June 2025
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Spirit Strangely Eliminates a Fare Bundle, Renames the Others
Sometimes watching Spirit work feels like watching someone rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic. The recent announcement that the airline would be…
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Cranky on the Web: An Air Show Air Show Wrap, The Best and Worst Airports
The Best Airports in the US…and the Worst – BottomLineI did a long interview with someone from BottomLine asking about features of…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Spirit Strenuously Objects, But it has a First Class Now
Spirit’s Spirited Objection to JetBlue & United’s Budding Friendship Spirit Airlines filed a very loud, very yellow objection to JetBlue and United’s…
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Spirit Objects to the United/JetBlue Partnership, Tells DOT to Act
United and JetBlue carefully crafted their Blue Sky partnership to avoid any regulatory concerns. The airlines aren’t codesharing, there is no pricing…
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How The B757 Changed the Hawaiian Interisland Market
Yesterday I talked about how Delta had lost its interisland partner in Hawaiʻi, but then I wondered just how much of a…
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Delta Loses Its Interisland Partner in Hawaiʻi, And It Has No Options
Delta quietly posted on its airline partner page that its loyalty partnership with Hawaiian Airlines will be ending on June 30. This…
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Cranky on the Web: Finding Domestic Widebodies
Want to fly in a fancy seat for less? Try this hack. | Cruising Altitude – USA TodayI hate how click-baity this…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Allegiant Seeks a Buyer, Duffy Seeks Old Times
Turns Out Running a Beach Hotel is Less Profitable Than Running a 2x Weekly Beach Flight In the least surprising plot twist…
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Earning Back the Cost of Alaska’s Premium Class (Trip Report)
The day I was flying up to San Francisco, Alaska had a total of 108 flights solely-within California on 15 distinct routes.…
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The Times They Are a Changin’: Anatomy of a Schedule Change
Over Memorial Day weekend, American filed its “overlay” for post-Labor Day travel through September. This is the schedule the airline intends to…
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Silver was Bought by Wexford for Cheap, But It Still Won’t Bother Flying
Wexford Capital is back, and that’s a name you might remember from the past. The company is a bottom-feeding private equity investment…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Tragedy in India, Silver Fades Away
Air India Flight Crashes on Takeoff Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating from Ahmedabad to London/Gatwick, crashed shortly after…