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Farts have real consequences.
If you haven’t heard, 4 people were kicked off a Transavia flight after one man ripped so much ass, that it caused a fight to break out, and forced the flight to make an emergency landing in Vienna. Personally, that would be a badge of honor, but I digress. The story goes like this: A plane full of people boarded what they thought would be an unassuming flight from Dubai to Amsterdam. Once airborne a man started providing his own jet proplusion…which happens. But these weren’t just any plane vapors, this guy was putting on an odarama for the ages, and the two guys next to him politely let him know that it offended them. The man kept attempting to break the sound barrier and…
It escalated. Backups were called.
Next, the pilot came out and told the man put his egg pump on idle until they landed. He didn’t and kept the 1 man salute machine firing, much to the chagrin of these two men.
A fight broke out
Yes, these two guys took the cheek flapper to task. The plane landed because of the fight.
Police boarded the plane with dogs.
Somehow two other passengers were implicated in this whole mess and were detained upon exiting the aircraft. They’ve since been released, and are suing the budget airline.
Transavia have banned all the passengers and released the following statement:
“Our crew must ensure a safe flight. When passengers pose risks, they immediately intervene. Our people are trained for that…They know very well where the boundaries are. Transavia is therefore square behind the cabin crew and the pilots.”
Moral of the story….Be careful if you volunteer a little tail wind
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Welcome Offer
Earn 75,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
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- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
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- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
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- 10% Anniversary Points Boost
- each account anniversary you’ll earn bonus points equal to 10% of your total purchases made the previous year
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
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- $95 Annual Fee
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Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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