United
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Why United Might Like to Pay You in Advance to Take a Different Flight
Bloomberg published an article yesterday about a little test United is said to be running that will pay people to give up…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Forced Lap Child, You Aren’t an Expert, and Airport Code Origin Stories
This week’s featured link: United Airlines takes seat away from child on Houston flight, forces him to sit on his mother’s lap…
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United Makes a Partial Move Toward Dynamic Award Pricing On November 1
Happy 4th of July to all my American readers. There will be no post tomorrow since I’ll be busy stuffing myself with…
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United’s Basic Economy Has Expanded With a Small Twist
It’s only been a couple of months since United started selling Basic Economy fares, but the availability has grown rapidly. Unlike American,…
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Cranky on the Web: United Fined for Failing to Inspect 787 Even After FAA Told the Airline
United slapped with fine for taking plane ‘not in airworthy condition’ on 23 flights – MarketWatch You may have missed it, but…
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3 Links I Love: Let’s Buy Alitalia, American Jacks Up Pay, United Mourns JFK
This week’s featured link: Lufthansa says not interested in taking over Alitalia – Financial Express The worst airline ever continues to live…
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United Releases Its 10-Point Plan to Avoid Roughing Up Passengers
Soon after Dr David Dao was dragged off United Express flight 3411, the airline said it would be doing a full review…
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Cranky on the Web: More United, Of Course
Story On United 3411 and Dr David Dao – Fox 11 News Somehow I missed this last week, but the reporter from…
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Cranky on the Web: A Whole Lot of United and Pretty Much Nothing Else
As far as media appearances go, this week was easily the busiest I’ve ever encountered. And of course, everyone was talking about…
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Don’t Blame Overbooking for This United Mess
Remember how bad last week was for Delta’s operation? If you do, you’re the only one. As of yesterday, Delta’s problems were…
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American and United Fight to See Who Can Lose More Money in Small Cities
With international markets looking weaker for a variety of reasons, the US legacy carriers have turned their focus inward to domestic markets…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s MoM Gets a Boost, JetBlue Feels Pain in Atlanta, More on the Port Authority Scandal
This week’s featured link: United Looks at Boeing’s ‘Paper Plane’ and Likes What It Sees – Bloomberg Bloomberg has been cranking out…