The MileHi app lets you find and message passengers by their flight numbers, letting you connect with other travelers -- maybe even the person you're sitting next to when you're airborne.
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A new app for hookups? —
App founder Richard Lloyd insists the name of his new app should really be taken with a pinch of salt.
"Obviously it's got a connotation, but the idea of the app was really around business or networking, not dating or hooking up," he says.
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More apps in the market —
The market for social networking apps for travelers is undoubtedly growing. Here on Biz was launched in 2014 and is aimed at business professionals for when they're away on work. It's now partnered with Virgin America to become the in-flight app for business passengers.
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Skycheckin —
Skycheckin is another app that arrived in 2014 and works by letting travelers virtually "check in" to see who else is on their flights. In June, it launched a monetized program to connect app users with companies offering discounts.
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The Flying App —
The Flying App launched in 2013 as more of a digital sidekick for frequent fliers, giving them the ability to log flights and sort out refunds. But it's got a social side too; it lets travelers earn bragging rights by competing with friends and strangers to collect the most travel stamps whenever they jet off.
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HelloTel —
The premise of HelloTel is to make it easier for people to find travelers staying staying in the same or nearby hotels. It's pretty popular too -- in April, it was downloaded over 100,000 times in the U.S. alone.
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Highlight —
Although it's not directly targeted to business travelers, Highlight is still pretty nifty -- or creepy, depending on how you look at it. It alerts users of others in same vicinity with shared interests. For business types, it could inform of other people in the same field or with the same area of expertise.
