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A New Cranky Talk is Live: New Airline Routes
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Cranky Talk: New Airline Routes It’s time for another Cranky Talk. This week, we talk about some of the new routes that airlines are launching, and Dave wonders why an airline would launch ANYTHING new…
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3 Links I Love: JetBlue Walks a Tightrope, United at JFK, Vegas Renovations
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This week’s featured link JetBlue extends, reduces blocked seats on board – PaxEx.AeroI have a hard time with this one. You block middle seats, it’s an easy marketing pitch for customers. I’m not convinced it…
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Breeze is Back with Another Revised Plan For Flights to Begin in March
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A lot has changed in the world since David Neeleman first let it slip that he was working on a new airline. And now… things are changing again with an amended filing with the Department…
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Sign of the Apocalyse: American’s Cheap, Refundable Long-Haul Fares
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It was a big enough shock to see airline change fees start melting away, but now there’s something even stranger happening. American is experimenting with affordable, refundable fares on long-haul flights. I suppose we’re at…
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November Comes Into Focus, International Faces a Long, Cold Winter
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It’s been quite a week for the good residents of Airlineville. The Widget, the Animal, and Ms Blue all got together to release their plans for November, and they don’t look overly-promising. More will undoubtedly…
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Cranky on the Web: Travel Brain Trust
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This week, one of our long-time partners at Cranky Concierge started a new livestream series called Travel Brain Trust. She and another luxury travel advisor are putting out what they call “expert insights and insider…
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3 Links I Love: E Kipa Mai, Palm Springs Boomtown, Global Crossing
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This Week’s Featured Link Know this before you go to Hawaii Oct. 15 – Alaska Airlines BlogThe day is getting closer… on October 15 you can once again travel to Hawai’i. There are, however, restrictions.…
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Doing the Dance: How Salt Lake City Phased Its New Terminal
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It’s been described as doing open heart surgery on a patient that’s awake. Building a new terminal can be challenging, as anyone who has gone through LaGuardia in the last couple years knows. But with…
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The Southwest Effect on Disappearing Change Fees
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Domestic change fees disappeared so quickly and with such little resistance — except you, JetBlue — that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this. The industry built change fees up to absurd heights…
