Airlines
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Good News, Bad News for British Airways as Antitrust Immunity Approved and Flight Attendants Reject Offer
The management team at British Airways must be doing their best impression of a manic depressive this week as they swing from…
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Southwest Restricts Unused Tickets, I’d Rather See a Change Fee
It looks like the good folks at Southwest have slipped in a little change to your ability to use ticketless travel funds.…
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Jetting to Smurf (Trip Report)
I love trips like this. Just as our cold June and early July gave way to sizzling 90 degree heat, it was…
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Allegiant, American, BNET, British Airways, Fares, Government Regulation, Iberia, JetBlue, Mergers/Finance, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (July 12-16)
Strong June Traffic Means It’s Time For Airlines to Raise Airfares — Cautiously – BNET Continued strong traffic numbers mean airfares are…
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Checking in on Alitalia, Because It’s Been Too Long
I never thought things could get any worse for Alitalia, but they have. No, no. It’s not that they’re performing worse. It’s…
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Cranky on the Web (July 6-9)
keep track of your miles in style – AntiBride.com The AntiBride liked my previous post about AwardWallet, so I tweaked it and…
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Norwegian Wants to Go Intercontinental, Prove Hubert Horan Wrong
My post on Hubert Horan’s anti-merger stance generated a ton of discussion here, and that was great. While some agreed, others didn’t.…
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British Airways 747 Near-Accident in South Africa Combined Good Piloting and Luck
The details of the British Airways 747 near-accident in South Africa are out, and man, was that scary for the pilots. They…
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Delta and US Airways Cancel Slot Swap, Feds Lose Game of Chicken, Win Cranky Jackass Award
I assume the feds knew they were playing with fire when they decided to attach incredibly onerous conditions to the proposed slot…
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Cranky on the Web (June 28 – July 2)
Tips to minimize the impact of a flight cancellation – The Detroit News With the 3 hour ground delay rule likely causing…
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My Video Review of the JetBlue Snack Boxes
Hours after I wrote my scathing review of the new JetBlue snack boxes last week, I just happened to be at an…
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Will the BA Flight Attendant Fight Finally be Settled?
There’s a glimmer of hope out there for British Airways fliers. It appears that the airline and its flight attendants are getting…