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Are reviews on Tripadvisor fake? Here’s how many it found in 2024

Travel NewsMay 25, 202522Views

Around 8% of the 31.1 million reviews submitted to Tripadvisor in 2024 were fake, according to the company's "Transparency Report 2025." That's more than twice the number detected in 2022, according to company reports. But that doesn't mean the number of fake reviews on the site doubled, said Becky Foley, vice president and head of…

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How to Spot Fake Reviews Written By AI, According to an AI…

Fake reviews of hotels, restaurants, and tours have been a problem for travelers since the earliest days of the internet. But now that sketchy businesses can use artificial intelligence to produce fake reviews faster than Taco Bell can crank out burritos, the situation is rapidly getting a lot worse. The Transparency Company, a firm that…

April 4, 202537Views

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15+ Real Travel Details in 1980’s “Airplane!” That Seem Fake if You Weren’t Alive Then

Younger travelers surely know that airplane cabins, like many areas of public life in the late 1970s, were once divided into sections for smokers and non-smokers. (Usually, the smokers had to sit at the back of the plane.) So this gag about a "smoking" ticket was almost a gimme for the writers. Unpleasant fact about…

December 31, 202445Views

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Don’t Have Elite Status? Fake It and Get Free Upgrades with These Tips

Your credit card may not grant preferred status, but it might get you into airport lounges for free, which can be just as useful. The Delta American Express Reserve card, to take one example, includes 15 visits a year to Delta's Sky Club. Other cards may offer credits for in-flight purchases (like the AAdvantage Aviator…

November 22, 202452Views

Scam Alert: Passengers Report Fake Airline Phone Numbers Are Listed by Google

Over the weekend, as airports in the northeastern U.S. endured another 1,300 flight cancellations, reports surfaced of a complex scam operation that has allegedly compromised Google search results. A Twitter user identifying himself as Shmuli Evers posted that the local phone number he was shown for Delta Air Lines via a Google search actually linked…

May 4, 2024128Views