Brett
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Cranky on the Web (October 19-23)
United Learns That Some People Don’t Want Free Upgrades – BNET United has now made upgrades free for all elites, but that…
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Southwest Boosts Denver and St Louis
I know I just wrote about Southwest yesterday, but the news keeps coming. This time, it’s not a new city but rather,…
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Tomorrow, I’m Telling Airline Marketing Folks What Customers Want – So What Do You Want?
I mentioned yesterday that I am attending the ARAC FFP Mega Event this week and that I’d be speaking tomorrow. Well, it…
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Southwest Announces Panama City (Florida, not Panama)
There is a lot of route news for Florida fans this week, but the biggest of all is that Southwest has announced…
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Attending the FFP ARAC Mega Event
I’ll be at the FFP ARAC Mega Event here in sunny Southern California tomorrow and Friday. We love our acronyms in this…
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Using Electronics on Takeoff, Standing Flight Attendants (Ask Cranky)
I have an Ask Cranky two-fer today as one reader had two semi-related questions to ask. Fortunately, I’ve got the answers (or…
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EU Reveals Unfortunate Preference for Legacy Carriers (Guest Post)
“The Cardinal” is back once again with another guest post here on Cranky Flier. I’ve been absolutely swamped with Cranky Concierge’s launch…
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Virgin America Tries Letting People Without Carry-Ons Board First
We’ve seen a million different boarding schemes over the years. First there was boarding by rows, then came group boarding, and now…
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Cranky on the Web (October 11-16)
Bloggers offer paid travel services – Washington Times Nicholas Kralev takes a look at my Cranky Concierge service as well as a…
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United, US Airways Receive Big Fines for Maintenance Problems
Both US Airways and United received a present from Uncle Sam yesterday in the form of some hefty fines ($5.4 million and…
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JetBlue Tweaks Its Colors While AirTran Unveils a Beauty (Airplane P*rn)
Guess what time it is, kids? It’s airplane p*rn time! (Yes, that’s now with an asterisk to try to circumvent corporate filters.)…
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The Travel Promotion Act Makes Travel More Difficult
You’ll hear lots of fanfare around the Travel Promotion Act these days, but you certainly won’t hear it from me. In fact,…