Brett
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Hey American, Ordering a Billion Airplanes Is Good, but There’s a Lot More to Do
After years of back and forth, the Department of Transportation has finally decided to do the right thing and let US Airways…
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Congress Blows It, FAA Shuts Down, Airlines Profit in Different Ways
Congress has once again shown its inability to get anything done by actually letting the FAA reauthorization bill expire. What does that…
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Cranky on the Web (July 18 – 22)
Road warriors’ best tips for smooth travel – CNN Out of the Office This week, I asked road warriors for their best…
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Topic of the Week: The End of the Space Shuttle
The last Space Shuttle returned from the heavens this week, and what has been a 50 year run of incredible space ambition…
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What Will American Do With All Those Airplanes?
In case you missed it, American has decided to buy an insanely large number of airplanes. With 460 orders and another 10…
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Introducing Our Cranky Concierge Family Plan with Momaboard
[Updated April 2013 – Our family plan with Momaboard has ended, but we are rolling all our family services into our existing…
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Delta Cuts Flights, Can Small Cities Survive?
Last week, Delta announced what was really no surprise. Much of its small city service is unprofitable and it’s only getting worse.…
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How the JetBlue Carmageddon Promotion Came Together
This weekend was Carmageddon here in Southern California. You probably heard all about it, because I’m told that this was national and…
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Cranky on the Web (July 11 – 15)
This isn’t the airline I signed up for – CNN Out of the Office This week, I tackle codesharing. I find codsharing…
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Topic of the Week: Air Asia X Goes to Gatwick
Low cost carrier Air Asia X announced that its flight from Kuala Lumpur will now go to London Gatwick instead of Stansted.…
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Codesharing Provides No Benefit to the Traveler
Earlier this week, I published a column on CNN.com talking about codesharing. You all know the practice. It’s when one airline sells…
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Catch a Ride on a BAC-111
Any airline dorks out there have $880 lying around? If so, I’d highly recommend heading to Dallas on August 27 to take…