Recent Articles
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Beyond West Maui: Five Nights in Wailea
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After waving goodbye to Hāna, we made the pleasant drive back toward the airport. I dropped off the BMW and then moved on to Ace…
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Frontier Blames Leisure Market Capacity Growth for Its Revenue Problems
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Frontier announced its Q3 earnings last week, and while it wasn’t nearly as bad as Spirit, Frontier did not do well. The airline had a…
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As the Merger Trial Begins, JetBlue Watches Spirit Falter
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This week marks the beginning of the trial in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to block JetBlue from buying Spirit. After the numbers Spirit put…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Southwest & JetBlue Add, Frontier’s Newest Loyalty Frontier
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Southwest Announces Q3 Financials, Extends and Adds to Schedule Southwest Airlines squeaked out a $193 million profit during Q3 on a record revenue figure of…
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SAS Wisely Ditches Star Alliance and Realigns with Air France-KLM
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The news broke early this month that SAS had a bankruptcy exit plan that would reshape the airline’s network and partner strategy. Now, one of…
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Beyond West Maui: Spending 2 Nights in Hāna
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As you know from my recent trip report, I took my Cranky Concierge team to Maui. We had planned this long before the fires tore…
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When Hawaiian Falters, Southwest Gets Me Home (Trip Report)
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I left off last week with Hawaiian canceling my flight home from Kahului, and the reaccommodation options weren’t good. Fortunately for me, with Maui tourism…
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Why United Thinks ULCCs Keep Struggling As Its Own Fortunes Rise
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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard United management talk about the death of the ultra low cost carrier (ULCC), but it’s one of the…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta’s Damage Control, United’s Quarter was Profitable, AA…Not So Much
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Delta Walks Back SkyMiles Changes Delta Air Lines shared the changes it is making to the changes it announced to its Medallion Program last month. …
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AAdvantage Business Makes Life Miserable for Companies and Travel Agents
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American is at it once again. The company has decided to end its Business Extra small business rewards program and replace it with something less…
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Mark Your Calendars: Cranky Dorkfest 2024 is September 14
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I know itʻs only October, but we aim to please. Once again, weʻve made an effort to get the date set for Cranky Dorkfest 2024…
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Hawaiian Struggles to Maintain Its Operation Thanks to Pratt & Whitney Problems
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If you read yesterday’s post, you know that Hawaiian canceled my flight home from Maui last week. But it was more than that. Hawaiian canceled…
