Brett
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3 Links I Love: A Political Bonus Thanks to Tax Reform, A 747 Wedding
This week’s TWO featured links: Southwest Airlines Rings In The New Year Under Tax Reform With Employee Bonus, Charitable Contribution, And Further…
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Qatar Copies Etihad, Not Emirates In Its Quest to Fly Between Europe and the US
Just recently I wrote about how the real threat posed by the Middle East airlines to those in the US was fifth-freedom…
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Reviewing Your 2017 Predictions and Making Your 2018 Picks
It’s official, 2017 is over so it’s time to look back and see how you all did with your predictions. A year…
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Cranky on the Web: What 2018 Will Bring
Travel Weekly’s Preview 2018 – Airlines – Travel Weekly My posting schedule is a little backwards since I won’t even have my…
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2017 Flying Summary
There’s no question 2016 was a bad year for flying for me, but 2017 was so much better. The only thing 2017…
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Airlines We Lost 2017
It is that time once again where I pause to remember all the airlines that flew off into the desert this year,…
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Cranky on the Web: What’s On Your Boarding Pass?
Your boarding pass does contain information about you, but whether it can be used for evil is another question – Los Angeles…
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3 Links I Love: Idiocy in Kansas City, The Supersonic Dilemma, Another 747 Tribute
This week’s featured link: Now what? KC Council’s airport vote creates chaos and betrays voters – The Kansas City Star Do you…
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American Significantly Increases Coach Award Space On Connecting Flights
At media day earlier this year, American admitted that it needed to loosen up on award availability. The airline has recently, quietly,…
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My Life on a 747
As anyone who happens to be flying to or through Atlanta this week knows, it has not been a good week for…
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Wondering How Sun Country is Going to Make Its New Owners A Lot of Money
Last week Sun Country was sold by the Davis brothers to funds managed by private-equity-giant Apollo. Apollo isn’t in this just to…
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Cranky on the Web: What’s Behind The Higher Bag Fee Revenue?
Fliers paid a record $1.2 billion in baggage fees last quarter – CNN Money When CNN asked me why airline bag fees…