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A $6,500 Penalty From EVA Thanks to Complex Fare Rules (Tales From the Field)
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In my recent post talking about Delta’s move to reconsider change fees, I alluded to one issue we were having with EVA Air here at Cranky Concierge. Several of you chimed in wanting to hear…
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Reverse Invasion: LOT Polish Takes Over Condor
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Talk about an odd-coupling. LOT Polish has been looking for a growth strategy for years. Meanwhile, Condor has been looking for a new owner since its last one failed. If you put those two together,…
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3 Links I Love: Hating Spirit, Eastern Again, JetBlue Pricing
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This Week’s Featured Link If Everyone Hates Spirit Airlines, How Is It Making So Much Money? – Marker by MediumGood read on Spirit. I keep waiting for the airline to do something playful with Trevor…
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Talking With SAS as the Airline Brings Back Its LA to Copenhagen Flight
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On January 13, an SAS A330 pulled into the gate at the Bradley Terminal in Los Angeles like most other days. The difference this time, however, was that it had arrived from Copenhagen instead of…
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Delta's New Miami Flights Are Almost Exactly What You'd Expect
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When Delta decided to spend billions of dollars to wrestle LATAM away from American, it knew it had to invest in building up Miami. Miami is the unofficial capital of Latin America, and it’s a…
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JetBlue Cuts Long Beach Again, Refuses to Rip the Band-Aid Off
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If anyone understands what JetBlue is doing in Long Beach, please let me know. After trying all different kinds of things over the years, JetBlue has settled firmly into a downward trajectory. It was at…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue Cuts Long Beach Again, An Airlines We Lost Interview
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JetBlue drops Oakland, shrinks Long Beach amid broader route shakeup – TPGJetBlue is cutting Long Beach again, and I chimed in for this TPG article. I, as you can imagine, have much more to say…
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3 Links I Love: Brutally Boeing, Flybe Saved, American Fights in Boston
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This week’s featured link December 2019 Letter – richardaboulafia.comI keep wanting to write about the ever-worsening situation at Boeing, but I just don’t pay close enough attention to the aerospace side to be able to…
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Forget Fancy Tech; Delta Can Win Way More Friends By Tackling the Change Fee
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Dawn Gilbertson over at USA Today did some good work to discover that Delta may be considering shaking up the hated change fee. When she reached out to me for comment, I couldn’t help but…
