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A Primer On the Complex World of Airline Ticket Changes
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If you want to change an airline ticket, you’re probably looking for a quick and simple answer as to how much it’ll cost. So why is it that it’s so common for airline websites to…
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New York LaGuardia’s Makeover Looks Nice But It Fails to Fix Some of the More Severe Issues
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LaGuardia sucks, and we all know it. But since it’s the most convenient commercial airport to Manhattan, it’s an important place. Instead of shutting the thing down as should probably happen, we’ve seen about 2,700…
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The Unrealistic and Unhelpful Expectations of Airline Passenger Advocates
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Last Tuesday morning, I was busy trying to corral the kids when I heard the word “airline” coming from the Today Show in the other room. Of course, I shuddered. When the Today Show covers…
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Cranky on the Web – Named Best Industry News Site
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The Best Websites to Learn About Air Travel – Yahoo! Travel The good folks at Yahoo! Travel have named The Cranky Flier the best site for industry news. I’ll take it! Click on the link…
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Cranky Concierge Needs a Night Owl
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Do you love helping stranded travelers? Are you nocturnal? (If not, do you by chance live on the other side of the world and have the right to work in the US?) Are you interested…
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My Last Trip on US Airways (Trip Report)
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For my daughter’s second birthday, we decided to take the whole family out to see my in-laws in North Carolina. Their place is in a fairly remote area that’s about 45 minutes south of Wilmington,…
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Cranky No More? TSA Pre✓® is Changing the Way America Flies (Sponsored Post)
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[You all know that I love TSA Pre✓®, so I was more than happy to cooperate with IdentoGO on a sponsored post about how people can sign up for the service. If you haven’t yet,…
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Does an Airline Need a Toll-Free Phone Number?
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Frontier is doing away with its toll-free number as part of its transition to being an ultra low cost carrier (ULCC), and when I heard the news, I didn’t think much of it. But USA…
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Delta’s Promise to Pay Businesses if American and United Run a Better Operation Isn’t Much More Than a Great Marketing Message
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It’s no secret that Delta is running a fantastic operation these days. On-time performance is impressive, and only a tiny number of flights end up canceled. Now, Delta is taking this operational performance and turning…
