Started by Alistair Grant (@captain_al) ·
American Airlines once sold unlimited first class for life
In 1981 American needed cash, so it sold lifetime unlimited passes for $250,000. A few buyers flew thousands of flights and the airline eventually decided it was losing a lot of money and started revoking passes.
5 sources · 31 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “aairpass unlimited lifetime ticket”
- Ended at
- “american airlines removed one olive from salads”
The Trail
- “aairpass unlimited lifetime ticket” (google.com)
- AAirpass (en.wikipedia.org)
- American Airlines (en.wikipedia.org)
- Robert Crandall (en.wikipedia.org)
- “american airlines removed one olive from salads” (google.com)
same era: supposedly saved about $40,000 a year by taking one olive out of first class salads
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