Last week, American and its joint venture partners British Airways and Iberia were here in Southern California to pitch the benefits of the joint venture to the region. The airlines are launching a lot of new service here in the next month, and they say the joint venture is a …
Month: March 2011
Weather, tarmac rule irk airlines – Arizona Republic
Another article talking about long tarmac delays, and I was asked to comment.
The scoop on business class seats – CNN Out of the Office
This week, I looked at the different types of business class seats out there and which ones …
It’s Spirit week here at Cranky, and not in the “ra ra, go team” kind of way. I’m talking about Spirit Airlines. I actually hadn’t planned on talking about them twice this week, but soon after the Cardinal’s guest post went live, I saw Spirit announce one of the …
It may have been almost two months since BA brought me out to London, but I still have some good material waiting to see the light of day. Today it’s a tour of the new British Airways First Class which is being rolled out to the fleet as we speak. …
It’s been awhile but the Cardinal is back. And he’s got some good advice for Spirit . . .
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Spirit Airlines should be all over San Juan, PR (SJU), a leisure and VFR (visiting friends and relatives) market that has never been comprehensively attacked by a low-fare carrier. With …
In the Trenches: Turnover Hurts – Intuit Small Business Blog
We had someone leave Cranky Concierge in the last couple weeks and that has made things difficult in the short run.
If you want better airline service, vote with your wallet – CNN Out of the Office
It’s easy to …
Frontier announced its summer plans this week, and we have some interesting surprises as well as a big disappointment. The bad news (for me) is that Frontier is pulling out of Long Beach. Bummer. But there are some interesting new routes coming instead.
- Provo (50 miles south of Salt
Allegiant has quietly slipped a note into a federal filing that says it wants people to be able to pay for fuel price fluctuations after a plane ticket has already been bought. And I like it. I know, you think I’m insane for saying such a thing, but there …
As mentioned yesterday, I was in DC last week to speak on a panel. Transportation was provided on US Airways, so it gave me an opportunity to do a few things I haven’t done in a long time. First, I flew Mesa. (That’s not something I’ve done in a …