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Cranky on the Web: More on the Amsterdam Situation
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Crowds at This Airport Are So Bad, Travelers Have Been Paying Up to $1,250 to Jump the Lines at Security – Conde Nast TravelerThe author of this story reached out to me not knowing I…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Pilots Say No All Over, Avios Sells Out, More
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American, United Pilots United in Rejecting Offer Both American Airlines and United Airlines pilots rejected offers from management this week, sending both carriers back to the drawing board in negotiations with their pilots unions. Nearly…
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A Perfectly Good Flight Home From Oakland on Spirit (Trip Report)
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I needed to stay the night in Oakland after my trip up on Delta, but I wanted to get back early. Delta had a flight at 7:08am with Spirit going at 7:09am, so I figured…
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The Cranky Flier Interview with Flair Airlines CEO Stephen Jones
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. It hasn’t been all that long since the last one, but I’m already back with another interview. This time, I talk to Stephen Jones, CEO…
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Delta’s Slot Squatting in New York Reaches New Heights
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With the industry’s eyes closely watching the end of the trial where the Department of Justice is suing to stop the Northeast Alliance between American and JetBlue, something far more anti-competitive is actually happening in…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Southwest & JetBlue in the Black, Alaska Goes to the MAX.
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Southwest’s Q3 Ends $277 Million in the Black Southwest Airlines’s Q3 fiscal earnings showed $277 million profit on record gross revenue of $6.2 billion, a 33% increase from Q3 a year ago. The record earnings…
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Exploring the New LAX T3 and Flying Delta to Oakland (Trip Report)
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This was a business trip that came together with relatively short notice. I say “relatively” because it was right at 1 week before departure, so I was still able to find some pretty cheap fares.…
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Mark Your Calendars: Cranky Dorkfest 2023 is September 9
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Every year, people ask earlier and earlier when Cranky Dorkfest will be, so we’ve made an effort to start announcing earlier than in the past. That means, we have a date for next year! Cranky…
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Amsterdam Schiphol’s Painful Descent To Become One of the Most Feared European Airports
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. For years, this was the airport you wanted to use. If you were connecting, it was fast and easy. And it largely ran on time. If you were an avgeek, I mean,…
