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more on more on frequent fliers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:02:55 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: James Love <james.love () cptech org> Date: September 30, 2005 10:46:59 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Ip Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] more on more on frequent fliers Dave,As someone who is constantly in airports, there are several things that would be more useful than special status for certain travelers. Thinking a lot also about international travel, my list would look like this.
1. Free Wifi that you can easily hook up to, even when you only have a short time between connections. 2. Electrical outlets so you can recharge your laptop batteries (often strangely hard to find in some countries). 3. A standard airport webpage for all of the relevant arrival and departure info, and other basic things, and maybe even a place where people could leave you notes, so you know what to do when you arrive. 4. A place to buy a pre-paid GSM sim card. Even better, a way to buy it before you land so you can give out your "local" number when you arrive. 5. A system of taking numbers rather than waiting in long lines to check-in.
Jamie On Sep 30, 2005, at 9:53 AM, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Bob Frankston <Bob2-19-0501 () bobf frankston com> Date: September 29, 2005 5:14:43 PM EDT To: dave () farber net, 'Ip' <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: RE: [IP] more on frequent fliersIt's worth trying to respond to this is a widely held view. It's a form of profiling that focuses more on others' perceived advantages in a zero sumworld. Ad hominem attack can displace effective criticism. The attitudes can and do have a serious impact on public policy thoughoften in distorted forms such voting against welfare queens but in favor oflifting the inheritance tax. Or banning immoral cell phones. Many frequent flyers are oppressed workers traveling from meeting to meeting spending days away from their family. Must they stand in line beyond privileged travelers who can move about at their leisure?Is taking a nap at 5AM between plains in O'Hare a luxury? Why the road rageat a few who travel a lot to earn status flying or a few who pay for status?
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