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Cranky on the Web: Refund Madness, Small Business Struggles, Looking for Deals
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DOT tells airlines to refund canceled flights, but don’t count on cash just yet – Los Angeles TimesI had a lot of inquiries come in about this during the week. United and JetBlue have now…
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3 Links I Love: Awful Data Points, Parking Airplanes on Opposite Sides of the World
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Things are changing fast. Stay up-to-date.Subscribe to the Cranky Coronavirus Daily Update This week’s featured link Impact of COVID-19: Data Updates – A4AThe relatively mundane title belies the true ugliness you’ll find in this report.…
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Alaska, JetBlue Get Creative to Satisfy Government Stimulus Requirements
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The absurdity of the government stimulus minimum service requirements continue to cause problems, but Alaska and JetBlue are getting creative in finding ways to comply. With Alaska especially, it shows just how ridiculous this mandate…
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American’s To Bring Back International Flying Slowly, In Waves
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I know I keep focusing on American lately, but that’s because the airline has been putting out more complete schedules than the rest and for a longer term. Yesterday I looked at May domestic schedules,…
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Analyzing American’s New, Smaller May Schedule
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As of this weekend, American will serve 299 destinations in May down from the 338 planned previously. But that decrease is really just on the international front. Domestically, thanks to the rules set forth by…
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Cranky on the Web: DOT Weighs In On Refunds, Rebuilding Networks
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Airline cancel your flight due to coronavirus crisis? You’re still due a refund, DOT says – USA TodayDOT now says that airlines have to give prompt refunds during cancellations or significant schedule changes. That’s great…
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3 Links I Love: Just How Empty Those Planes are, Virgin Australia on the Brink, Delta Clean
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This week’s featured link Ethics of Airline Bailouts in Spotlight With Virgin-Qantas Feud – BloombergQuite the brawl going on down under. Virgin Australia wants the government to bail it out. Qantas sees blood in the…
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Shut It Down
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On Monday, I talked about the $50 billion airline stimulus that the government rolled out. One of the provisions in both the grant and the loan pieces of the pie said that the Department of…
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Southwest to Offer Preboarding To Those Willing to Help Prevent COVID-19 With New Shoot’nBoard Program
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There is very little that preoccupies Southwest travelers’ minds more before a flight than wondering if they’ll be able to get the seats they prefer. Southwest is now rolling out a new way to put…
