T-Mobile is expanding its free in-flight Wi-Fi service to more airlines. Starting this week, T-Mobile customers can enjoy free Wi-Fi on American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, and Virgin America flights. The service will be available on all planes that T-Mobile operates. “We’re excited to offer our customers free in-flight Wi-Fi on more airlines,” said John Legere, president and CEO of T-Mobile. “This is another way we’re working to make flying easier and more convenient.” The free Wi-Fi service is available to T-Mobile customers who are subscribed to the company’s Simple Choice plan. The Simple Choice plan includes unlimited talk and text with no data caps, as well as 500MB of data per day for each device connected to the plan. ..
Some eligible T-Mobile users will soon be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi on their United flights. The carrier already offered free connectivity on select flights from American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Delta, and United is the latest one to join the list.
If you wanted to book flights on United, and you’d love to take advantage of some free Wi-Fi, the perk will be available this fall. The United Express fleet will not be eligible initially, but United Airlines says that availability for these flights will “soon follow.” The promotion will also be locked to “eligible” T-Mobile customers, with no details on what that means. Most of T-Mobile’s other in-flight Wi-Fi promotions are locked to Magenta and Magenta Max plans.
Neither United nor T-Mobile have offered precise dates for a rollout (and T-Mobile’s in-flight Wi-Fi information website doesn’t mention United support just yet), so we’ll have to wait to know more.
Source: United Airlines
