Mobilese and CPH Travel Wifi
#17
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: DL DM, AA PlatPro, Hilton DM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC, National EE
Posts: 1,532
Any hints on what USA credit cards might work with CPH? I tried one of mine and failed but will try more now that my experiment with SAS' businessclasswifi has failed too.
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: OKC
Programs: DL DM/2.768MM, Global Entry, Titanium_Marriott, GHertz
Posts: 6,748
I initially worked with Mobilise support trying to get a USA CC to work on the CPH web which they run. I have never been told that that technical issue has been resolved nor have I seen in reported in the two FT threads about Mobilise and CPH.
#19
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: LH Senator, Bonvoy Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 121
Not working on LH either. Seems to be the app not recognizing the inflight wifi (according to the logs, the wifi might even be blacklisted).
I am requesting a refund, and chargeback through CC if it won't be refunded.
I am requesting a refund, and chargeback through CC if it won't be refunded.
#20
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 68
Further to the experiences of other people in this thread, I purchased a month's Mobilise Hotspot to try it on AA international and domestic services and can confirm no luck on any of my devices yesterday LHR-ORD and ORD-MSP. This definitely shouldn't be advertised as working inflight.
#21
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Pagus Bracbatensis, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Programs: DL SPlat, KLM Bump, Privium Plus, GOES
Posts: 2,065
Again couldn't get it to work on another DL flight; CVG-MCO.
Did fire an email off earlier this week. However no response yet from Mobilese.
Might go for a refund/chargeback.
Did fire an email off earlier this week. However no response yet from Mobilese.
Might go for a refund/chargeback.
#24
Moderator: Mileage Run, InterContinental Hotels
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 5,911
I purchased CPH a few weeks ago, and although it works well for airport/city/hotel hotspots, I haven't been able to get it to work on any of my DL/AS flights. I'll be asking for a refund, and would advise others against buying.
#25
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 67
Recently flew AMS-SLC-LAS-SLC-AMS on DL and tried the CPH Travel Wifi on iOS.
On AMS-SLC, the app did not recognize the gogoinflight WiFi as a CPH wifi hotspot. I connected nevertheless. Messenger was working from the start after being activated in the browser - as expected, it is free on DL. After a while, I started to receive emails as well as News items on Google News and Google app. Web-browsing was impossible due to extremely low speed.
Same on SLC-LAS with the one difference that the speed was much better and I could even access some of the websites in Chrome.
On the way back, I slept
Net, the CPH Travel Wifi app seems to be able to connect to internet even though it does not list gogoinflight as a CPH hotspot. However, connection is super slow on TATL making it useless for everything but email and getting news headlines.
I have never paid for gogo, thus cannot compare the speed. However, I cannot imaging that folks pay USD 28 for a day-pass if they get such results. Thus, I assume that the CPH speed is throttled compared to direct gogo connection.
On AMS-SLC, the app did not recognize the gogoinflight WiFi as a CPH wifi hotspot. I connected nevertheless. Messenger was working from the start after being activated in the browser - as expected, it is free on DL. After a while, I started to receive emails as well as News items on Google News and Google app. Web-browsing was impossible due to extremely low speed.
Same on SLC-LAS with the one difference that the speed was much better and I could even access some of the websites in Chrome.
On the way back, I slept
Net, the CPH Travel Wifi app seems to be able to connect to internet even though it does not list gogoinflight as a CPH hotspot. However, connection is super slow on TATL making it useless for everything but email and getting news headlines.
I have never paid for gogo, thus cannot compare the speed. However, I cannot imaging that folks pay USD 28 for a day-pass if they get such results. Thus, I assume that the CPH speed is throttled compared to direct gogo connection.
#26
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: OKC
Programs: DL DM/2.768MM, Global Entry, Titanium_Marriott, GHertz
Posts: 6,748
@jak456, is it possible that what you experienced was another failure of the CPH Travel Wifi but you had at least limited Wifi through DL's experiment with Gogo? Although you said that CPH did not list GoGoInflight as a recognized hotspot, do you have a screenshot of the CPH app when you finally were able to connect? Did you do the CAPTCHA before getting connected?
I ask because many in the thread about free messages allowed by DL have reported being able to receive email, etc. beyond the advertised free messages. Did you try any part of social media like Twitter? See In-flight Texting/messaging free starting this weekend
I ask because many in the thread about free messages allowed by DL have reported being able to receive email, etc. beyond the advertised free messages. Did you try any part of social media like Twitter? See In-flight Texting/messaging free starting this weekend
Last edited by Xeno; Oct 27, 2017 at 6:28 am
#27
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 67
@Xeno, no screenshot - however it was the usual CPH screen when you are connected to a normal hotspot. I do not recall whether I got the "You are now connected to CPH Travel Wifi" notification.
There was a CAPCHTA for connecting to the free messaging service. In addition, there was one Delta/gogo website that said something like click to connect to internet now (sorry fuzzy memory on this), however that was not followed by a CAPCHTA.
Not a twitter user, sorry !
It could very well have been a bug in the DL free messaging system that allowed me to get email and news as well as the surfing on he SLC-LAS flight. Impossible to know.
What I was definitely disappointed with was the connection speed, if I had paid gogo for this, I would be seriously unhappy.
There was a CAPCHTA for connecting to the free messaging service. In addition, there was one Delta/gogo website that said something like click to connect to internet now (sorry fuzzy memory on this), however that was not followed by a CAPCHTA.
Not a twitter user, sorry !
It could very well have been a bug in the DL free messaging system that allowed me to get email and news as well as the surfing on he SLC-LAS flight. Impossible to know.
What I was definitely disappointed with was the connection speed, if I had paid gogo for this, I would be seriously unhappy.
#28
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: OKC
Programs: DL DM/2.768MM, Global Entry, Titanium_Marriott, GHertz
Posts: 6,748
Well, even if you had a screenshot it could have looked like the CPH Travel Wifi was connected.
When I used Mobilise, it would show me connected to GoGo inflight but all I got was free access Wifi. However, I could turn around and gain full access to premium Wifi by using my US Mobile iPass which required CAPTCHA.
When I used Mobilise, it would show me connected to GoGo inflight but all I got was free access Wifi. However, I could turn around and gain full access to premium Wifi by using my US Mobile iPass which required CAPTCHA.
#29
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AC SEMM DL DM
Posts: 393
Mobilise/CPH is at best half-baked and at worst, marketed by blatant lies.
Before purchasing, I specifically asked their support if in-flight was included. And if so, was Gogo included. They responded with a list of supported carriers, Delta and many other Gogo carriers included.
After purchasing and not connecting on Delta flights, they respond to my questions with "Gogo Inflight connectivity is currently not supported by our application."
They also market their service as available on Windows PC and Mac, but after purchasing and finding out the download for Windows/Mac is unavailable, they reply with "We have an ongoing technical issue with our Mac and PC application download and our technical team is currently working on it."
So far, it has seamlessly connected my phone to a variety of free WiFi services. So I guess it's got that working for it...
Before purchasing, I specifically asked their support if in-flight was included. And if so, was Gogo included. They responded with a list of supported carriers, Delta and many other Gogo carriers included.
After purchasing and not connecting on Delta flights, they respond to my questions with "Gogo Inflight connectivity is currently not supported by our application."
They also market their service as available on Windows PC and Mac, but after purchasing and finding out the download for Windows/Mac is unavailable, they reply with "We have an ongoing technical issue with our Mac and PC application download and our technical team is currently working on it."
So far, it has seamlessly connected my phone to a variety of free WiFi services. So I guess it's got that working for it...