Brett
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Cranky on the Web: Refund Madness, Small Business Struggles, Looking for Deals
DOT tells airlines to refund canceled flights, but don’t count on cash just yet – Los Angeles TimesI had a lot of…
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3 Links I Love: Awful Data Points, Parking Airplanes on Opposite Sides of the World
Things are changing fast. Stay up-to-date.Subscribe to the Cranky Coronavirus Daily Update This week’s featured link Impact of COVID-19: Data Updates –…
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Alaska, JetBlue Get Creative to Satisfy Government Stimulus Requirements
The absurdity of the government stimulus minimum service requirements continue to cause problems, but Alaska and JetBlue are getting creative in finding…
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American’s To Bring Back International Flying Slowly, In Waves
I know I keep focusing on American lately, but that’s because the airline has been putting out more complete schedules than the…
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Analyzing American’s New, Smaller May Schedule
As of this weekend, American will serve 299 destinations in May down from the 338 planned previously. But that decrease is really…
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Cranky on the Web: DOT Weighs In On Refunds, Rebuilding Networks
Airline cancel your flight due to coronavirus crisis? You’re still due a refund, DOT says – USA TodayDOT now says that airlines…
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3 Links I Love: Just How Empty Those Planes are, Virgin Australia on the Brink, Delta Clean
This week’s featured link Ethics of Airline Bailouts in Spotlight With Virgin-Qantas Feud – BloombergQuite the brawl going on down under. Virgin…
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Shut It Down
On Monday, I talked about the $50 billion airline stimulus that the government rolled out. One of the provisions in both the…
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Southwest to Offer Preboarding To Those Willing to Help Prevent COVID-19 With New Shoot’nBoard Program
There is very little that preoccupies Southwest travelers’ minds more before a flight than wondering if they’ll be able to get the…
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American Slashes Los Angeles Service in April; Will It Ever Return?
American loaded its most recent short-term coronavirus-related April schedule cuts over the weekend, and the airline cut deep in some geographies. It…
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The Government Stimulus is Done, Now We Wait to See the Results
Congress finally came to an agreement, and the President signed the bill. Now, the CARES Act is about to pump an unfathomable…
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Cranky on the Web: Impact on Travelers and Employees, More Refunds, Biscoff, and a Virtual Happy Hour
What does the airline aid package mean for travelers? Not much – TPGThe headline says it pretty well. Other than having more…