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Cranky on the Web – Bounty for Hacking Airplanes, Avatar Again, Media Mistakes, More
I’m on vacation through next week, but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you hanging. I have new posts ready to go on…
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Two Hours of Fighting About the Middle East Carriers, and I Still Can’t Get Excited
At last week’s CAPA conference, the highlight was supposed to be the panel debate between US and Middle East carriers over whether…
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Delta Announces It Will Stop Informing Travelers How Many Miles They’ve Earned
I know today isn’t a normal posting day, but this news was important enough for me to move up the posting schedule…
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Delta Keeps Its Seattle-Haneda Flight But It Can No Longer Squat On It
An interesting decision came out of the Department of Transportation (DOT) last week in regards to the fight over Delta’s Seattle-Haneda flight.…
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The Argument That US Carriers Should Stop Complaining About Middle East Carriers and Compete on Product Is Garbage
The fight between the US carriers and the Middle East carriers is just starting to ramp up, but people are quickly taking…
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Cranky on the Web – Delta’s Shrinking Hub, Triage When Things Get Tough
Delta downsizing flights to 14 more cities – Cincinnati Enquirer I was asked when I thought the Delta hub in Cincinnati would…
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Why Improving Elite SkyMiles Earning Requires Delta to Get Even More Complex
Delta has been getting a lot of bad press lately regarding changes to its SkyMiles frequent flier program (including right here on…
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Delta Makes a Big Investment in Improving Wifi Speed and Coverage
Delta announced yesterday that it would be making big investments in improving its wifi speed and coverage. This, of course, is good…
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US Airlines Ramp Up Effort to Stifle Middle East Carriers – What Do They Know?
It looks like American, Delta, and United are getting a little nervous about those fast-growing carriers in the Middle East. It’s bad…
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Delta Earns a Cranky Jackass Award for Requiring Several Week Advance Purchase to Book Low Level Domestic Awards and Not Telling Anyone
You may have seen elsewhere that Delta has decided to stop publishing all award charts. That’s bad, because it makes it easier…
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Topic of the Week: Do Bigger Airplanes Matter?
Delta announced it’s bringing its 717s back to the west coast. The LA – San Francisco shuttle will see half the flights…
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United Walks Away From Dallas Love Field Airport, Makes Southwest Happy and Delta Angry
To say things took a strange turn at Dallas Love Field Airport on Friday is quite the understatement. After doing everything it…