Recent Articles
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Join Me in a Live Chat About United’s New Basic Economy Product at 11am PT Today
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United is finally announcing its new, long-awaited Basic Economy offering today, and that’s why this post is late. See, it was embargoed until 5am PT,…
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Why Did Delta Move My Departure Time Earlier at the Last Minute? (Ask Cranky)
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Let’s get this week started with an Ask Cranky question, shall we? At first read, I thought this was kind of a basic question, but…
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Cranky on the Web: Alaska/Virgin Merger, Airline Earnings, LA Deep Dive
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The Alaska-Virgin Merger with Cranky Flier [Podcast #15] – AirwaysMag I sat down with the Airways podcast crew for an hour-long session of shop talk.…
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3 Links I Love: Trump and Airlines, Burbank Goes Forward, Airplane Porn
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This week’s featured link: Airlines to Trump: Block Rivals and Privatize Air Traffic Control – Bloomberg We frankly have no idea what Trump is going…
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Air France-KLM Turnaround Plan #398 Looks Familiar (and Bad)
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Oh Air France, why do you do this to yourself? This month, the airline released yet another turnaround plan to try and shore up its…
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Cranky Concierge is Hiring Again
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I know, you weren’t expecting a post today, right? Well, this one is entirely for self-serving purposes. Cranky Concierge needs another Award Travel Architect, and…
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Cranky Flier Podcast #3: Why the Concert Ticket Model Won’t Work for Most Airlines
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It’s week three of the podcast. If you’re enjoying it, then great. If you’re not, well, I don’t even get the last pin removed from…
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Delta Introduces Premium Economy to Replace Comfort+ on Certain Aircraft
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Nearly a year ago, American announced that it would launch a true premium economy product on international aircraft. This was surprising for one reason: Delta…
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3 Links I Love: Allegiant’s Safety Problems, Young Airline Love, Pulling for Clinton
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This week’s featured link: Breakdown at 30,000 Feet – Tampa Bay Times Kudos to the folks at the Tampa Bay Times for putting forth a…
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British Airways Targets Norwegian with New Transatlantic Flights
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It’s a Europe-kind of week here on the blog, and today we’re talking about British Airways. (This post almost didn’t get finished since the fantastic…
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Cranky Flier Podcast #2: Trouble in the Transatlantic Market
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You might notice the header looks a little different today. For the month of November, travel metasearch site liligo.com is sponsoring the blog. Help me…
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I’m Struggling to Understand JetBlue’s Investment in JetSuite
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Maybe I just need to take some LSD to become more of a visionary, but I don’t get it. I’m struggling to understand why JetBlue’s…
