconsider… pic.twitter.com/69Xc0NO5IJ
— Charity (@Charity1129924) May 8, 2025
- I’ve written for 20 years that the easiest way to know you haven’t been upgraded is you get a sticky note with your key packet that says “you’ve been upgraded!” If they have to tell you your room is an upgrade, it isn’t.
- Stablecoin-backed credit cards
- WSJ: Why Airlines Are Betting Billions on More First-Class Flights
- JetBlue runs on Dunkin’.
JetBlue “brewing attitude”
— JonNYC (@xjonnyc.bsky.social) May 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It does seem like a good move for the airlines to compete on first class. That’s where the money is!
Re: dirty seats. Been traveling with Lysol wipes in my carry-on since 2005. I wipe down my own area (including window/shade, abovehead controls) and then offer wipes to row mates. Traveling 2021-22 the planes were all very clean. Since 2023 it’s been a downhill slide into filth.
Yeah that’s a Covid service airlines don’t do that anymore, bring your own wipes and masks or travel private.
Oh, FFS! Are people so naive as to believe that an airline can complete a terminal clean of an airline in 20 minutes between deplaning one flight and boarding the next one? You can’t be that stupid. If you’re that afraid of dirt stay home.
Not gonna lie, these are the people I love to watch twitch and panic every time someone coughs or sneezes.
To be fair United’s alcohol wipes could clean an operating room and probably get that level of filth. They are potent.