Recent Articles
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Cranky on the Web: Loyalty For New Frequent Fliers
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A Guide to Awards Travel for Brand-New Frequent Fliers – The Wall Street JournalMy advice hasn’t changed much over the last few years… unless you…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Avelo Goes to Vegas, IndiGoes All In on Airbus, More
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Avelo Gambles on New Base Avelo Airlines will open its 6th base since its launch in 2021, this time in Las Vegas. The carrier will…
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Not Another Routine Trip to Oakland… (Trip Report)
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… is what you’ll probably be saying as you read about this routine trip to Oakland. I know, I know. That’s quite the clickbait-y headline,…
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In the Fight Over the DCA Perimeter Rule, Spirit Has a Modest Proposal
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After Delta and friends kicked off the latest round of perimeter rule madness, the main players have all been lining up, taking sides. There has…
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The Cranky Flier Interview with United SVP Global Network Planning and Alliances Patrick Quayle
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. It was three long years ago in June 2020 when I last interviewed Patrick Quayle…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: AA and JetBlue Try AAgain, DCA’s Perimeter Might Expand, More…
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American and JetBlue: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try, Again American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are looking to salvage pieces of their Northeast…
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How JFK Changed for American and JetBlue in the Northeast Alliance
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Just last week I took a look at how American and JetBlue had changed their presence at New York’s LaGuardia airport once they entered into…
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Swoop to Be Shut Down, Swallowed by WestJet
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Say so long to magenta. After this summer season, WestJet’s supposed low-cost operator Swoop will be shut down thanks to the recently-ratified contract between WestJet…
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The Avianca/Viva Saga is Even Stranger Than I Imagined, and Trouble is Brewing
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I thought I was done writing about Avianca and Viva until I started learning more about just how tangled and strange this web truly is.…
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Cranky on the Web: Podcasts a Plenty on a Miserable Summer, Loyalty Programs, and More
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You may have noticed I haven’t put up a Cranky on the Web post in awhile. That is by design. It seemed to me that…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Unplanned Trip to Russia, Delta’s Big Lawsuit, More
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SFO-Bound Air India Flight Lands in Russia Air India flight 173 departed Delhi Tuesday morning bound for San Francisco but ended up diverting to tiny…
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India Opts for Protectionism in Denying United/Emirates Codeshare
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It appears that the nascent alliance between United and Emirates is running into some early trouble thanks to protectionist tendencies in India. The country has…
