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Cranky on the Web: Holiday Airfares
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Happy Dorkfest Day! Looking forward to seeing many of you later today. Holiday airfare will be most expensive in 5 years as pandemic fears wane – CNBCLooking ahead to the holidays and… SURPRISE… it’s expensive.
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Cranky Dorkfest is Tomorrow
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It’s here! It’s here! Cranky Dorkfest is one day away. Hopefully many of you are already boarding planes that are LAX-bound, where the weather is good as usual. For those who still haven’t made up…
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Southwest Goes Fishing for Bookings With Well-Designed Companion Pass Promo
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Southwest kicked off the post-summer travel season with a blast, offering its famed companion pass to anyone who booked a roundtrip ticket. This may sound crazy, but Southwest has done this before, and it knows…
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: VIA Rail From Quebec City and Visiting Montreal
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After our brief stop in Quebec City, it was time to move on to Montreal for a few days. We had looked at all kinds of different ways to get to Montreal, including just driving…
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Newark Leaving the NYC City Code Is Not a Big Deal
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Starting on October 3, Newark will no longer be considered a New York City airport… or something like that. The reality is actually quite boring, but the news has spread like wildfire thanks to misunderstandings…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Mailbag Episode!
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. I asked you right here on the blog to submit some questions for our Cranky Talk mailbag episode, and wow, you did not disappoint. There…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 21 Years Ago Today
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Does it mean we’re getting old when 9/11 is now old enough to drink? I think what’s most amazing to me is the number of people in this industry who have no recollection of that…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Conspiracies, Non-Revving
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Your conspiracy theories about Southwest’s boarding policy are wrong – Washington PostWaPo tries to decrypt the Southwest boarding process, and I was asked to help. #36 Brett is A Super DORKfest – Non-Rev LoungeCome and…
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United Says JFK Can Handle More Flights. Can It?
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Not long ago, United was busy arguing that there were too many flights scheduled at Newark and flights needed to be cut back. Now, it is preparing to make the exact opposite argument on the…
