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My United Voucher Gets Put to Good Use
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I’m happy to report that I did find someone to use my $32.40 voucher on United before it expired tomorrow. Hooray! And here’s proof: Christian has been reading Cranky for about two years, and he…
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TSA Needs Your Exact Name When You Fly Now
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The TSA is finally transitioning from airline handling of the watch lists to the long-delayed and oft-criticized Secure Flight program, and that means there will be some changes in the way you book your flight.…
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Southwest Goes Old School, Heads to Milwaukee
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You would think that adding service to Minneapolis/St Paul, Boston, and New York/La Guardia would be enough for Southwest this year, but you’d be wrong. At the airline’s annual meeting yesterday, CEO Gary Kelly announced…
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My United Credit is Expiring, Anyone in LA Want It?
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United spent so much money sending me my $32.40 voucher in the mail that I’d hate for it to go to waste. Unfortunately, what I didn’t realize is that it expires this Saturday, May 23…
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LiveTV Explains Why There Was Such Poor Signal Reception On My JetBlue Flight
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Shortly after I published my trip report including the non-functioning televisions on JetBlue, I received an email from LiveTV’s CEO Nate Quigley about my flight. He offered to walk me through what happened and try…
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Tom Cruise, Other Aliens Targeted by American’s New Roswell – LA Flights
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Did anyone else catch the press release yesterday announcing that American was starting nonstop service from LAX to Roswell, New Mexico? Yeah, I didn’t think so. This seems like a route that is guaranteed to…
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Will the Hub-and-Spoke System Disappear? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s been awhile since I ran an Ask Cranky post, but that doesn’t mean the questions have stopped coming in. This question came in earlier this month, and I thought it was a good one.…
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This Week on BNET (May 11 – 15)
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ExpressJet To Fly 10 Planes for United This Summer Looks like ExpressJet is flying for United this summer, and it seems like a win-win for everyone considering the circumstances. Delta Pulls Out of Boston –…
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JetBlue to SFO (Trip Report)
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I was home for less than a week before it was time to hit the road again. This time it was for my 5 year business school reunion. Fortunately, that meant just a quick hop…
