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Expedia and Travelocity Drop Booking Fees (Temporarily)
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There’s good news out there for those of you who like to book your travel using online travel agents. Expedia and Travelocity have both followed…
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Delta Adds Standby Functionality to Website, Makes Progress on Wifi Installation
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I’ve seen many people criticize Delta for what it puts on its blog, but they’ve been putting more and more useful information on there lately.…
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FLTAdvisor Tells You If Your Flight is Really On Time
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say that they wish airlines would just be more honest with them about delays. Sure,…
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NTSB Tells Rolls-Royce to Redesign 777 Engine Parts
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Last month, I talked about how the British Airways 777 accident and the Delta 777 incident had been connected by an interim report from the…
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This Week on BNET (March 9 – 13)
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News and Notes From United’s 10-K United’s 10-K gave us some interesting bits on its Mileage Plus redemptions, bmi partnership, and its credit card processing…
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American Pulls Out of Dallas/Love Field, Turns on the Spin Machine
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The whole point of PR is to try to spin an issue in your favor, but sometimes the spin is so strong, you feel like…
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Why Exactly Did United End E-fare Emails?
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According to Today in the Sky, United is no longer going to send E-fare emails to its customers. E-fares, the ones that are for last…
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A Surprisingly Painless Interaction with United Reservations
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Anyone who has had the pleasure of dealing with United’s reservation agents since they shipped the majority of calls overseas knows that it’s generally one…
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First Look: Testing the US Airways In-Seat Video System
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They’ve been talking about it for awhile, but it wasn’t until yesterday that US Airways turned on the screens for a two month test of…
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Air Asia’s Really Odd Promotion to Turn Bloggers into Pilots
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I know that being a pilot doesn’t hold nearly as much caché as it used to, but Air Asia is really trying to drive this…
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This Week on BNET (March 2-6)
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Welcome Airfarewatchdog readers! Please come on in and take a look around. I post my usual snarkiness Monday through Friday with this post on what…
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Resurrecting Eastern Airlines Belongs in the “Awful Idea” Hall of Fame
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The rumors are flying that a plan to bring the Eastern Airlines name back is under way. This is easily one of the worst ideas…
