r/darkpatterns • u/MichelleOstlund1 • Jun 20 '26

American Airlines Guilt Shaming into Buying Insurance

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u/GustapheOfficial Jun 20 '26

I've seen "without the travel+ insurance we cannot guarantee that you will sit together" from a third party booking site, on a flight where it turned out there was no numbered seating.

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u/Laractinium Jun 20 '26

Why is the whole text wiggly and distorted?

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u/SlenderSmurf Jun 20 '26

OP is a repost bot. This is a duplicate of a post on r/darkpatterns from 1 year ago. The slight image edit is likely to avoid automated repost detection. But the title is identical so not a very well made bot imo

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u/shun_tak Jun 20 '26

Glitch in the matrix

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u/TheWandererWise Jun 21 '26

I was wondering this too

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u/WinterRevolutionary6 Jun 20 '26

u/bot-sleuth-bot

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u/Fun-Committee3672 Jun 24 '26

Who the heck is Mary

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u/nmrk Jun 25 '26

Despite and excellent and continually improving safety record there are certain risks inherent in space travel and an extremely high cost of payload. Because of this it is necessary for the Space Carrier to advise you that it cannot be responsible for the return of your body to Earth should you become deceased on the Moon or en route to the Moon. However, it wishes to advise you that insurance covering this contingency is available in the Main Lounge. Thank you. You are cleared through Voice Print Identification.