{"id":15292,"date":"2023-03-27T16:41:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=15292"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:41:06","slug":"claim-your-free-wifi-before-boarding-a-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/03\/27\/claim-your-free-wifi-before-boarding-a-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Claim your free wifi before boarding a flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Etihad is very stingy about their onboard wifi. Sat in their first class cabin, I&#8217;m only given a voucher for 200 MB data which is next to useless, and I&#8217;m not willing to pay. Then I saw the Boingo logo on the landing page, remembered my credentials, logged in and it worked!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/boingo-onboard-wifi-success.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/boingo-onboard-wifi-success.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/boingo-onboard-wifi-success.png 400w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/boingo-onboard-wifi-success-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I almost forgot about the perk: as a cardholder of the Virgin Atlantic Rewards+ credit card I was able to create a complimentary Boingo account. It seems to be the only credit card in the UK that offers this benefit, although certain mastercards issued in other countries should also qualify. To check your eligibility, <a href=\"https:\/\/redeem.boingo.com\/mcsi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">enter your card details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/virgin-money-virgin-atlantic-credit-cards.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/virgin-money-virgin-atlantic-credit-cards.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/virgin-money-virgin-atlantic-credit-cards.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/virgin-money-virgin-atlantic-credit-cards-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The following airlines welcome Boingo customers on their aircraft (H.T. <a href=\"https:\/\/princeoftravel.com\/news\/upcoming-changes-to-the-boingo-in-flight-wi-fi-mastercard-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Prince of Travel<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aer Lingus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cathay Pacific<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Etihad Airways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japan Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lufthansa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Singapore Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TAP Air Portugal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virgin Atlantic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WestJet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Boingo&#8217;s onboard wifi access used to be unlimited, but was unfortunately cut to 12 90-minute sessions per calendar year, starting from this month. It is still very handy though, and you should be able to use these sessions consecutively on a flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you travel with these airlines, create a Boingo account using an eligible Mastercard if you have one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etihad is very stingy about their onboard wifi. Sat in their first class cabin, I&#8217;m only given a voucher for 200 MB data which is next&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mastercard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15294,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15292\/revisions\/15294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}