Recent Articles
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Your Last Day to Support Cranky By Signing Up for a Credit Card
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Apparently, if you want to have links to credit card providers, you have to be a big producer. A couple weeks ago, Amex shut off…
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Virgin America Posts Terrible First Quarter Loss, Has One Year to Prove Itself
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Here we are in July and believe it or not, I haven’t written an article focusing on Virgin America here since last year. I guess…
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Delta’s New Pilot Contract Kicks Off the Great Regional Feeding Frenzy of 2012
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Last week, Delta’s pilots easily approved a new contract with management that will see a lot more insourcing of flying as well as an upgauging…
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Delta Makes a Smart Choice for Wifi Internationally
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While wireless internet has become nearly ubiquitous on flights within the US (unless you fly United), international travel hasn’t seen the same result. Sure, some…
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Cranky on the Web (June 25 – 29)
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In-Flight Entertainment Check: What You’ll Get on Each Airline – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I did a round-up of domestic inflight entertainment options for Conde…
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Topic of the Week: Which 10 Cities Have Service to Every United Hub?
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I was talking to someone from one of these lucky airports recently and he told me that there are 10 cities in the United Airlines…
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The Downside of Fuel Hedging
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Anyone seen the price of fuel lately? As I write this, oil is hovering around a mere $80 a barrel. That’s a far cry from…
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Eliminating the Need for Deicing (aka Science is Awesome)
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Let’s take a break from some of the more depressing subjects out there (eg, labor strife) and talk about something cool. Once again, science has…
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Southwest’s Looming Labor Fight
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Unlike any other large airline in the US, Southwest has had an incredible streak of good labor relations. Despite being highly unionized, the airline has…
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Cranky on the Web (June 18 – 22)
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Frontier Airlines suspends mileage donations to charity – Examiner.com We talked about this yesterday, but I was asked to comment on it, so I included…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier and Southwest Brawl over Wisconsin Fliers
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First, Frontier made a deal to allow its frequent fliers to transfer miles to Delta. Then Southwest struck back and said that anyone who donated…
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JetBlue Will Save Fuel Shorten Flight Times at JFK Thanks to NextGen
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You always hear people talking about NextGen when it comes to air traffic control. Oooh, sounds fancy, but what the heck is it? It’s a…
