Brett
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JetBlue’s Strong Performance Has Spirit on the Run
Spirit has been aggressively growing Dallas/Ft Worth service lately, but not all routes have been successful. Notably, DFW to Boston hasn’t worked…
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Cranky on the Web (July 9 – 13)
American Airlines Merger Possibilities: The Bad and the Worse – Conde Nast Daily Traveler American says it’s evaluating five different airlines for…
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A Visit With California Pacific Airlines
Two long years ago I wrote about a proposed startup called California Pacific Airlines. At the time, I said that it was…
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Southwest Rightly Kills A Successful Subsidy on the Florida Panhandle
Something very strange happened last week. St Joe and Southwest agreed to end the subsidy agreement that was put in place to…
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Alaska Offers Self Bag-Tagging After Feds Finally Ease Restrictions
A couple of weeks ago, Alaska Airlines announced it would start aggressively rolling out self bag-tagging for its customers. This might sound…
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Cranky on the Web (July 2 – 6)
10 Ways To Travel Like a Frequent Flier – Johnny Jet A nice shout-out from Johnny Jet about Cranky Concierge services. In…
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Your Last Day to Support Cranky By Signing Up for a Credit Card
Apparently, if you want to have links to credit card providers, you have to be a big producer. A couple weeks ago,…
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Virgin America Posts Terrible First Quarter Loss, Has One Year to Prove Itself
Here we are in July and believe it or not, I haven’t written an article focusing on Virgin America here since last…
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Delta’s New Pilot Contract Kicks Off the Great Regional Feeding Frenzy of 2012
Last week, Delta’s pilots easily approved a new contract with management that will see a lot more insourcing of flying as well…
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Delta Makes a Smart Choice for Wifi Internationally
While wireless internet has become nearly ubiquitous on flights within the US (unless you fly United), international travel hasn’t seen the same…
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Cranky on the Web (June 25 – 29)
In-Flight Entertainment Check: What You’ll Get on Each Airline – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I did a round-up of domestic inflight entertainment…