What Do Terrorists and Mileage Runners Have in Common?

They’re both interested in low cost per mile.

When an admitted al-Qaida operative planned his itinerary for a Christmas 2009 airline bombing, he considered launching the strike in the skies above Chicago, the Associated Press has learned. Tickets were too expensive to Chicago, as well as Houston, however, so he refocused the mission on a cheaper destination: Detroit.

(HT: Dan R.)

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Comments

  1. So the takeaway here is that if you want to avoid a terrorist flight you should book tickets on expensive airlines

  2. I’m betting that this guy will plead an insanity defense, and he’ll be found innocent.

    My proof: only a crazy person would choose to spend their last remaining moments on earth on Delta. In coach.

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