NYC Airport Charges $27 for Beer—Is This the Most Expensive Pint in America? [Roundup] – View from the Wing

News and notes from around the interweb:

• The most expensive airport beer in the country is at New York LaGuardia, where a single glass can cost what a case should. And that’s after the Port Authority of New York New Jersey promised cheaper beer.

  $28 plus tax and tip at Newark, and the Port Authority Office of Inspector General found that 25 people actually paid $23 – $27 for a single “seasonal beer” at New York LaGuardia. So much for required ‘street pricing’.

• Last month American Airlines was fined $50 million over its wheelchair handling. They’ve been consistently the worst major carrier for this (unsurprisingly, since they’re also by far the worst with checked bag handling).
  

  @AmericanAir this is beyond absurd and ridiculous. Boarded the plane over two hours ago and still no solution. Everyone else was allowed to deboard and since I’m in a power chair they refuse to get my wheelchair for me, instead they said they would bring it to the next plane but… pic.twitter.com/nYLvsuHz82

  — Austin Reynolds (@austinxreynolds) November 7, 2024

• Serious question, why do you do this – feet in the air in an airplane cabin?
  

  First class doesn’t mean you have classbyu/michaelbrnd indelta

• An Airbnb guest “openly brag[s]…about how she travels all over the country for free [making] black mold claim[s].”
• Qatari Owner Of St. Regis Bal Harbour Sued By Condo Owners Over Allegedly Unsafe Conditions
• In July GHA Discovery sold points at a discount for the first time (15% off) and now they’ve brought this back through November 21.

  I like discounts on hotel stays, and I love points, but I’m not a buyer because: buying these points means giving up points-earning (in this case, a 7% rebate) when spending cash; hotel stays earn credit card spending bonuses but this does not so I’m giving up 2 Chase points per dollar worth at least 3%; and you can’t spend points against prepaid rates so may pay more for the room. I think I’d need a 25% discount on points to be a buyer.

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