• KIKILOVE@piefed.social
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    Maybe health company can disclose ALL data so if you have cancer supermarket can charge you more? I mean you won’t need the money anyway.

    Somebody tells McKinsley

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    Back in the day, there was a bereavement discount you could get if you asked. Sure glad they put a stop to that, the shareholders would be furious!

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        When my grandmother died and I had to fly out for the funeral, American Airlines said they don’t do it. I called their AAdvantage customer service line.

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    "Mildly infuriating?” If people aren’t actually enraged, it’s because we’re already drained.

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      They’ll commit every evil imaginable if the reward is profit instead of retribution. There is no bottom.

      Capitalism would sell children to pedos… Just ask Trump and his best friend Epstein.

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    They already do. Book months in advance, like you would for a vacation, is normally cheaper than booking last minute for a funeral.

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      I’ll be sure to ask my mom to die in 3 months from now so that i can get my seat on a plane. I’s supposed to be that you give the airline a copy of the death certificate and they allow you to fly for a discounted rate.

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      Exactly this. I needed a day return on short notice the last time I had to take a flight for a funeral, so that would be business price for tickets rather than leisure price. About 10x price difference, but there was no alternative if I was going to be there.

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      I remember him well. He would never have stolen from a dead. He would always have waited and charged the inheritors an inheritance fee (+ grieving fee).

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            … when the family noticed they were all like “he had 4 golden teeth, they can’t just fall out and get lost”… 😒

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              … my dad even suggested to open the deceased up, maybe he had swallowed them? For a little fee he could help them out 👉👈🙏