2009
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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…
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Tom Cruise, Other Aliens Targeted by American’s New Roswell – LA Flights
Did anyone else catch the press release yesterday announcing that American was starting nonstop service from LAX to Roswell, New Mexico? Yeah,…
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Will the Hub-and-Spoke System Disappear? (Ask Cranky)
It’s been awhile since I ran an Ask Cranky post, but that doesn’t mean the questions have stopped coming in. This question…
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Accidents/Incidents, BNET, Continental, Delta, ExpressJet, Labor Relations, Mergers/Finance, Spirit, United, US Airways, Virgin America
This Week on BNET (May 11 – 15)
ExpressJet To Fly 10 Planes for United This Summer Looks like ExpressJet is flying for United this summer, and it seems like…
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JetBlue to SFO (Trip Report)
I was home for less than a week before it was time to hit the road again. This time it was for…
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US Airways Ditches Scientific Boarding for the Cattle Call
In last week’s internal company newsletter, US Airways noted that it was switching up its boarding process. They’ve gone back to basics.…
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Talking to Emirates About Onboard Mobile Phone Use (Across the Aisle Interview)
Last week, I had the chance to chat with Patrick Brannelly, Emirates VP Passenger Communications and Visual Services. The topic? Onboard mobile…
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AirTran Secretly Starts Deploying WiFi Fleetwide
For months, we’ve heard airlines go back and forth with wifi announcements. One airline says it’ll test wifi. Another says it’ll put…