Airlines
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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…
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Cranky on the Web (February 7-11)
Airlines Start Tightening Belts as Fuel Prices Rise – BNET Headwinds Fuel prices are on the rise and that means it’s time…
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Volaris Prepares For Full Scale US Invasion (and That’s a Good Thing)
If there was any doubt that Mexican airline Volaris had designs on a big US presence, those have been put to rest.…
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Delta Rolls out Premium Economy on Long Haul Flights
As the new United ponders whether or not to keep its Economy Plus premium economy product, Delta has decided to jump into…
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JetBlue’s Long Haul Flights Slowly Disappearing From Long Beach
When I saw JetBlue announce it was moving its flight to Ft Lauderdale from Long Beach to LAX, I wasn’t surprised. It…
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Cranky on the Web (January 31-February 4)
I’m very excited to announce that The Cranky Flier has been chosen as 2010 Blog of the Year in the Flightglobal Webbies!…
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Topic of the Week: JetBlue’s GPS
The feds have decided to let JetBlue throw a few Garmins on an airplane and use GPS instead of radar. Ok, so…