An extra fee for the use of your laptop? Why Working on Your Next Flight Could Cost You More (Overview)

News and comments from around the interweb:

• It costs extra to use a laptop on a plane – either economy plus seats, or paying the person in front of you not to recline.
  

  So I have the right to use my laptop and your passengers have the right to lean back, but if your seat smashes my screen because your pax leans back then it’s my fault???? @united pic.twitter.com/dGda0QsUcc

  — Anh Nguyen♏ (@chineygyal) April 26, 2024

• Incredible.
  

  Images of beautiful cities as they looked a century ago – a common thread

  1. Constantinople (Istanbul), capital of the Ottoman Empire, 1905 pic.twitter.com/wgJXjZIap4

  — Time Capsule Stories (@timecaptales) April 25, 2024

• Wout. Owner of Leeds East Airport is fined for attacking the chairman of the parish council in a dispute over bird nests
• I have a seven figure credit score.
  

  My friend just told me she has a credit score of 860

  I didn’t believe her so she showed me this…. pic.twitter.com/BlsY8yM9SB

  — TJ (@MillionsWithMe) April 26, 2024

• This are not allowed ‘pets in the cabin’, meaning they are on board as a service animal. Please don’t tell me that “airlines prohibit pets from being brought on as service animals” and that “all service animals are trained.” All you have to do is fill out an advance form and state that you have a service animal.

  

• Amex used to be seen as more ‘premium’ than other cards. I’m not so sure anymore. Walmart+ does usable for many Platinum customers, but doesn’t that make the card a mass consumer product rather than a luxury brand? And then there’s this:
  

  Ah yes, nothing screams ‘luxury’ like…
  byu/Fiveby21 inamex

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