July 2009
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Southwest Wants to Buy Frontier and Make it Disappear
My head is still spinning from all the news that came out yesterday. JetBlue’s relaunch of its TrueBlue program is going to…
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Random Thoughts About Booking My Holiday Flights
Christmas is one of those times where I don’t like to play games with strategizing about the best time to book my…
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US Airways Joins the WiFi Party
US Airways has been talking about doing something for inflight entertainment onboard ever since they pulled movies several months ago. Last week,…
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Delta Introduces Rollover Miles
I’ve decided to put a very early Tuesday post out this week. In fact, it’s still Monday here on the west coast.…
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United Gets a Gold Star for Removing Last Minute Mileage Plus Fees
This week is looking like a good week for frequent fliers. I’ve got some big news from another program tomorrow, but today,…
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This Week on BNET (July 20 – 24)
Fare Hikes on Domestic Routes Airlines have started raising fares again, but that sometimes ends up being good news for the bargain…
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Southwest Has Less Cash Than United, So Why Is United the One in Trouble?
If you’ve heard United’s name mentioned in the news lately, it’s probably related to their financial troubles. I’ve seen plenty of people…
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Should I Bother with Travel Insurance? (Ask Cranky)
It’s time to play Ask Cranky once again. Today we have a question about one of the many add-ons that airlines and…
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Do You Really Hate the Middle Seat That Much?
There was an interesting survey that came out earlier this month showing that people hate the middle seat far more than I…
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Long Beach’s 75,000 Pound Weight Limit
It’s been awhile since I last wrote about Long Beach, so I thought last week’s Airport Advisory Commission meeting would be a…
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JetAmerica is Gone . . . For Now
I have to admit that I wasn’t even sure if it was worth covering the demise of JetAmerica since I had no…
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Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American, BNET, Continental, Frontier, Lufthansa, Mergers/Finance, Republic, United
This Week on BNET (July 13 – 17)
DOT Approves Continental/United/Lufthansa/Air Canada Antitrust Immunity with Limited Carveouts The alliance has been approved. I’ve got details on why, but what will…