Airlines
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TPG and Northwest Try to Buy the Cookie
I’ve been pretty confused since word came out that TPG and Northwest would be teaming up to offer to buy Midwest. I…
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You Want This Delay
Just one more delay story to end the week. Check out the mugshot on this flight attendant. Yikes. Too much plastic surgery…
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Virgin America Takes Off . . . Late
Current events have really helped me stick with the “delay” theme this week. As most people know, Virgin America’s first flights take…
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Northwest Finally Figures it Out
It took them a long time, but Northwest finally figured it out. Blaming your employees for your problems does NOT garner customer…
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Allegiant Plans Its Big Expansion in Phoenix and Ft Lauderdale
Yesterday, the East Valley (that’d be Mesa/Chandler/Gilbert/Tempe – east of Phoenix) was jumping with joy after learning that their long-suffering airport, STBPMGA…
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Delta’s SiteSeer Challenge
Remember Delta’s SiteSeer? It’s been pretty quiet since they first launched the travel video site that I posted about here. Now they’ve…
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Tonight’s Guest Host: Aunt Benét
Instead of pointing you to the work of others today, I thought I’d get a real live guest poster to come to…
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Fun with Fare Basis Codes
Nothing like a little fun with fare basis codes to show my true dorkiness. A few years back, I worked in airline…
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Problems with JetBlue’s Customer Bill of Rights
There were mixed reactions when JetBlue introduced its Customer Bill of Rights after the Valentine’s Day problems earlier this year. Some thought…
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United Goes Fully Flat in Business Class
It’s time to shake off all the bad news from last week and move forward with something positive. United has finally unveiled…
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JetBlue Ends the Week with a Cranky Jackass Award
It’s just been one long week of problems in the industry, that’s for sure. Of course, the biggest and most tragic was…
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Digging in With Virgin America
Now that the website troubles appear to be beyond them, we can finally take a look at Virgin America’s plan to get…