United’s In-N-Out Burger Tease Has Passengers Begging for a Replacement to Its ‘Disgusting’ Onboard Burger [Roundup]

by Gary Leff

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News and notes from around the interweb:

  • Will United Airlines launch a partnership with In ‘n Out Burger? That would be amazing. United’s burger is bad. Delta’s Shake Shack burger is good. Just don’t go with the In ‘n Out fries which are tasteless cardboard.

  • Further update to Etihad Guest’s award change and cancellation fees that make the program not just frustrating but one to place in the ‘avoid’ category.

  • Capital One will buy the software that powers Capital One Travel from Hopper (Skift) They have twin goals “Establish more direct relationships with hotels to build inventory and develop travel and fintech offerings.”

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    They’re also running a giveaway of 250,000 Rove Miles and free lifetime accounts.

  • Given the lengths they’ve gone to cordon off views from public streets and other infrastructure, I love this so much.

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About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  2. In-n-Out on an airplane? How wonderfully decadent! I’m guessing us East Coasters would miss out on this, which is fine – In-n-Out has always a special treat when having to travel for it. Also guessing animal style will not be an option.

    Re F1: I saw a video of “professional escalator riders” who would keep going up and down escalators overlooking the track to get closer views than any seats. So long as you keep moving you can’t be accused of loitering.

  3. Delta has the best burgers (have tried both their Shack Shack and their TATL DeltaOne); United is still better than those awful AA sliders (yucko).

    @L737 — How deliciously absurd!

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