January 2015
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Cranky on the Web – SkyMall Goes Down, Monstrous Blizzards, Cleveland, and Snail Mail
It was a busy week on the web… SkyMall Lands in Bankruptcy as Air Travelers Shun Catalog – Bloomberg SkyMall is bankrupt…
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Topic of the Week: Your Comments on the Blog
This week’s topic is more administrative than usual, because I want to get a better understand of how you’re commenting here on…
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British Airways Realigns Its Program to Make Big Spenders With Large Point Balances Happier (And the Rest, Not So Happy)
On Monday, British Airways reached out to me seeing if I’d like to get a briefing on something big coming up. I…
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Will Airline Pricing Decline With Fuel Prices? (Ask Cranky)
I’ve been asked this question a lot lately, so I figured it was time to address it. With oil prices plummeting, I…
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Alitalia’s Turnaround Plan Looks Very Familiar
On January 1st of this year, Alitalia officially became a “new” Alitalia with partial ownership by Etihad. Does this mean Alitalia is…
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Cranky on the Web – 1099s Aren’t Fun
In the Trenches: Making Sense of 1099s – Small Business Center It’s tax time and that means it’s 1099 time. I hate…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier Lays Off Its Ground Handlers and Reservations Agents
Frontier has announced it will lay off the only remaining ground handlers employed by the airline, those in Denver, and outsource the…
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American’s Remote Terminal at LAX and the Southwest I Love (Trip Report)
I had to do a last minute day trip up to the Bay Area, and I had a ton of options. After…
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Why American’s Pilots are Getting Riled Up About the Affordable Care Act
I can’t say I ever expected to be writing a post about healthcare here on the blog, but sure enough, here we…
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Let’s See How Well You Know Your US Airports
We’ve had some heavy stuff on the blog lately, and there’s more coming tomorrow, so let’s take a little break from serious…
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Cranky on the Web – The Ontario Airport Feud Continues, More
Ontario-LA feud over ONT airport reveals limits to regional planning – Inland Valley Daily Bulleting The saga with Ontario Airport continues, and…
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Topic of the Week: Will Delta’s Flight Attendants Join a Union?
Seems like a “labor” kind of week after Monday’s post, but let’s talk about Delta this time. Delta is kind of an…