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Alaska Airlines launched it with Hawaiian tie-up ✈️
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What we’ll cover today:
✈️ Alaska Airlines launches $395 premium card with new Atmos loyalty program
🦐 Walmart shrimp faces radioactive contamination scare
💳 Why loyalty perks are climbing while consumer trust feels shaky
Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines teamed up with Bank of America to launch Atmos, a fancy loyalty program and premium card.
🚨 Breaking News:
The $395 Atmos Rewards Summit Visa offers lounge passes, $50 delay vouchers, companion fares, and new ways to earn points.
⚡ Wire Simplified –
Earn points three ways: by distance, by money spent, or by flight segments.
New loyalty tiers: Platinum (80k points), Titanium (135k).
Free premium seat upgrades on Alaska + American Airlines.
Alaska still runs separately from Hawaiian but adds global routes.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
Alaska is chasing big spenders with its Atmos card, more perks, more hurdles, and yes, another shiny way to swipe.
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The FDA says frozen shrimp sold at Walmart, imported from Indonesia, may contain Cesium-137, radioactive stuff used in devices.
🚨 Breaking News:
Some Walmart shrimp tested positive for Cesium-137 contamination. FDA says “throw it away, do not eat it,” to avoid health risks.
⚡ Wire Simplified –
Shrimp linked to Indonesian supplier BMS Food.
Found in 13 states including Florida, Texas, and Ohio.
Radioactive Cesium can increase cancer risk with repeated exposure.
Customs already blocked contaminated shipments at U.S. ports.
✔️ Straight to the Point :
The FDA says skip shrimp dinners for now, better safe than sorry, unless glowing seafood is your idea of fine dining.
Creator seed rounds are about to become a thing.
Instead of giving ~15-25% of your company to VCs for ~$3M, you give that same chunk to a creator. For zero dollars.
Sounds insane until you think about it.
Standard seed round dilution is 15-20%. You need $3M to build and find
— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg)
11:31 AM • Aug 19, 2025
Early stage founders, you always have to be the ones doing the fundraising.
Never ever use advisors. Period.
This is one of your core roles.
Don’t delegate it.
Every investor is more accessible than ever.
Get creative. Personalize outbound.
Always you.
— Harry Stebbings (@HarryStebbings)
12:38 PM • Aug 19, 2025
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