May 2009
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Advertising, Air New Zealand, Alliances, BNET, Labor Relations, LGB – Long Beach, Southwest, United, Westjet
This Week on BNET (May 25 – 29)
Long Beach Airport Garage and Terminal Plans Move Forward The airport is starting to put forth more concrete plans, and it’s sounding…
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Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe Talks About Their New Airport Concept and More (Across the Aisle)
I had the pleasure of speaking with Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe this week on a wide variety of topics. Though…
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Why do Fares Change so Often? (Ask Cranky)
You know what time it is, kids? That’s right, it’s Ask Cranky time! (I need to get out more often.) There have…
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Jet America Officially Launches From Its Toledo Base
After some fits and starts, it appears that Jet America (or JetAmerica, they write it differently in different places) is actually going…
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Zeppelin Ride Above Long Beach (Trip Report)
It’s safe to say that I never expected to be able to ride in a Zeppelin in my lifetime. Actually, I didn’t…
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Zeppelin Porn: Zeppelin Visits Long Beach
It’s Memorial Day, and I’m not up for doing a full post today. We had a barbecue last night with a bunch…
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737, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, American, BNET, Continental, Delta, ExpressJet, Frequent Flier Programs, Hawaiian, JetBlue, MKE – Milwaukee, Northwest
This Week on BNET (May 18 – 22)
The New Delta Sees More Complaints in March March complaints are out, and Delta and its partners saw increases while most others…
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My United Voucher Gets Put to Good Use
I’m happy to report that I did find someone to use my $32.40 voucher on United before it expired tomorrow. Hooray! And…
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TSA Needs Your Exact Name When You Fly Now
The TSA is finally transitioning from airline handling of the watch lists to the long-delayed and oft-criticized Secure Flight program, and that…
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Southwest Goes Old School, Heads to Milwaukee
You would think that adding service to Minneapolis/St Paul, Boston, and New York/La Guardia would be enough for Southwest this year, but…
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My United Credit is Expiring, Anyone in LA Want It?
United spent so much money sending me my $32.40 voucher in the mail that I’d hate for it to go to waste.…
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LiveTV Explains Why There Was Such Poor Signal Reception On My JetBlue Flight
Shortly after I published my trip report including the non-functioning televisions on JetBlue, I received an email from LiveTV’s CEO Nate Quigley…