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Frequent fliers who flew too much (2012)

22 points by ValentineC 8y ago

V-2 8y ago
Link unavailable from the EU.
askver 8y ago
Can we block the latimes.com from HN until it's available in the EU again?
- snazz 8y ago
  The Outline link works just fine: https://outline.com/cdUx8n https://outline.com/cdUx8n
  - a3_nm 8y ago
    Only seems to show the first page for me.
  - simongr3dal 8y ago
    "Just fine" I just read the article in its entirety and Outline is missing something like 75% of the article's contents.
- jimijazz 8y ago
  Shouldn't this issue self-regulate by the HN ranking algorithm?
  - askver 8y ago
    That's actually a great suggestion! Please, all Europeans: consider pressing the "flag" link on this and every other latimes articles you see until they are readable to us.
    - deleted 8y ago
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- a3_nm 8y ago
  Here's a copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20190116210359/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/05/business/la-fi-0506-golden-ticket-20120506 https://web.archive.org/web/20190116210359/http://articles.l... https://web.archive.org/web/20180621182847/http://articles.latimes.com:80/2012/may/05/business/la-fi-0506-golden-ticket-20120506/2 https://web.archive.org/web/20180621182847/http://articles.l... https://web.archive.org/web/20180701133913/http://articles.latimes.com:80/2012/may/05/business/la-fi-0506-golden-ticket-20120506/3 https://web.archive.org/web/20180701133913/http://articles.l...
  - askver 8y ago
    Thanks! However, this like the 7th time or so that I've tríed to read an latimes.com article linked from the HN front page and they have blocked everyone in Europe from reading it. Enough is enough.
dcole2929 8y ago
I really hate the way companies abuse the court system to get out of unfavorable deals. If you sold the ticket and didn't explicitly outline exceptions you can't then get mad just because someone is taking advantage of the very same benefits they paid for. The Vroom guy (great name btw) seems to have particularly gotten screwed because at the time he bought his ticket it wasn't illegal to resell seats. He never violated the contract he signed. It's also pretty questionable to call booking two seats and only using one to be fraud. What if he just didn't want a neighbor, or he was overweight and needed the extra room? Either way he technically paid for the seat so AA not being able sell the seat twice is not really his problem.
- deleted 8y ago
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- soperj 8y ago
  It's actually better for the airline, since they actually use less fuel.
tom_ 8y ago
Both subjects male, so why on earth did they fail to title it 'The Men Who Flew Too Much'?

22 points by ValentineC 8y ago

V-2 8y ago

Link unavailable from the EU.

askver 8y ago

Can we block the latimes.com from HN until it's available in the EU again?

snazz 8y ago
The Outline link works just fine: https://outline.com/cdUx8n https://outline.com/cdUx8n
- a3_nm 8y ago
  Only seems to show the first page for me.
- simongr3dal 8y ago
  "Just fine" I just read the article in its entirety and Outline is missing something like 75% of the article's contents.
jimijazz 8y ago
Shouldn't this issue self-regulate by the HN ranking algorithm?
- askver 8y ago
  That's actually a great suggestion! Please, all Europeans: consider pressing the "flag" link on this and every other latimes articles you see until they are readable to us.
  - deleted 8y ago
    [deleted]
a3_nm 8y ago
Here's a copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20190116210359/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/05/business/la-fi-0506-golden-ticket-20120506 https://web.archive.org/web/20190116210359/http://articles.l... https://web.archive.org/web/20180621182847/http://articles.latimes.com:80/2012/may/05/business/la-fi-0506-golden-ticket-20120506/2 https://web.archive.org/web/20180621182847/http://articles.l... https://web.archive.org/web/20180701133913/http://articles.latimes.com:80/2012/may/05/business/la-fi-0506-golden-ticket-20120506/3 https://web.archive.org/web/20180701133913/http://articles.l...
- askver 8y ago
  Thanks! However, this like the 7th time or so that I've tríed to read an latimes.com article linked from the HN front page and they have blocked everyone in Europe from reading it. Enough is enough.

dcole2929 8y ago

I really hate the way companies abuse the court system to get out of unfavorable deals. If you sold the ticket and didn't explicitly outline exceptions you can't then get mad just because someone is taking advantage of the very same benefits they paid for. The Vroom guy (great name btw) seems to have particularly gotten screwed because at the time he bought his ticket it wasn't illegal to resell seats. He never violated the contract he signed. It's also pretty questionable to call booking two seats and only using one to be fraud. What if he just didn't want a neighbor, or he was overweight and needed the extra room? Either way he technically paid for the seat so AA not being able sell the seat twice is not really his problem.

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soperj 8y ago
It's actually better for the airline, since they actually use less fuel.

tom_ 8y ago

Both subjects male, so why on earth did they fail to title it 'The Men Who Flew Too Much'?