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  • Air New Zealand, Gold Star

    A Gold Star for Air New Zealand, At Your Service

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    Dec 17, 2007

    You’re sitting back relaxing on your flight from the US down to New Zealand when all of a sudden you realize you forgot to book your hotel. Ah crap. Or let’s say you and your…

  • Airplane Porn, Horizon

    College [Airplane] Porn

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    Dec 15, 2007

    How about a little airplane porn for the weekend? Horizon had to repaint all those planes formerly flying as Frontier JetExpress anyway, so they decided to have a little fun with it. Now, Oregon, Oregon…

  • JetBlue, Lufthansa, Star Alliance

    Lufthansa Takes JetBlue Under Its Wings

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    Dec 14, 2007

    I had a completely different post lined up for today, but really, when news like this breaks, it’s hard to stay away. For those who haven’t yet heard, JetBlue will issue a bunch of new…

  • Airplane Porn, American, TUL – Tulsa

    Frozen Airplane Porn

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    Dec 13, 2007

    It’s easy for me to sit here in sunny SoCal and complain when the temps drop into the 60s during the day, but pics like these (which came from a contact at AA) help remind…

  • Alaska Airlines, LAX – Los Angeles, SEA – Seattle, SFO – San Francisco, Virgin America

    Virgin America Heads North

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    Dec 13, 2007

    It wasn’t that long ago that I questioned Virgin America’s decision to focus more on short hauls. Well, they’ve announced their latest city, and once again, they aren’t going far. This time, the winner is…

  • Cranky Jackass, Fares, US Airways

    US Airways Gets the Cranky Jackass For Adding Booking Fees to Their Own Website

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    Dec 11, 2007

    This one is just mind-boggling. US Airways has quietly slipped in a $5 surcharge when you book flights at usairways.com, their own f*&*’n website! I’m not sure when it started, but it had to have…

  • Delta, Emirates, Icelandair, JFK – New York/JFK, LAX – Los Angeles, MAXjet, United

    Random Bits of Info – Endangered Species Edition

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    Dec 11, 2007

    It’s been a long time since I put one of these together, but there were so many, well, random bits of info around that I decided to do it this way today. Unfortunately, most of…

  • Advertising

    Maybe I Don’t Hate All Surveys

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    Dec 10, 2007

    Ok, so maybe I was wrong in condemning all surveys. I think it may just be the surveys that take themselves too seriously. When I saw this “AXE’s Best and Worst Airports to Make a…

  • JetBlue, Technology

    JetBlue to Test Wireless Email/IM

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    Dec 7, 2007

    Apparently my admission that I was having trouble coming up with things to write yesterday was a blessing. Today, the only thing causing me trouble was choosing which topic to write about. A phone call…

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