News and notes from around the interweb:
- The hotel crime spree that happened because hotel room locks were so easy to hack (HT: Alan H.)
- Mexico is fining US airlines over checked bag fees which violate its consumer protection laws however US airlines aren’t paying, arguing that a US-Mexico treaty allows them to set their own pricing and the treaty trumps. Litigation ensues.
- Scott McCartney goes along with American Airlines as they inspect new aircraft prior to accepting delivery. Good read.
- Hotel restaurant in Erbil, Iraq tried to label its meatballs in English. (HT: Alan H.)
Best translation fail. The arabic spells out a transliteration of 'meat ball' in English – which sounds like 'mayit baul', or Dead Paul. pic.twitter.com/zReTm93Gg8
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) August 28, 2017
- “But wait, there’s more!” Don’t delay, apply today. If you act within the next 60 seconds, you’ll also receive this bright shiny thing! It’s AA-approved, and member BarclayUS.
Inflight credit card announcements are unpopular with passengers. But the reason they proliferate is because they work.
I didn’t even get the first minute of this speech praising the merger. This is gonna be an interesting flight. (@OneMileataTime @garyleff ) pic.twitter.com/gtA6d5AS0S
— djjohnpayne (@djjohnpayne) August 30, 2017
Oh and it gets better:
The best part that goes unnoticed, is she paused the safety announcement so when she was done and hit play, there was automatic applause.
— djjohnpayne (@djjohnpayne) August 30, 2017
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stunningnot very surprising things about Airbus.
Watched the Aviator card commercial twice on the IFE system before my selection began. Then had to endure similar stupid sales pitch live. My guess is FAs get a spiff for hawking the card. Shameless blatant sales pitch to squeeze even more money from passengers (Barclay’s Bank pays AA for those bonus miles). I was shocked when they offered to pick up the completed applications to mail for us. Right!, I’m going to give a stranger (other than the bank) my personal information including social security number. Getting really sick of these sales pitches. How about a better product AA, that might bring in more money?