• Uh Oh-asis Hong Kong

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    I’ve been meaning to blog about these guys for awhile, but after their inaugural flight between Hong Kong and London was scrapped today due to the Russians, I figured it was time to start writing.…

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    JetBlue Outsources Planning to AirTran

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    This is starting to become a regular event for JetBlue. Let AirTran announce new markets and then announce you’ll fly the same routes with an earlier start date. The latest announcement is that JetBlue will…

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    Spirit Does It Again

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    I’ve posted before about how good Spirit Airlines is at getting attention for themselves here, but their latest promo had me on the floor laughing. If you go to their homepage, you’ll see this in…

  • Hate Fare Increases? Be Glad You’re Not in Zimbabwe

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    The national carrier of Zimbabwe, Air Zimbabwe, will be increasing fares 500% on all routes. Think American could get away with that one? To be fair, inflation in Zimbabwe is running away right now. Last…

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    Alitalia Rearranging the Deck Chairs

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    It is ridiculous how much fodder for my posts this airline gives me. A mere couple of weeks after the Italian PM Romano Prodi was quoted as saying that the airline would be bankrupt by…

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    The Best First and Business Class

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    It’s always fun to watch these games of one-upmanship among the world’s elite airlines. You may remember this post on Cathay’s new products. It was their new coach class that really caught my eye, but…

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    Trip Report: Not Long Enough

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    Last year, I went with a group of friends on a trip to Hawai’i for a week. We were amazed that all eight of us could get the same week off last year, but it…

  • Shenanigans at Air Canada

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    Looks like Air Canada has been tinkering again, and this time, the occasional traveler will not be happy. On the heels of US Airways cutting their mileage expiration time from 3 years to 18 months,…

  • Launching a New Website

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    I’ve been pretty quiet today, because we just launched the new travel site here at PriceGrabber. As you can imagine, it’s been a busy day making sure it all works and trying to get in…

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