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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: AAirpass

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In the go-go 80s and 90s, American Airlines offered the AAirpass, a lifetime pass for unlimited first class travel. It was an amazing deal, but AA didn’t predict just how much some travelers would use it. They played with fire, they got burned.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:34.4

Hey and welcome to The Short Stuff.

0:36.1

I'm Josh.

0:36.8

There's Chuck.

0:37.8

Jerry is absent, but we're still making do.

0:40.6

We're modeling through with short stuff.

0:42.8

Like I said, I said it twice, which was redundant.

0:46.1

And as everyone knows, it's a huge waste of time and short stuff.

0:49.2

So we're going to have to cut out a few facts.

0:51.5

That's right.

0:52.0

But the first thing we need to do is decide on what we call this thing.

0:55.8

Do you know what they called it?

0:57.7

Who's they?

0:59.3

American Airlines.

1:00.4

Oh, like, like, is do you pronounce both A's?

1:03.5

I don't know.

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