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Delta Continues to School Other Airlines on How to Take Your Money (and Miles)
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In American’s most recent earnings call, CEO Doug Parker lamented his airline’s ability to do what Delta does. More specifically he said: …[Delta is] doing a better job than we can today of making sure…
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Cranky on the Web: Changing Emotional Support Animal Rules
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Delta Bans Emotional Support Animals on Long Flights – KQED ForumSan Francisco public radio station KQED had me on yesterday to talk about changing emotional support animal rules. Originally I was just supposed to open…
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3 Links I Love: Neeleman Talks Moxy, California Pacific Troubles, Where is Tracy?
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This week’s featured link: JetBlue Founder David Neeleman on How New Airline Moxy Will Change the Way We Fly – Condé Nast TravelerWant more info on Moxy? Here you go. This is a lengthy interview,…
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Help Cranky By Answering a Few Easy Questions
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Earlier this week, I put out my two-part series on Southwest’s changes in the intra-California market. It was fun to do the analysis, but it wasn’t easy. Data crunching takes time, and acquiring data from…
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Southwest Prepares for Battle in California With Fare Cuts (Analysis – Part 2)
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Welcome back to the second part of a look at Southwest’s pricing changes in intra-California markets. If you missed the dynamics that led to this change yesterday, I’d recommend heading over to the post first. …
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Southwest Prepares for Battle in California With Fare Cuts (Analysis – Part 1)
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Ever since I attended the Boyd conference way back in August, I’ve been meaning to look at Southwest’s intra-California strategy in more detail. Facing new competition from the combined Alaska/Virgin America, Southwest has really ramped…
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Cranky on the Web: New 2019 Routes, Orlando’s New Terminal
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Exciting New Flight Routes That Will Improve Your 2019 Travel Plans – WendyPerrin.comThis was a fun one to put together. It may not be comprehensive, but it’s a look at a huge chunk of the new international…
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3 Links I Love: LaGuardia’s New Gates, Oscar Talks, Pittsburgh’s Problems
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This week’s featured link: New terminal designed to be exact opposite of usual LaGuardia – Runway Girl NetworkThey had me at the headline. LaGuardia opened up the first phase of its terminal redo. It’s still a long…
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Creating Order from Chaos: Fixing How You Buy Airline Tickets
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I don’t really need to even say it, but I will. Buying a ticket from an online travel agent sucks. It’s hard enough to compare apples to apples when there are so many different options…
