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I’m Not Loving Elite Status
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Last year that I realized my flying plans lined up in a way that meant I’d find myself qualifying for elite status for the first time with a push from a credit card. At the…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Spirit Has a Plan, Denver Has No Power
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Spirit Files Bankruptcy Plan Spirit filed its restructuring and reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, and it’s highlight is a further effort to reduce the size of…
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The Airlines See Only Sunshine and Rainbows
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The JP Morgan Industrials Conference was held this week, and that’s the place to watch for airlines to lay out how the business is trending as Q1 comes to a close. With the war continuing…
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Los Cabos and La Paz Couldn’t Be More Different (Travelogue)
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This may come as a shock, but I am not a fancy man. Ok, that’s probably not going to surprise anyone. But when it came to this visit to Cabo, fancy was the name of…
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Better Airline Data Has Arrived
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One thing that’s relatively unique about the US airline industry is that there is good access to data thanks to the government’s filing requirements. This has recently gotten even better as new regulations from the…
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Southwest Leaves O’Hare and Dulles
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During the pandemic, Southwest had a plan. It thought it could reliably serve the primary airport in cities where it already had a massive presence at a secondary airport. It started up Chicago/O’Hare and restarted…
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Cranky on the Web: Iran, Summer Airfare, Skiplagging
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How the Iran War Could Affect Your Summer Airfare: What You Need to Know and When to Book – Investopedia This isn’t the only outlet asking me what will happen to fares now that we…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Southwest Leaves Two, Spirit Ends Pilot Furloughs
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Southwest to End IAD and ORD Service Plot twist: We’ve got an airline actually ending service to Chicago/ORD, bucking the current trends. Southwest Airlines revealed to employees this morning that it would be ending service…
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Señor Air Has the Best Name and an Experience to Match (Travelogue)
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Feeling rested after a couple days in Puerto Vallarta, I grabbed an Uber to take me to the airport for a flight on an airline I hadn’t even heard of until I started planning this…
