While we’ll have to mark this as “developing” for now, here’s some news that most people will probably consider to be positive…
The issue, of course, is that Starlink isn’t yet available on most planes. So those traveling on non-Starlink aircraft have been not only dealing with slower Wi-Fi speeds, but they’ve also had to pay for the service.
While there hasn’t yet been any sort of an official announcement, it appears that United may quietly be rolling out free Wi-Fi at the moment, across the board? Many people on Reddit report that Wi-Fi is now free on most United flights, including those operated by planes with Panasonic and Viasat Wi-Fi, so this includes many long haul flights as well (thanks to View from the Wing for flagging this).
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
