Passenger allegedly funds first class upgrade by selling feet pics mid-flight

During the pandemic in 2020, as American Airlines faced furloughs, one flight attendant devised a creative solution. She created a course for her colleagues on how to sell feet pictures online for $10. "Apparently not just any feet pictures make money, even on the internet," she noted. "There are well-known poses in the foot fetish community that one must perfect and opportunistic scammers to watch out for."

The economic viability of this niche market remains puzzling to some. "The thing I don’t understand – that I guess is the advice to pay money for – is how do you get people to pay for something that’s probably already everywhere online for free?" questioned one observer.

If true, this passenger appears adept at leveraging this unconventional revenue stream, enough to afford first-class travel on an American Airlines Airbus A320, albeit with seats described as low-end even after more than a decade since the merger with US Airways. Given that American sells upgrades for as little as $40, only a modest audience might be necessary to support such expenditures.