Recent Articles
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Cranky on the Web (January 3-7)
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Expedia Drops American Airlines — Right After Orbitz Battle – BNET Headwinds Expedia has now joined the fight against American, which seems ironic since it…
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Topic of the Week: Posting Schedule
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When I first dropped down to 3 posts a week, I said I’d revisit it after the end of the year. Well here we are,…
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Southwest Rolls Out New, Straightforward Rapid Rewards Program
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I never thought this day would come. Southwest has been talking about rolling out a new Rapid Rewards program since, I believe, the airline first…
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Take a Tour of the Brand New Air New Zealand Interior
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Just before Christmas, Air New Zealand took delivery of its very first 777-300ER. These airplanes are meant to replace the 747-400s that do the long…
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Airlines and Airports Handled the Northeast Storm Well . . . Seriously
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Happy New Year, everyone. Hopefully the last of you who were stranded after winter storms hit Europe and then the Northeast have finally made it…
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Cranky on the Web (December 27-31)
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Google Deal Divides Travel Industry – The New York Times I was asked about what travelers think about the proposed Google-ITA deal. My response? They…
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Topic of the Week: 2010 Travel Summary
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It’s the last day of the year, so it’s always fun to look back on your travels, right? Here’s my summary, and you can see…
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Airlines We Lost in 2010
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The year is almost done, and you know what that means. It’s time to review the airlines we’ve lost in 2010. The good news? We…
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United’s 747 Flying Museum (Trip Report)
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It’s a light week, so how about another trip report? We used 25,000 miles to get home using a one way saver awards on United…
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Frontier versus Republic (Trip Report)
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The contrast between the holiday trek to Indiana this year versus last year couldn’t be greater. Last year we took a redeye out that was…
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Cranky on the Web (December 17 – 24)
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Turkish Airlines Sponsorship Gets Kobe Bryant in Trouble – BNET Headwinds Kobe is a global ambassador for Turkish Airlines now, but the Armenian community is…
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United Gets Into the Retro Colors Game (Airplane Porn)
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Let’s face it. The holidays are here and the number of out of office replies I’m seeing keep rising. So let’s finish out this week…
