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Cranky on the Web: The Summer of Suck and What to Do About It, A Spirited Obituary
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AP is here to help you navigate the summer’s travel chaos – TwitterI did my first Twitter Spaces appearance — which is basically just a conference call — talking with the AP team about what’s…
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3 Links I Love: When Double Miles Don’t Matter, FAA Trouble, Piedmont Grows, Vin Flies Continental
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This Week’s Featured Link Hawaiian Airlines to Mahalo Members with Double Hawaiian Miles on Every Neighbor Island Flight through the End of the Year – Hawaiian Airlines NewsroomDouble miles! Oh wait, that’s nothing. In fact,…
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Better Gate Management Could Have Helped on This Southwest Flight (Trip Report)
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I had to go up to Oakland for a quick overnight business trip, so the airline I’d take wasn’t in question. Being able to fly from Long Beach meant that there was no other option…
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Putting Numbers to JetBlue’s Claims of Increased Competition With Spirit Acquisition
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JetBlue has twisted itself in knots over the last couple months explaining why the Spirit acquisition makes sense for the airline, saying it will greatly increase competition and bring fares down. I find it hard…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Southwest Credits No Longer Expire With Southwest Chief Marketing Officer Ryan Green!
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. We didn’t plan on having another guest this week, but when the opportunity arises… who are we to turn it down? Southwest made its announcement…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue, Spirit, and Nothing Else
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This was a local news kind of week, and that is always fun. With Frontier out, JetBlue likely to buy Spirit; higher airfares possible at Philly and Baltimore? – ABC 27 HarrisburgThis piece came out…
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3 Links I Love: SpirBlue is Happening, Small Airports with Big Problems, Big Props in Molokai
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This Week’s Featured Link JetBlue and Spirit to Create a National Low-Fare Challenger to the Dominant Big Four Airlines – JetBlue NewsroomThe hostile bid has worked. JetBlue and Spirit, together forever… if the feds say…
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The Frontier/Spirit Merger is Dead… And Spirit’s Board Only Has One Good Option
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Everyone has been waiting for the results of the Spirit vote on the Frontier merger for weeks now. After multiple delays, this is done. Spirit shareholders have given a big middle finger to Frontier, wooed…
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The Curious and Frightening Case of American Flight 300’s Near Accident
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I find incident/accident investigations fascinating in general, but I rarely if ever cover them here. That being said, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) just put out its final report on American flight 300’s near…
