American
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The Insane World of Baggage Check-in Times
Is there anything more ridiculous than the various baggage check-in time cutoffs that airlines impose? It’s not the idea that bothers me;…
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China Flights Awarded, Not Nearly as Fun as Last Time
Last time, the suspense was great. Who would win the China flight awards? It had all the drama of a good telenovela.…
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Another Dumb Retaliation, Brought to You by American
Anyone catch the significance in American’s latest announcement last week? I suppose it’s not really “significant” in any way. It’s more of…
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American Goes Dang!
First there was Southwest’s Ding!, then there was Ryanair’s Bing!, now there’s . . . American’s Dang!? Enough with the ridiculous punctuation,…
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Forget Texas, Don’t Mess with Northwest
I feel bad for all of you who live in Minneapolis, Detroit, or Memphis. Northwest, the king of retaliation, has successfully fought…
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Travel Forecast: Sunny with Lots of Rainbows
Airlines all over the US are making it clear: If you’re gay, they want your money. Well, if you’re not gay, they…
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American’s Gold Star for Taking a Step Toward “Productizing”
American announced yesterday that they’ll being offering a hybrid price/schedule search on the website that looks quite similar to what we’ve already…
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Arpey’s Case of Foot-in-Mouth Disease
Oh man. I really didn’t think this one could get much worse, but American CEO Gerard Arpey just found a way. Yesterday…
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Trip Report: Florida Deja Vu
It seems like just last month that I was heading to Florida for a wedding. Oh wait, it was. This past weekend,…
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Random Bits of Info – Happy Tax Day
It’s tax day here in the US, and even though we got two extra days this year, there is no such thing…
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ExpressJet Takes Off with Increased Pressure
Today is the day that ExpressJet launches its first flights, and now the guessing game begins. Will they be able to pull…
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Trip Report: Flaaaaaaridah
And so begins the wedding season. Fortunately, the first wedding of six this year happened to be a couple hours away from…