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  • 3 Links I Love: Should Never Have Been Allowed to Fly, Aloha Southwest, Amazon Labor Trouble
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    3 Links I Love: Should Never Have Been Allowed to Fly, Aloha Southwest, Amazon Labor Trouble

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    May 26, 2017

    This week’s featured link: Experts: Traveler should have drawn scrutiny before flight – Associated Press There are so many stories about airline passengers gone wrong out there, but this is one that I find more…

  • Delta’s Move Toward Flexibility: Upgrade Any Single Flight at Any Time After Ticketing
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    Delta’s Move Toward Flexibility: Upgrade Any Single Flight at Any Time After Ticketing

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    May 25, 2017

    If there’s one area where I think the low cost carriers have a huge advantage over the legacy carriers, it’s in the ability to tailor the inflight experience at any point before travel. If you…

  • The Cranky Flier Interview: Those Who Made the Delta Move at LAX Happen
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    The Cranky Flier Interview: Those Who Made the Delta Move at LAX Happen

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    May 23, 2017

    As you saw on the blog last week, I was invited to spend the night with Delta to chronicle the airline’s move from Terminals 5/6 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) over to Terminal 2/3.…

  • Air Canada Reverses Course, Leads the Charge to Bring Loyalty Back In-House
    Air Canada, Frequent Flier Programs

    Air Canada Reverses Course, Leads the Charge to Bring Loyalty Back In-House

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    May 22, 2017

    There was a trend over the last few years for airlines to try to spin off their loyalty programs into standalone businesses. On a spreadsheet, this looked like a smart move, a way to “unlock…

  • 3 Links I Love: Alaska’s New Secondary Seattle Airport, Terry Maxon on the Airlines, Qantas 72 Humanized
    Alaska Airlines, Links I Love, Qantas

    3 Links I Love: Alaska’s New Secondary Seattle Airport, Terry Maxon on the Airlines, Qantas 72 Humanized

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    May 19, 2017

    This week’s featured link: New flying out of Paine Field will ease commuting pain for many – Alaska Airlines Blog Alaska has been trying to replicate its successful Pacific Northwest strategy down in California, but…

  • Can Sabre Become a Fast-Moving, Innovative Technology Company?
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    Can Sabre Become a Fast-Moving, Innovative Technology Company?

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    May 18, 2017

    The air was thick with irony. At Sabre’s big Airline Technology Exchange conference in Las Vegas last week, all of Sabre’s airline users had gathered to talk about product enhancements and exchange learnings with each…

  • Spring Break in North Carolina (Trip Report)
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    Spring Break in North Carolina (Trip Report)

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    May 16, 2017

    Spring Break! Ok, so that doesn’t quite mean the same thing as it used to. This year, we took the kids to North Carolina to see the in-laws. Tickets were expensive so we went with…

  • Up All Night With Delta During the Great LAX Terminal Shuffle
    Delta, LAX – Los Angeles

    Up All Night With Delta During the Great LAX Terminal Shuffle

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    May 15, 2017

    On Friday night, an army of orange and green vests gathered outside Delta’s makeshift command center sitting atop the surface parking lot outside Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminal 6. The long-awaited LAX terminal shuffle was…

  • Cranky on the Web: The LAX Terminal Shuffle
    Cranky on the Web, LAX – Los Angeles

    Cranky on the Web: The LAX Terminal Shuffle

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    May 13, 2017

    FOX 11 News In Depth: Big changes coming to LAX – Fox 11 Los Angeles I actually spent all of last night with Delta following the terminal move at LAX, so get ready for that…

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