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Having flown over a million real air miles, I used to be a road warrior and would have loved any kind of internet access in the air.  Now I read that many airlines are giving Wi-Fi away for free!

For years, the airlines have been promising us Wi-Fi.  It has taken much longer to deploy given the all the financial challenges of the air travel industry.

Harriet Baskas a travel writer for msnbc.com has just posted an article on the topic:

Airlines hope wired skies take off: Passengers take advantage of free in-flight Wi-Fi — for now

The airlines used to give free food, now they charge.  The airlines used to give free checked baggage, now they charge.  You can predict where this is going.  In the meantime, Harriet’s article has a few tips on how to cash in.