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minus-squaresome_guylinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 months agoIf you can’t afford a phone, you don’t get to fly.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11·3 months agoTBF, if you can’t afford a phone, you probably can’t afford to fly either.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoI don’t disagree. I was just pointing it out. Air travel is generally beyond the price range of people on limited incomes.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoWhile true, it shouldn’t be required. But they also don’t let you buy tickets with cash today either.
minus-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoYou absolutely can. But you’ll have to buy them at the ticketing counter, and they will likely by 2-3x as expensive as they would have been otherwise.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoNot in the US afaik. Need to put the cash on a card, then you can buy them.
minus-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoAs far as I can tell, that is not correct.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-23 months agoNot necessarily true. I hate the whole phone treadmill where a phone battery sucks after two years. And the repair costs as much as another phone. So I held onto phones with like a few hours of battery life. Easier to just print out the tickets and not have to micromanage my phone.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBurner smartphone. Buy a cheap ass used phone on Craigslist. Only ever connect it to wifi. Load it with all the garbage apps companies demand you use. Use your real smart or dumb phone for your actual personal purposes.
If you can’t afford a phone, you don’t get to fly.
TBF, if you can’t afford a phone, you probably can’t afford to fly either.
One shouldn’t be a gatekeeper for the other.
I don’t disagree. I was just pointing it out. Air travel is generally beyond the price range of people on limited incomes.
While true, it shouldn’t be required. But they also don’t let you buy tickets with cash today either.
You absolutely can. But you’ll have to buy them at the ticketing counter, and they will likely by 2-3x as expensive as they would have been otherwise.
Not in the US afaik. Need to put the cash on a card, then you can buy them.
As far as I can tell, that is not correct.
Not necessarily true. I hate the whole phone treadmill where a phone battery sucks after two years. And the repair costs as much as another phone.
So I held onto phones with like a few hours of battery life.
Easier to just print out the tickets and not have to micromanage my phone.
Burner smartphone. Buy a cheap ass used phone on Craigslist. Only ever connect it to wifi. Load it with all the garbage apps companies demand you use. Use your real smart or dumb phone for your actual personal purposes.