Spirit
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Cranky on the Web (September 1 – 5)
Allegiant Air now charging $5 for check-in at airport – KPCC 89.3 I was asked to talk about why Allegiant now charged…
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Cranky on the Web (July 21 – 25)
Cranky Analysis: Picking Apart Spirit’s Plan of Attack – PlaneBusiness Banter ($$Subscription Required$$) I dug into Spirit’s performance this time and found…
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Cranky on the Web (May 5 – 9)
Spirit Is Tired of Travelers Not Knowing How Their Airline Works – Conde Nast Daily Traveler Spirit is rolling out a marketing…
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Cranky on the Web (April 21 – 25)
How to Beat Spirit at its Own Game and Minimize Airline Fees – Conde Nast Daily Traveler Spirit has a great business…
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Cranky on the Web (March 10 – 14)
In the Trenches: The Difficulty of Going Mobile – Intuit Small Business Blog In particular, this is about the difficulty of getting…
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Cranky on the Web (January 6 – 10)
Higher Fees Actually Do Mean Lower Fares, At Least For One Airline – Conde Nast Daily Traveler There is nothing that showers…
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Spirit’s Move to Phoenix Sky Harbor Shows Competition is Alive and Well
I hope you enjoyed the guest posts last week. Our baby is happy and healthy, so it’s time for me to get…
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Topic of the Week: Have You Experienced Evasive Action?
Lots of talk this week about the near-miss between a Spirit aircraft and a skydiving airplane. The Spirit pilot did everything right…
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Spirit Chooses Delays Over Cancellations and Missed Connections
Last week I wrote about Spirit’s flagging on time performance. Shortly after, I had a call with the airline’s Chief Operating Officer,…
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Spirit and Allegiant Have On Time Performance Problems
It turns out United isn’t the only airline suffering from poor on time performance these days. Spirit hasn’t had more than 70…
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JetBlue’s Strong Performance Has Spirit on the Run
Spirit has been aggressively growing Dallas/Ft Worth service lately, but not all routes have been successful. Notably, DFW to Boston hasn’t worked…
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No Honest Customer Will Pay $100 to Carry a Bag on Spirit
You’ve probably seen at least one of the dozens of stories reporting on how Spirit is going to charge $100 for a…