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Cranky on the Web – Getting Upgraded, Horrible Hotel Fees
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Flying Coach? 5 Tactics for Getting an Upgrade. – Entrepreneur I was asked for my thoughts on how to get upgrades without paying for them and in general I said it just doesn’t really happen…
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Topic of the Week: American Leaving Tel Aviv
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American has announced that it will drop the legacy US Airways flight to Tel Aviv early next year. The reason? The airline says it has lost a ton of money. Do you buy it or…
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A Primer On the Complex World of Airline Ticket Changes
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If you want to change an airline ticket, you’re probably looking for a quick and simple answer as to how much it’ll cost. So why is it that it’s so common for airline websites to…
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New York LaGuardia’s Makeover Looks Nice But It Fails to Fix Some of the More Severe Issues
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LaGuardia sucks, and we all know it. But since it’s the most convenient commercial airport to Manhattan, it’s an important place. Instead of shutting the thing down as should probably happen, we’ve seen about 2,700…
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The Unrealistic and Unhelpful Expectations of Airline Passenger Advocates
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Last Tuesday morning, I was busy trying to corral the kids when I heard the word “airline” coming from the Today Show in the other room. Of course, I shuddered. When the Today Show covers…
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Cranky on the Web – Named Best Industry News Site
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The Best Websites to Learn About Air Travel – Yahoo! Travel The good folks at Yahoo! Travel have named The Cranky Flier the best site for industry news. I’ll take it! Click on the link…
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Cranky Concierge Needs a Night Owl
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Do you love helping stranded travelers? Are you nocturnal? (If not, do you by chance live on the other side of the world and have the right to work in the US?) Are you interested…
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My Last Trip on US Airways (Trip Report)
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For my daughter’s second birthday, we decided to take the whole family out to see my in-laws in North Carolina. Their place is in a fairly remote area that’s about 45 minutes south of Wilmington,…
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Cranky No More? TSA Pre✓® is Changing the Way America Flies (Sponsored Post)
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[You all know that I love TSA Pre✓®, so I was more than happy to cooperate with IdentoGO on a sponsored post about how people can sign up for the service. If you haven’t yet,…
