Airlines
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Topic of the Week: Frontier to Provo, Knoxville, and More
Frontier announced its summer plans this week, and we have some interesting surprises as well as a big disappointment. The bad news…
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Allegiant Looks to Appeal to Gamblers with Option to Bet on Fuel Prices
Allegiant has quietly slipped a note into a federal filing that says it wants people to be able to pay for fuel…
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Mr Cranky Goes to Washington on US Airways (Trip Report)
As mentioned yesterday, I was in DC last week to speak on a panel. Transportation was provided on US Airways, so it…
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Airlines Reveal Tarmac Delay Cancellation Numbers, but DOT Objects
Last week, I was back in Washington, DC for the first time in about 5 years. What was the occasion? I was…
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Cranky on the Web (February 21-25)
In the Trenches: Reconsidering My Web Host – Intuit Small Business Blog This one was from last week, but I forgot to…
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Virgin America Finally Comes to Chicago
Virgin America has been talking about serving Chicago even before its first airplane took to the skies. Now, 37 years later, it…
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United Keeps Economy Plus, Frequent Flier Rejoice
When United and Continental agreed to merge, there were a lot of decisions to be made about whether to keep legacy United…
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Cranky on the Web (February 14-18)
The long and short of ‘premium economy’ – CNN Out of the Office This week, I look at premium economy options in…
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Topic of the Week: United Grounds 757s
United had to ground its fleet of 757s this week because of a check that it failed to complete on a computer…
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Delta’s Decision to Eliminate SkyMiles Expiration Seems Goofy
By now you’ve probably heard that Delta has decided that its SkyMiles will no longer expire. There have been plenty of stories…
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Touring the New Heathrow Terminal 5
I know it’s been a month, but I’ve still had a few posts on the backburner from my London trip. You didn’t…
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Why United Can’t Use Its Own 757s to Fly to Europe
It was just announced that the new United will start flying 757s from Washington to Europe for the first time when it…