Baggage
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US Airways Makes Further Strides in Baggage Handling with Planeside Scanning
Last year, I wrote about how US Airways had started scanning bags at planeside. When I was in Phoenix with the airline…
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Alaska Switches Up Bag Fees, Some Good and Some Bad News
Whenever I see discussion of an airline simplifying fees, it usually means that they’re jacking them up. Alaska, well, ok, so they…
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Carry-On Guide for Misinformed Senators
Wondering why I’m posting on a Sunday? Well, it’s to welcome Washington Post readers to the site. See, today I had an…
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Cranky on the Web (April 5 – 9)
Even April Fools’ Can’t Stop Southwest Talking About Bag Fees – BNET If you haven’t seen Southwest’s April Fools’ joke, it’s a…
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Cranky on the Web (March 29 – April 2)
Now Departing: Delta Cuts Ties with Midwest Airlines – BNET Midwest and Delta are no longer going to be frequent flier buddies.…
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Cranky on the Web (February 1 – 5)
Allegiant Earnings Down on Lower Fares, Flat Ancillary Revenue – BNET Allegiants earnings were down in the fourth quarter. Should we panic?…
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Southwest Explores Change Fees, Bag Fees, and More
As I mentioned yesterday, Southwest has been circulating a survey to a bunch of fliers to try to explore all sorts of…
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How You Can Get Airlines to Stop Raising Bag Fees
I feel like I’ve approached this topic before, but in light of the airlines raising bag fees once again to $25 for…
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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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American, Atlantic Southeast, Baggage, BNET, Comair, Delta, JFK – New York/JFK, LGA – New York/La Guardia, Midwest Airlines, PHL – Philadelphia
Cranky on the Web (September 14 – 18)
Why Comair’s On-Time Performance is More Concerning Than Atlantic Southeast’s – BNET Comair and ASA both sat at the bottom of the…
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Cranky on the Web (August 24 – 28)
United Aggressively Responds to “United Breaks Guitars Part 2” – BNET Part 2 of Dave Carroll’s musical crusade against United is out,…
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787, Baggage, BNET, Boeing, Customer Service, Delta, Mergers/Finance, Spirit, United, US Airways, Virgin America
In the Loop Radio Guest and This Week on BNET (July 6 – 10)
I’m hijacking my usual “This Week on BNET” post with a brief plug. Minnesota Public Radio puts out a weekly podcast called…