Brett
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Topic of the Week: Is JetBlue Overreacting to Spirit?
On Wednesday, Spirit announced it would fly from Boston to Vegas and seasonally to both Cleveland and Detroit. About 10 seconds later,…
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United Has an Operational Problem in Denver
We’ve seen the same story play out all over the country. Airlines figure they can save some money by outsourcing their airport…
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LAX is About to Spend a Crazy Amount of Money, and I Like the Plan
I’m generally not shy about criticizing LAX for overspending on silly projects. Oh sure, the new Bradley Terminal was needed, but it…
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Why Airlines Need Hidden City Ticketing to Be Possible but They Also Can’t Let You Take Advantage of It
Welcome back from the holidays. I’m sure you’re trying to ease back into things at work, but there’s no time for that…
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Cranky on the Web – Getting Bumped, LAX Grows, After Hours Email
Why airlines bump passengers, and what you can do about it – Vox I spoke with Vox on a big article they…
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Topic of the Week: 2014 Flying Summary
Well that’s it. 2014 is over and I had an interesting year of flying. I didn’t leave the country once, which seems…
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Apparently Travel With Kids Gets Worse Before It Gets Better (Trip Report)
Words cannot explain how much I was dreading this trip. I’ve had trouble with my son on airplanes before, but with him…
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Airlines We Lost 2014
It’s that time of the year again where we look back and review all of our fallen comrades. This year, the list…
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Cranky on the Web – Travel Tips for Scotch Drinkers, Billions at LAX, More
Holiday-Travel Hacks – The Glenlivet – The Cask I didn’t know that The Glenlivet scotch (and yes, it’s “The” Glenlivet) had a…
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Topic of the Week: Your Predictions for 2015
The new year is almost here. We’ve looked back at your 2014 predictions, so now it’s time to look forward to 2015.…
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American, Caifornia Pacific, Delta, Family Airlines, Frontier, People Express, Southwest, United, US AirwaysReviewing Your 2014 Predictions
At the end of last year, I put a topic up for you all to make your predictions for the airline industry…
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A Brief and Confusing History of the Mess That Is South African Airways, An Airline That Wants Etihad’s Help to Survive
If I had a nickel for every time South African Airways needed a turnaround… well, I’d still have less than a dollar,…