Airlines
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Eight Hour Ground Delay in the Hartford Snow Storm (Trip Report) (Guest Post)
Remember that October snowstorm and the meltdown that followed in Hartford? This woman and her husband were stuck in the thick of…
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The Financial Mess That Is Kingfisher (Guest Post)
It’s baby time, and I’m taking a couple weeks off from blogging to get to know the little guy. This is the…
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US Airways Moves Toward Smaller Cities at National After Getting Delta’s Slots
It’s really interesting to watch US Airways as it starts to announce how it’s going to use its newly acquired slots at…
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Cranky on the Web (December 26 – December 30)
What will 2012 bring in air travel? – CNN Out of the Office CNN asked me to do a look at ahead…
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A Classically Sucky Orbitz Customer Service Experience
This is a pretty dead week in terms of news, so I figured I’d pull out some lighter stories. One of our…
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Remember that $60,000 Deal to Name a Virgin America Airplane? Here’s Who Bought It
Last month, Virgin America decided to sell a pretty unique deal through Gilt City. Anyone with $60,000 could get a roundtrip charter…
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Cranky on the Web (December 19 – 23)
Pack patience for air travel amateurs – CNN Out of the Office ’tis the season for amateur travelers to come out of…
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Topic of the Week: ANA Brings the 787 to the US
ANA has announced that will start flying the 787 to the US. First market are Seattle and San Jose. Is that a…
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The Many Steps Alaska Takes to Put Food on Your Flight
I had a great opportunity earlier this week to head on over to LAX to do a menu tasting with Alaska Airlines.…
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Virgin America Still Having Major System Problems More Than a Month After System Changes
If you’ve flown Virgin America any time since October, there’s a good chance that your experience has been sub-par. No, it has…
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Winners and Losers in Delta’s Big Expansion at New York’s La Guardia Airport
The details are out. Now that the feds have finally paved the way for the Delta/US Airways slot swap (at least this…
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Cranky on the Web (December 12 – 16)
Great new for those who want to follow me on the CNTraveler website. You can now subscribe to an RSS feed of…