Brett
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Cranky on the Web: Billions of Dollars Pour Into LAX, Singapore’s Longest Haul
Los Angeles’ Massive Airport Makeover – Icons of Infrastructure I stopped doing freelance writing a long time ago, but Icons of Infrastructure…
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3 Links I Love: Airline CEOs Gather in Sydney, Heathrow Steps Ahead, Elite Airways
This week’s featured link: So Long, Sydney: Take-Aways From IATA’s Meeting of World’s Airline Execs – Stuck at the Airport I’ve still…
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Why Won’t American Let Me Use Miles on a Connecting Flight? (Ask Cranky)
It’s time for another Ask Cranky. This one is a follow-up on a post I wrote last December. I read your post…
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Air New Zealand Starts Dating Its Former Best Friend’s Worst Enemy
There have certainly been some dramatic airline spats over the years, but down in Australia and New Zealand, quite the doozy is…
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After Diversifying Its Brands, Singapore Reverses Course
There was a time that it seemed like Singapore Airlines thought the more brands it had, the better off it would be.…
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Cranky on the Web: When to Buy Tickets
Landing the Best Airfare Is a Matter of Timing – NerdWallet I would love to see a statistic about just how many…
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3 Links I Love: Explaining the Lufthansa Livery, Flight 1, California Pacific Tries Again
This week’s featured link: Exclusive Interview: Lufthansa Explains Its New Livery, Why Yellow Was Dropped (+Photos) – Airways Though the commenters on…
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United Rushes Out a Semi-Basic Economy Transatlantic Offering
When I first saw the announcement that United and its joint venture partners Lufthansa Group and Air Canada were rolling out Transatlantic…
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Delta to India: Anatomy of a Masterful Press Release
I generally expect airline press releases to bend the truth. I know that releases will gloss over the negatives and focus on…
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3 Links I Love: White House and State Dept Spar Over Open Skies, Allegiant Loses, Alitalia May Go It Alone
This week’s featured link: Navarro clashes with State Department over UAE airline deal – Associated Press Remember how I said there were…
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United’s Clever Pricing Strategy for Access to the Fancy Private Suite
If you’re super rich and famous, you may have heard of the Private Suite at LAX. If you haven’t, well, then you…
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A Video Walkthrough of Delta’s New A350
Last week, Delta brought its fancy new A350 to Los Angeles to show it off. The airline parked the airplane at the…