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Exploring Air New Zealand’s New Long Haul Cabin with Beds in Coach
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It had been hinted about around the local media here in New Zealand for the last few days, but now its official. If you fly in coach on Air New Zealand, you’ll be able to…
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Flying Air New Zealand In Style to Auckland (Trip Report)
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Good morning from beautiful Auckland, New Zealand. Don’t ask me what day it is, because I have no idea. This whole international dateline thing still messes me up. Over the weekend, Air New Zealand flew…
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Cranky on the Web (January 18 – 22)
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American Airlines, oneworld Increased Offer to Japan Air Lines May Not Be Enough – BNET American is desperately trying to keep JAL in oneworld, but it’s not looking good. oneworld Alliance Will be Much Weaker…
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34 People on US Airways Express Jet in West Virginia Love EMAS
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How many of you know what EMAS is? I can guarantee that the 34 people on a US Airways Express jet in Charleston West Virginia now are intimately familiar with it. It prevented them from…
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Southwest Explores Change Fees, Bag Fees, and More
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As I mentioned yesterday, Southwest has been circulating a survey to a bunch of fliers to try to explore all sorts of ways to make changes to their offerings. This explores change fees, bag fees,…
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Southwest Looks at Revamping Rapid Rewards, Adding Same Day Standby Rules
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Southwest has been circulating a survey to a bunch of fliers to try to explore all sorts of ways to make changes to their offerings. Fortunately, a thoughtful reader took screenshots of every single page…
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How You Can Get Airlines to Stop Raising Bag Fees
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I feel like I’ve approached this topic before, but in light of the airlines raising bag fees once again to $25 for the first bag and $35 for the second, I thought it was worth…
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Let’s Celebrate Marlon Green, Ruth Carol Taylor, and Other Pioneering Black People in Commercial Aviation
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It’s Martin Luther King Jr Day, so I thought it might be a good time to honor some of the pioneering figures in American commercial aviation. Though Jackie Robinson’s baseball debut in the major leagues…
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My Code of Ethics is Live
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Thank you to everyone for your feedback on my proposed code of ethics last week. I was up in the mountains this weekend and it gave me plenty of time to review everything and get…
