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Trivial Posts #4: Premium Economy, Drunken Master, and the Moulin Rouge

A quiet week over the Christmas holidays on my blog, but lots of trivial things to post to in the weekly look at what I’ve found online. Don’t forget to subscribe to the mailing list so you never miss anything trivial! Scotia, Air Scotia, You’re the airline that’s for me. My frequent-flying US friends are not happy at JetBlue, as the airline brings back regular seating and nickel-and-dime charing for luggage, prime seats, and all the other bits and pieces the modern airline seems to use. Once more, the economics of airlines seem designed to upset people. The New Yorker argues exactly that: “Basic service, without fees, must be sufficiently degraded