Recent Articles
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If You Want to Try Wifi Onboard, You’ll Have Plenty of Free Chances
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It’s no surprise that when you make something completely free, people use it a lot more often than if you make them pay. Duh. And…
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JetSuite Launches New Private Jet Charter Operation and I Go For a Ride (Trip Report)
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I know very little about private jet chartering. I’ve never done it, and in fact I’ve never even been on a private jet. So when…
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Cranky on the Web (October 26 – 30)
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Continental Joins Star Alliance Tomorrow – BNET Continental is in no-man’s land as they end their SkyTeam participation and prepare for Star Alliance. Ontario’s Air…
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Midwest and Frontier Start Swapping Airplanes in the Middle of the Day
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We’ve talked about how Republic’s acquisition of Frontier and Midwest has given the carrier tremendous flexibility in moving its airplanes around between its different subsidiaries.…
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United Retires The 737 (Trip Report)
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Yesterday was something of a flashback for me. When United offered just a couple days ago to give me a seat on the last 737…
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Lufthansa Gets a Gold Star For Going Above and Beyond
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I’m going to be taking United’s last 737 flight today from LAX to San Francisco and then I’m turning right back around, so if anyone…
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How Did Those Northwest Pilots Miss the Airport?
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It has been plastered all over the news, but I wanted to wait a little until we had more information on what happened. Now that…
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What I Told the Airline People at the Frequent Flier Conference
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Thank you to everyone who commented, emailed, and tweeted about what you wanted to see from the airlines regarding loyalty programs. I joined with Nicholas…
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Cranky on the Web (October 19-23)
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United Learns That Some People Don’t Want Free Upgrades – BNET United has now made upgrades free for all elites, but that doesn’t mean everyone…
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Southwest Boosts Denver and St Louis
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I know I just wrote about Southwest yesterday, but the news keeps coming. This time, it’s not a new city but rather, putting a couple…
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Tomorrow, I’m Telling Airline Marketing Folks What Customers Want – So What Do You Want?
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I mentioned yesterday that I am attending the ARAC FFP Mega Event this week and that I’d be speaking tomorrow. Well, it turns out that…
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Southwest Announces Panama City (Florida, not Panama)
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There is a lot of route news for Florida fans this week, but the biggest of all is that Southwest has announced its newest city…
