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SkyTeam’s Chairman on Plans to Stop Being a “Very Clear Number Two” (Across the Aisle)
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The SkyTeam alliance got together in New York yesterday to shake hands, kiss babies, and generally feel good about things. See, they were celebrating the alliance’s ten year anniversary with a meeting in New York.…
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What’s up with Consolidators? (Ask Cranky)
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I’ve got a nice big backlog of Ask Cranky posts, and I thought this would be a good time to starting clearing that out. Today, we’re talking consolidators. Can you do a piece on consolidators/consolidator…
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A Compelling Argument Against Airline Mergers
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When it comes to mergers in the airline industry, I’ve generally been mildly in favor. I’m not exactly a fan boy, jumping up and down with excitement, but I hadn’t really seen enough negatives to…
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Cranky on the Web (June 14-18)
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ExpressJet’s New CEO Targets Costs to Fix the Airline. Duh – BNET ExpressJet’s new CEO is trying to make his mark by focusing on costs. Shouldn’t this have been the case all along? Spirit’s Pilot…
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Travel Tools I Love: AwardWallet
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Raise your hand if you’ve memorized the frequent flier number, login, and password for every single rewards program you belong to? That’s what I thought. Many of you may know one or two (I still…
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Delta Gets a Cranky Jackass Award for Misleading One Way Award Travel
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Let me make something very clear: Never, ever book one way award travel on Delta. Not only is the value poor compared to other airlines, but their screwy system overcharges you above and beyond that.…
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Jetstar Focuses Singapore Long Haul On Oceania
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There had been plenty of speculation that Jetstar’s next long haul move would be Singapore to both Europe and North Asia. It looks like they’ve decided to put that on hold in favor of more…
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A Delta Hub In St Louis? Yeah, Right
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One of the more laughable rumors in recent memory has come to the surface in recent days. The rumorville is buzzing with the possibility of a Delta hub in St Louis. What a stupid idea.…
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Pilot Strike Could Be the End of Spirit As We Know Them
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I hope everyone had a good weekend. Of course, if you had plane tickets on Spirit, it was far from it. The pilots went on strike in the wee hours on Saturday morning and flights…
