Brett
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British Airways Rolls Out Its Updated First Class
While some airlines are moving away from First Class, British Airways continues to embrace it. They’ve just rolled out the latest version…
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US Airlines Begin The Fight for Tokyo Haneda Slots
Now that Japan Air Lines has decided to stick with American, it looks like this whole US-Japan open skies deal will go…
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Airline Schedule Padding Isn’t Cheating
There are plenty of people out there who think the airlines are trying to “cheat” when they pad their flight schedules to…
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American and British Airways Finally Receive Alliance Approval From the US (Tentatively)
About 10 minutes after the Wright Brothers put their first airplane into the air, American and British Airways applied for blanket codesharing…
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Cranky on the Web (February 8 – 12)
Social Media May be Hot, But It’s Not for Everyone – BNET I look at social media at the Singapore Airshow to…
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American’s Spin On Ending Same Day Standby Earns the Cranky Jackass Award
Earlier this week, American decided to stop offering free same day standby to customers who aren’t elite members in the AAdvantage program.…
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DOT Attaches Foolish Conditions to US Airways and Delta Slot Swap in New York and Washington
The DOT has decided that the proposed Delta/US Airways slot swap in New York and Washington is perfectly acceptable . . .…
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Who Would You Fly From LA to Denver?
Hey guys, it’s time for a poll. I’m going to be participating on a panel at the State of DIA event in…
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Concierge Pricing Now Starts at $25, New Benefits and Prepay Options
Cranky Concierge is now a few months into its existence, and things are going very well. We’ve helped out on more than…
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LAN Talks About Growing Lima, TAM and Brazil, and oneworld (Across the Aisle Part 2)
Well here we are with part two of my conversation with LAN (see part one here) and you’ll see at the end…
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LAN’s North American Chief Talks About New San Francisco Flights, Machu Picchu Devastation (Across the Aisle Part 1)
It’s been awhile since I last put together an Across the Aisle interview. Sure, I’ve spoken with plenty of people, but I…
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Cranky on the Web (February 1 – 5)
Allegiant Earnings Down on Lower Fares, Flat Ancillary Revenue – BNET Allegiants earnings were down in the fourth quarter. Should we panic?…