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A Good New Site for Calculating Bag Fees
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One of the big complaints people have about airline fees is the ability to figure out exactly what’s being charged. It can be confusing but most of the sites that try to aggregate fees seem…
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The Renaming Saga for ASA and ExpressJet Finally Has a Resolution
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In general, the renaming of a regional airline isn’t a very interesting thing. After all, travelers never buy tickets to fly on that specific airline. Instead, they buy tickets from the mainline airline, which then…
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Cranky on the Web (October 10 – 14)
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What to do when an airline goes bankrupt – CNN Out of the Office With all the rumors flying around about an American bankruptcy, I thought it was a good idea to talk about what…
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Topic of the Week: Memphis Shrinks Again
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Delta has quietly started shrinking Memphis again. Beginning January 4, service will cease between Memphis and Baltimore, Grand Rapids, Gulfport/Biloxi, Mobile, Northwest Florida (Panama City), Seattle, and Wichita. Delta will also cut one daily flight…
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My First TSA Frisking (Trip Report)
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We had a wedding up in wine country this past weekend, and it was a typical trip on JetBlue from Long Beach, for the most part. It was, however, my first pat down courtesy of…
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Impressions From the oneworld MegaDo Launch
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Sunday night was the launch party for the oneworld MegaDo. What the heck is that, you ask? Great question. It’s basically when a bunch of guys who fly too much actively get together to fly…
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A Look at My 9 Least Favorite SCASDP Proposals (and the Ones that Won)
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Those of you who used to read me over on BNET know that I used to spend a solid week each year looking at my favorite Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) proposals. Since…
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Cranky on the Web (October 3 – 7)
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Travel apps that really help – CNN Out of the Office CNN is doing a lot of mobile stories this week so they asked me for some of my favorite travel apps. Here they are.…
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Topic of the Week: Should Additional Fee Disclosure be Required by DOT?
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I’ve been following this one closely, but I haven’t written about it yet. The Department of Transportation (DOT) is trying to require additional reporting requirements for fees. As you may know, DOT requires airlines to…
