Showerthought: I spent $80 on a "carbon neutral" plane ticket add on and I feel like a sucker

Wesley Bell · 2026-10-16T02:50:03.344272+00:00

Flew Austin to Seattle last month and paid the extra fee thinking I was actually helping, then found out the airline just buys credits from a forest that was already protected. Anyone else get burned by these feel good add ons at checkout?

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