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Issues with In-flight Free WiFi
Recently I found out that to use the free Gogo Inflight I have verify with a text message. However, for the last 4/5 times I was unable to get a text message. My phone was in Airplane Mode and WiFi calling is enabled (and yes Wifi calling works with my device). When I get on the ground I find all those verification text messages coming in, but now it's too late. The only recourse is to chat with Gogo Inflight CS, and if you're lucky get a promo code from them.
Anyone else having this issue?
Should I turnoff Airplane Mode midflight?
in order to to receive those short code texts you had to turn airplane mode back off..figure it like this..the wifi wasnt going to work unless you confirmed with those texts..so having your wifi turned on didnt actually mean you were connected just yet..airplane mode was blocking those incoming texts.
People found out that they could “game the system” by just giving a different T-Mobile number, thereby getting unlimited sessions of in-flight WiFi. The new system prevents this.
