Airlines
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Cranky on the Web (October 26 – 30)
Continental Joins Star Alliance Tomorrow – BNET Continental is in no-man’s land as they end their SkyTeam participation and prepare for Star…
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Midwest and Frontier Start Swapping Airplanes in the Middle of the Day
We’ve talked about how Republic’s acquisition of Frontier and Midwest has given the carrier tremendous flexibility in moving its airplanes around between…
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United Retires The 737 (Trip Report)
Yesterday was something of a flashback for me. When United offered just a couple days ago to give me a seat on…
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Lufthansa Gets a Gold Star For Going Above and Beyond
I’m going to be taking United’s last 737 flight today from LAX to San Francisco and then I’m turning right back around,…
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How Did Those Northwest Pilots Miss the Airport?
It has been plastered all over the news, but I wanted to wait a little until we had more information on what…
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Cranky on the Web (October 19-23)
United Learns That Some People Don’t Want Free Upgrades – BNET United has now made upgrades free for all elites, but that…
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Southwest Boosts Denver and St Louis
I know I just wrote about Southwest yesterday, but the news keeps coming. This time, it’s not a new city but rather,…
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Southwest Announces Panama City (Florida, not Panama)
There is a lot of route news for Florida fans this week, but the biggest of all is that Southwest has announced…
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Virgin America Tries Letting People Without Carry-Ons Board First
We’ve seen a million different boarding schemes over the years. First there was boarding by rows, then came group boarding, and now…
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Cranky on the Web (October 11-16)
Bloggers offer paid travel services – Washington Times Nicholas Kralev takes a look at my Cranky Concierge service as well as a…
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United, US Airways Receive Big Fines for Maintenance Problems
Both US Airways and United received a present from Uncle Sam yesterday in the form of some hefty fines ($5.4 million and…
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JetBlue Tweaks Its Colors While AirTran Unveils a Beauty (Airplane P*rn)
Guess what time it is, kids? It’s airplane p*rn time! (Yes, that’s now with an asterisk to try to circumvent corporate filters.)…