Personally, I’d much rather splurge on a nicer hotel room than a nicer plane seat. I’ve been fortunate to fly business class and while the meals and amenities are appreciated, I feel like my money is better spent on a hotel room that I’m in for days rather than a seat I’m typically sleeping in for a few hours. But everyone’s different. And even if you’re a regular coach flyer like me, we might be in trouble.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the economy cabin is losing the turf war on airplanes. Many airlines are retrofitting their jets or buying new ones that have a larger share of premium seats. Their goal is to squeeze more revenue out of each seat flown, catering to travelers willing to pay up for lie-flat and extra legroom seats.

While carriers with first-class sections (Delta, United) have been increasing premium seats for the past decades, analysts now say that even low-frills, budget airlines are adding seats that give passengers perks like a few extra inches of leg space and maybe some free booze. Since January 2020, the number of scheduled business and first-class seats on domestic flights has grown 27%, according to research from aviation data firm Visual Approach Analytics. That is nearly three times higher than scheduled economy seats, which rose just 10% over the same span.

And the “premium economy” seat has become an increasingly popular option. (I have to admit, I’m a sucker for this one, too.) Sure, there’s the extra personal space in the form of wider seats and deeper recline. But, Forbes says that in an industry where passengers are used to paying extra for everything, premium economy often bundles perks like free checked bags, free in-flight beverages and priority boarding.

These retooled seating arrangements help airlines in a few ways. Premium economy seats can be priced at least twice as high as regular economy seats and only take up slightly more room on the plane, according to a report from Global Tourism Forum. For bigger airlines, selling more premium seats helps subsidize spots in their economy cabins at prices competitive with low-cost carriers.

President Trump’s threat to strike power plants in Iran, which could plunge much of the country of 90 million people into darkness, has set off widespread fear and anxiety among Iranians at home and abroad. Iran’s military declared it’s ready to close the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely and attack regional infrastructure if Trump carries out the threat. Separately, an Iranian source told CNN that Tehran is moving forward with monetizing control of the critical waterway.

Reopening the strait—a critical conduit for global energy supplies—has emerged as perhaps the paramount objective of a war that security officials now believe is unlikely to achieve goals that briefly seemed possible at the outset of the U.S.-Israeli military operation, including overthrowing Iran’s theocratic regime and putting a nuclear weapon permanently out of Tehran’s reach.

Meanwhile, a contingent of 4,500 U.S. sailors and Marines is heading to the Middle East, including an infantry battalion landing team backed by helicopters, F-35 fighter jets and armored landing vehicles. The Pentagon also sped up the deployment of a similar unit, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from San Diego, defense officials said last week. “Those Marines aren’t coming for decoration,” one Israeli official told the Washington Post.

Tom Homan, the White House border czar, confirmed on Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would be deployed to U.S. airports on Monday, casting the operation largely as an effort to ease long lines that have caused frustration among travelers during one of the busiest travel seasons.

ICE personnel, including agents from Homeland Security Investigations, are planning to be at 14 airports, according to a document confirmed by Reuters. The airports span the country, including Kennedy and LaGuardia in New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston and Phoenix.

Homan’s announcement comes as congressional Democrats continue to decline to approve funding for DHS unless Republicans and the administration agree to significant changes to ICE. President Trump this weekend threatened to deploy ICE agents at airports if the stalemate continued. “I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, ‘GET READY.’ NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES!” Agents will also be conducting immigration enforcement while at the airports, something they already do “all the time,” Homan said.

If you’re a decision maker at your company, you need to be on the bleeding edge of, well, everything. But before you go signing up for seminars, conferences, lunch ‘n learns, and all that jazz, just know there’s a far better (and simpler) way: Subscribing to The Deep View.

This daily newsletter condenses everything you need to know about the latest and greatest AI developments into a 5-minute read. Squeeze it into your morning coffee break and before you know it, you’ll be an expert too.

Subscribe right here. It’s totally free, wildly informative, and trusted by 600,000+ readers at Google, Meta, Microsoft, and beyond.