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Cranky Dorkfest is One Month Away and I Have Two Exciting Pieces of News
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It’s hard to believe it, but Cranky Dorkfest 2023 is just over a month away. I hope you’re all getting excited. As a reminder, Cranky Dorkfest will be from 11am to 1pm on Saturday, September…
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Qatar Airways Makes Things Up, Slaps Us with a Penalty (Tales From the Field)
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I haven’t written a tale from the field from our adventures at Cranky Concierge for some time, but there hasn’t been a shortage of opportunity. Booking travel remains as nutty as ever, but this one…
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American Walks a Tightrope on Northeast Alliance Messaging, Now Plays Down Its Importance
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Remember the Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American and JetBlue? Of course you do. It was going to create a strong third competitor in the northeast until a judge shot it down. After extolling the virtues…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Southwest and Alaska Turn a Profit, Frontier’s Sizing May be Off, and More…
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Southwest Turns a Profit, but Less Than Last Year Southwest Airlines Q2 earnings report reflected a net profit of $683 million, a seemingly-tidy sum until it’s overshadowed by 2022’s Q2 when the carrier raked in…
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United Starts to Follow American by Pulling Fares From Traditional Third Party Channels
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It was probably only a matter of time. After American removed 40 percent of its fares from traditional third-party channels using EDIFACT in April, the other airlines have been closely studying the results to see…
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Alaska Rolls Into Burbank From San Francisco Now That Southwest is Gone
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When Alaska bought Virgin America, it was all about growing its presence in California, and part of that strategy was growth in intra-California flying. The king of intracal, Southwest, has been pretty clear it wasn’t…
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United Sees Multiple Banks as a Key To Its Pacific Strategy
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Ever since Pan Am announced plans to sell its Pacific routes to United in 1985, United has been the one to beat in the Pacific. Over the years, the strategy has evolved, and now United…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: United Grows in Asia, American and United are Rolling in Cash, and More
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United No Longer as Vanilla as it Adds Service to Manila United Airlines announced an expansion from the west coast to Asia including becoming the only U.S. airline to fly to Manila from the mainland…
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26 Miles Across the Sea by Helicopter to Catalina (Trip Report)
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My daughter wasn’t the only one to get a “Dad Adventure” this summer. My son opted to go visit Catalina Island which is a mere, as the song goes, 26 miles across the sea. I’m…
