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Delta’s Basic Economy Fares Show Why Booking Through Online Travel Agents Is Becoming More and More Hazardous
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Delta started a test a couple weeks ago of a new fare offering called Basic Economy. The idea is that it’s a highly restricted fare that gives you nothing more than the promise of some…
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Cranky on the Web (April 9 – 13)
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Frontier’s Animal Battle: Choose the Airline’s Newest Mascot – Conde Nast Daily Traveler If you haven’t seen Frontier’s latest battle for the next animal mascot, it’s worth a look. I couldn’t stop laughing at the…
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Topic of the Week: Bye, Bye, bmi
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It’s almost official. British Airways will close on its purchase of bmi in short order. Will it be good or bad for travel in the UK?
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United Hates Houston’s Plan for Two International Airports
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Residents of the Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex probably rolled their eyes at the news that Southwest is pushing for more freedom at Houston’s close-in Hobby airport. They’ve seen it all before with Southwest’s fight against American…
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Allegiant to Start Honolulu Flights from Vegas and Fresno in June
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Way back on March 5, 2010, Allegiant announced it would purchase some used 757s so that it could go to Hawai’i. Here we are more than 2 years later and the strategy is finally, mercifully,…
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Why I Put Very Little Stock in the Airline Quality Rating
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There’s been a lot of talk about the Airline Quality Rating (AQR) lately since the 2012 rankings just came out. I’ve generally avoided talking about this and every other survey out there, except for one…
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Cranky on the Web (April 2 – 6)
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Live Chat: Children on planes – Canada.com I was one of the panelists for a live chat about kids on airplanes. You can see the transcript at the link above. The Midwest Cookie Is Dead…
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Topic of the Week: Delta Wants to Refine Its Own Oil
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Word is out this week that Delta wants to get into the oil refining business. I would assume the idea is to be able to buy fuel at cost, but I really don’t know enough…
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Frontier Moves Toward Being a Three Cabin Airline (With No Cookies)
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When you think of three cabin airlines, you think of some of the world’s finest with their First, Business, and coach classes. But Frontier has quietly been moving toward a very different kind of three…
