Recent Articles
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Cranky on the Web: Buying Seats So They Can Be Resold
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United considers a new system to resell your seat for a higher price – CNN.com There seems to be a lot of interest in this…
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3 Links I Love: Banning Filming On Airplanes, GLO Shuts Down, Israel and Saudi Arabia Warm Up
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This week’s featured link: Fliers’ right to video gets push from recent airline incidents – Atlanta Journal-Constitution There’s a very interesting case brewing around the…
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Why United Might Like to Pay You in Advance to Take a Different Flight
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Bloomberg published an article yesterday about a little test United is said to be running that will pay people to give up a seat on…
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All Eyes on Argentina (Hopefully to See Something Good)
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It’s not often that a highly-protectionist regime disappears leaving vast opportunities for air travel growth, but that’s what we’re seeing in Argentina right now. That’s…
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American and Alaska Start Behaving More Like Competitors as Partner Ties Loosen
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Remember how concerned the Department of Justice (DOJ) was about the American partnership reducing competition if Alaska and Virgin America were allowed to merge? Well,…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Forced Lap Child, You Aren’t an Expert, and Airport Code Origin Stories
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This week’s featured link: United Airlines takes seat away from child on Houston flight, forces him to sit on his mother’s lap – Houston Chronicle…
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US Eschews Sensible Risk-Based Security in Favor of Broad-Based Insanity
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Nearly everyone is aware of the large electronics ban (aka the laptop ban) that went into place earlier this year for flights from several Middle…
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United Makes a Partial Move Toward Dynamic Award Pricing On November 1
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Happy 4th of July to all my American readers. There will be no post tomorrow since I’ll be busy stuffing myself with hot dogs. I’ll…
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3 Links I Love: Airports Can Skirt the Laptop Ban, Aircraft Bubble, So Long DC-3
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This week’s featured link: Remarks for the Council for New American Security Conference – DHS.gov So let’s get this straight. Feds identify threat, decide laptops…
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72 Hours With Alaska: A Video Preview Of the Milk Run
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It’s been a long time since my last “72 Hours With” trip, but I’m happy to say that I have a new one for you.…
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Are Travel Apps Dead? Free Report on the ‘Future of Apps’ (Travelport Digital Sponsored Post)
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Thank you to Travelport Digital for sponsoring this post and pointing to a new report that the company has put out on the changing face…
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United’s Basic Economy Has Expanded With a Small Twist
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It’s only been a couple of months since United started selling Basic Economy fares, but the availability has grown rapidly. Unlike American, which seems to…
