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3 Links I Love: The Mysterious Air Sinai, Beech 1900 Love, Long Beach Slots
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This week’s featured link The Ghost Airline That Has Linked Cairo and Tel Aviv for Decades – Atlas ObscuraI have always been fascinated by Air Sinai, the airline that only exists for political reasons. This…
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Beware the Class Action Lawsuit
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With airlines and online travel agents changing and, at times, seemingly making up random rules to prevent refunds, it’s no surprise to see lawyers out in force. But make no mistake; the class action lawyer…
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Boeing’s Golden Opportunity Will Probably be Squandered
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This doesn’t even need to be said, but I have to start this post somehow: It has been a terrible couple of years for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The company tried to fight the Bombardier C-Series…
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A Look at United’s Spartan May Schedule
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I’ve already looked at how American, Delta, and Southwest scheduled themselves in May, and now it’s time to round this out by looking at United. A quick peek at schedule data via Diio by Cirium…
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Cranky on the Web: Will Change Fees Ever Return?
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Fares with Free Change, Cancellation Are Here to Stay … For Now – Thrifty TravelerWith change fees disappearing this year, will they ever come back? Yes.
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3 Links I Love: Capturing Flight Attendants, Hidden City Peril, Norwegian Sneakiness
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This week’s featured link A flight attendant is taking surreal photographs that show what flights look like in the middle of the pandemic – InsiderThese are some spectacularly-haunting photos of flight attendants working the line…
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Despite What You May Read, Airlines Have Not Been Run Recklessly
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There’s a nasty virus going around that seems to be infecting people at a rapid rate. I’m not talking about COVID-19; I’m talking about “airlines-suck-itis.” This latest resurgence of the virus is currently best embodied…
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Flying Across the Country On an Empty Airplane (Guest Trip Report)
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Those of you who have subscribed to the Cranky Coronavirus Daily Update are familiar with Andrew’s moment of levity. (If not, you should really subscribe.) Andrew works for us at Cranky Concierge, and he recently…
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A Closer Look at Delta’s May Schedule
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I’ve already picked apart Southwest and American. Now it’s time to look at Delta network with a magnifying glass. The week-over-week schedule changes are harder to compare now that things have changed so many times.…
