July 2010
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Introducing BNET Headwinds – Cranky on the Web (July 26-30)
It’s been a quiet week on BNET this week, and that’s because they were busy launching a completely revamped site. So they…
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Delta’s Growth in Washington Smells Fishy
Delta announced a big increase in flights in New York and Washington this week, and I’m having trouble figuring out how they’re…
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Virgin America Encourages People to Spend On Its Planes with IFE Enhancements
It’s a rare day when I agree with what Virgin America is doing, but I have to say that they’ve made some…
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Southwest Says Mechanical Issues Are Beyond Its Control, But It’s Not as Bad as You Might Think
Many of you have already heard that in its contract of carriage, Southwest has now decided that mechanical issues are outside the…
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PETA Offers Hawaiian Publicity if They Help Stop Fishing, I Give Publicity to Encourage It
Those wacky People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) people are up to their usual tricks, and now they’re dragging airlines…
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Awesome Drama Over easyJet’s Unreliable Operation
If you’re outside of Europe, you likely haven’t been paying close attention to the awesome drama unfolding over easyJet. The airline’s operations…
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Cranky on the Web (July 19-23)
Airport Effort to Charge More During Peak Times Could Hurt Passengers – BNET Airports are one step closer to being able to…
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Announcing the Five Winners of a Free Copy of “Where the Hell Am I Going?”
It’s been a fun week of reading emails and comments on why you should get a free copy of my book. Some…
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Sacramento’s Big Build Will Create a Monstrously Expensive New Terminal
Flying through Sacramento last week, I couldn’t help but notice the stark contrast between the old terminal buildings and the new one…
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Good News, Bad News for British Airways as Antitrust Immunity Approved and Flight Attendants Reject Offer
The management team at British Airways must be doing their best impression of a manic depressive this week as they swing from…
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Southwest Restricts Unused Tickets, I’d Rather See a Change Fee
It looks like the good folks at Southwest have slipped in a little change to your ability to use ticketless travel funds.…
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Jetting to Smurf (Trip Report)
I love trips like this. Just as our cold June and early July gave way to sizzling 90 degree heat, it was…