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Alaska Offers Self Bag-Tagging After Feds Finally Ease Restrictions
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A couple of weeks ago, Alaska Airlines announced it would start aggressively rolling out self bag-tagging for its customers. This might sound like a little thing but it was a painful process to finally get…
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Cranky on the Web (July 2 – 6)
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10 Ways To Travel Like a Frequent Flier – Johnny Jet A nice shout-out from Johnny Jet about Cranky Concierge services. In the Trenches: Getting Together – Intuit Small Business Blog I brought my new…
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Your Last Day to Support Cranky By Signing Up for a Credit Card
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Apparently, if you want to have links to credit card providers, you have to be a big producer. A couple weeks ago, Amex shut off my links because I didn’t push enough volume. Yesterday, I…
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Virgin America Posts Terrible First Quarter Loss, Has One Year to Prove Itself
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Here we are in July and believe it or not, I haven’t written an article focusing on Virgin America here since last year. I guess it’s because the airline seemed to be on autopilot. It…
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Delta’s New Pilot Contract Kicks Off the Great Regional Feeding Frenzy of 2012
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Last week, Delta’s pilots easily approved a new contract with management that will see a lot more insourcing of flying as well as an upgauging of existing regional airplanes. As I wrote before, this is…
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Delta Makes a Smart Choice for Wifi Internationally
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While wireless internet has become nearly ubiquitous on flights within the US (unless you fly United), international travel hasn’t seen the same result. Sure, some foreign airlines have started to install wifi, most notably Lufthansa,…
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Cranky on the Web (June 25 – 29)
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In-Flight Entertainment Check: What You’ll Get on Each Airline – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I did a round-up of domestic inflight entertainment options for Conde Nast. Why Vegas Flights Might Cost More – Conde Nast…
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Topic of the Week: Which 10 Cities Have Service to Every United Hub?
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I was talking to someone from one of these lucky airports recently and he told me that there are 10 cities in the United Airlines system that have nonstop service to each of United’s 8…
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The Downside of Fuel Hedging
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Anyone seen the price of fuel lately? As I write this, oil is hovering around a mere $80 a barrel. That’s a far cry from where it was just a few short weeks ago. And…
