December 2015
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Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, American, Bombardier, Delta, Etihad, Frontier, JetBlue, Malaysia Airlines, Southwest, Spirit, UnitedReviewing Your 2015 Predictions
It’s a relatively new tradition here on the blog, but I like it. At the end of each year, I ask for…
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Topic of the Week: 2015 Flying Summary
It’s the end of the year, so let’s see how we all did. My total mileage was up thanks to the Japan…
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Airlines We Lost 2015
It’s the end of the year, and you know what that means. As we do every year, it’s time to look back…
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It’s the Little Things That Count (Tales From the Field)
It’s pretty rare that a post in this series ends up being a happy, feel-good story and I thought it was time…
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Book Flights Early If You Want to Take Advantage of Schedule Changes (And Show Airlines How Much You Hate Them)
You probably think you know the right time of day, day of week, time of year, etc in order to get the…
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Crawling Around the Newly-Certified Bombardier C-Series
The Bombardier C-Series just received certification in Canada last week, and testing is progressing nicely. The airplane passed through Long Beach recently,…
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Cranky on the Web: Road vs Air, Ontario Goes Its Own Way
Holiday travelers may prefer road trip to airline flight – Tampa Bay Tribune The holiday stories keep on coming. This time the…
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3 Links I Love: Kuwait’s Prejudice, Europe’s Aviation Policy, Delta Finds a New Partner
Today’s featured link: Kuwait Airways drops NYC-London route – USA Today For those who don’t know, Kuwait Airways flew New York/JFK to…
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Republic is Having Trouble Flying Its Schedule and Delta Customers are Paying the Price
Something didn’t seem quite right. A Cranky Concierge client was booked to fly during the holidays from Orlando to Raleigh/Durham on Delta…
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United Will Probably Never Have to Pay Out On Its New Corporate Operational Performance Guarantee, but We Should Still Be Happy It Exists
First Delta announced it would pay corporate accounts if it ran a poor operation. That seemed reasonable since Delta has been running…
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Across the Aisle From American’s SVP of Government Affairs on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control is Good (and Shouldn’t be Called Privatization)
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an interview with Steve Dickson, Delta’s SVP of Flight Operations, on why Delta opposes efforts…
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Cranky on the Web – Finding Cheap European Flights, US Airport Complaints, United Snacks
Travel to Europe for Less – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance This article looked at the various low cost costs to get to and…