The unlimited flight pass that cost an airline millions

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Corporate oversight at its absolute finest. American Airlines sold a lifetime unlimited first-class pass for $250,000 in the 1980s, only for a guy named Jacques Vroom to fly 2 million miles a year. He flew to Paris just for lunch, costing the airline millions annually and forcing them to legally revoke his golden ticket out of sheer financial panic.

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Airlines specifically choose to paint the vast majority of their passenger planes bright white because the color reflects sunlight, which significantly reduces the time and energy needed to cool the cabin on the tarmac.

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