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United Airlines & Gogo offering try-before-you-buy in-flight Wifi promo

CrunchGear  Nov 23 09

Several airlines have been offering Wifi for a while now. United Airlines wants to ensure that people are actually trying it out and so through the end of the year, you can get one free session if you create a new account with Aircell's Gogo Inflight. The offer is only good on United's 757-200 flights between New York Kennedy and the airline's Los Angeles and San Francisco hubs. Full story...

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