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A Conversation With Myself About United’s Domestic Growth Plan
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United’s third quarter earnings call did not go over well with Wall Street, and last week’s fourth quarter call? Well that didn’t go well either. This time, the airline ran it as an investor update,…
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Cranky on the Web: 2018 Air Travel Trends, Reserving Overhead Bins
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The Big Air Travel Trends of 2018: More Comfort and Price Points – Wendy Perrin #WOWWeek Wendy Perrin had her WOW Week this week talking about travel trends, and I was asked to participate with…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest Sues, Delta Fights Comfort Animal Fraud, Yet Another 747 Tribute
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This week’s featured link: Southwest’s Bullshit Lawsuit Over A Site That Made $45 Helping People Book Cheaper Flights – TechDirt This guy is not happy with Southwest. It’s not that he had a bad flight.…
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Delta Finally Brings Back the Part of an Interline Agreement with American That Matters Most
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It has been more than two years since Delta effectively killed its interline agreement with American. Now, after several painful operational messes, Delta has finally agreed to bring the most important pieces of that deal…
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Questioning the Volaris-Frontier Codeshare
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I really don’t like codeshares, but I can understand the rationale for putting them together. It’s all about increasing traffic by putting two networks together, though the codeshare itself is just a way to trick…
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Biometric Boarding is Coming Whether You Like It Or Not (and You Should Like It)
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I headed out to gate 152 in the Bradley Terminal at LAX last Thursday to watch British Airways board a 787 bound for London. This may sound incredibly boring, but it was actually rather fascinating.…
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Cranky on the Web: Where Flight Numbers Come From, Translating Airline-Speak, How To Fly First Class
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Whoops, I forgot to post this yesterday, so a Sunday post it is… Those four-digit flight designations? Their days may be numbered – Los Angeles Times Catharine Hamm looked into how airline flight numbers are…
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3 Links I Love: Privatizing JFK, Heathrow Plan Cuts, Clearing the Runways of Snow
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This week’s featured link: The time has come to privatize JFK Airport – New York Post It’s a rare day that I find myself wanting to link to the New York Post, but just like…
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How Long Do I Have to Use My Airline Ticket? (Ask Cranky)
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I realize the title of this sounds odd since, you know, you usually just use your ticket when you take the flights you booked. But tickets themselves have independent value, and if your plans change,…
