Brett
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American Should Prioritize Latin America With Its A321XLR Fleet
With American recently announcing its European-focus for the deployment of its A321XLR, I couldn’t help but wonder if this is the best…
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JetBlue’s BlueFirst Will Be an Instant Money Maker
JetBlue has had a fantastic premium product for more than decade, Mint. The problem is, Mint is a fully-flat bed that doesn’t…
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Just How Long Airlines Delay Flights
After writing up my recent 14-hour delay on Hawaiian, GS left a comment asking about the average length of delay for each…
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United’s CEO Is Partially Right But Unrealistic About the Dual Chicago Hub
It’s a day ending in “y” so nobody should be surprised that United CEO Scott Kirby is making news once again. This…
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American’s Modest Summer 2027 Plans are Out
Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts You want more on American? Brian Sumers and I go in-depth this week on the…
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Get All of Cranky via Email or Now Just Receive Event Emails
With Cranky Dorkfest coming up, and the waitlist for the LAX ramp visit growing, I’ve been asked by some how they could…
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United Adds 10 New International Cities to the Route Map
United loves a big summer announcement, and sometimes it doesn’t live up to the very high levels of hype. But this year?…
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airBaltic is Shrinking Because Winter Sucks
It turns out that regional powerhouse airBaltic has been having a tough time lately. Because of that, the airline is going to…
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A 14-Hour Delay On Hawaiian Plus 5-Hours on American Left Us Scrambling (Trip Report)
Remember that saga from earlier this year where I had a tough time using my Alaska/Hawaiian companion fare but finally got it…
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American to Bring Back In Seat Video Just As It Finishes Removing the Last One
American’s transition to a premium airline took another very big step forward today as it has decided to reverse course. Not only…
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American Takes a “Rare Opportunity” to Shuffle the Deck
I’m back from vacation, and as tempting as it was to write up my trip report straight away thanks to a 14-hour…
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Twenty Cranky Years
It was twenty years ago today that I logged in at crankyflier.blogspot.com and introduced myself to… well, I guess the few family…