Brett
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Blame the Design of Midway Airport for Southwest’s Holiday Struggles
Happy 2024 everybody! If you flew this holiday season, you probably had nothing go wrong at all. That was the case for nearly everyone……
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Airlines We Lost 2023
Where does the time go? It is the last post of the year, and that means it’s time to honor those airlines that…
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Reviewing Your 2023 Predictions and Making Your 2024 Picks
It’s the most wonderul time of the year… when we get to go over all your predictions from last year and see…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest’s Customer of Size Policy
No, Southwest Airlines’ ‘customer of size’ policy isn’t new – VerifyThis was a weird one that came out of left field. Why was…
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2023 Flying Summary
I’m done for the year, so might as well get this party started. Another year, another weird-looking map. The multiple short haul trips are…
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Hawaiian’s Five-Year Downhill Slide Led it Right Into Alaska’s Arms
Alaska’s decision to buy Hawaiian Airlines and save it from a bankruptcy filing — or worse — was not something that happened…
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With American Freeing Up Space, Delta Makes a Different Kind of Move on Austin
Delta has called Austin a “focus city” for years now, but it doesn’t really have much to show for it. That appears to…
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Cranky on the Web: Shipping Luggage + Holiday Travel
Is shipping luggage better than checking bags? We tried it 4 ways. – Washington PostThe WaPo team put shipping to the test,…
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American Has a Lot Fewer Widebodies Than It Used To… And It Recently Postponed Getting More
Reading through financial filings can be a tedious task. American’s 10-Q for the third quarter of 2023 clocks in at 211 pages, and…
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Send Us Your Cranky Network Award Nominations Now!
It’s only 71 days until the 2024 Cranky Network Awards presented by Oakland International Airport, and we’ve been working hard on finalizing…
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Turkish Refuses to Believe Anyone Would Want to Go to Abu Dhabi (Tales From the Field)
There are some days where I can only wonder why on Earth we’re in the business of helping people over at Cranky…
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The Unlikely Duo of Porter and Air Transat Join Forces
If the merger of Alaska and Hawaiian was an unexpected blockbuster of a deal, then Porter and Air Transat is… ok, well,…